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[SPEAKER_B] On the program today, the week that was, because it's Friday. Also, the future of self-driving cars and a story about retirement with a plot twist. From American Public Media, this is Marketplace. In Portland, Oregon, I'm Rie McHays in for Kai Ryssdal. It is Friday, the 31st of July. Good to have you along, everyone. It has been quite a week in the economy, and we've got about 7 minutes or so to sort through it. So let's get into it. Here with me are Sudeep Reddy of MSNOW and Katherine Rampell with The Bulwark.

[SPEAKER_C] Hey, you two.

[SPEAKER_D] Hi, Rima.

[SPEAKER_B] Okay, so of course I've got to start with the Fed, which said on Wednesday, yeah, no, we're not raising rates, even though there was some notable dissent. A good family fight, as Warsh put it. Sudeep, what do you make of that decision?

[SPEAKER_E] There were a lot of confusing things coming out of the Fed chair, and I think the fact that we had several dissents, three dissents, was notable. It was really just the reality that being a vague and noncommittal Fed chair on inflation doesn't really work when the last three Fed chairs have been communicating really fairly clearly and not leaving doubts...

The future of self-driving cars

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The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.