Diane Swonk

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen served her final day on Friday, an unusual departure, as new administrations typically hold over Fed chair appointments.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates on Wednesday. What does that mean for the U.S. and the year ahead?

After months of robust job creation, the U.S. economy added just 126,000 jobs in March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. That's the smallest gain in hiring since December 2013.

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The financial recovery is happening very, very gradually, and the Federal Reserve's policy-making committee predicted in June that without any changes in the organization’s behavior, ...

Diane Swonk, Chief Economist for Mesirow Financial, and WNYC business and economics editor Charlie Herman discuss the debt ceiling negotiations, recent jobs numbers, and other economic news.