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Jan 20
21m 57s

Fed Turmoil and Credit Card Rate Caps

Barry Schwartz
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In this week's episode, Barry and Ernest discuss the criminal investigation of Jerome Powell as well as the US proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. 


0:00- Introduction

1:53- Narratives driving stock prices

5:36- Jerome Powell criminal investigation 

13:56- Credit card interest rate cap 

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