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Feb 2025
36m 39s

Hitting the mark: Fed's Inflation Target...

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This week, we look at where the Federal Reserve's 2% inflation target came from and how differently inflation is perceived across the country with the Fed presidents of New York, Minneapolis, and Chicago. Plus, we take you to two different office buildings in New York City, One Vanderbilt and 322 Eighth Avenue, to tell the story of the challenges that unite commercial real estate properties, regardless of class. And, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek roils global markets and the Magnificent 7.

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