Eder Peralta

How are they feeling?

Are Hollywood's major unions among those skeptics?

So this is a huge business deal.

Will regulators okay it?

And it's really a question of whose side the Trump administration is going to be on, the side of workers or the side of big corporations.

That's NPR's culture correspondent, Mandalit Delbarco.

Thank you for your reporting, Mandalit.

Thank you.

You've probably been hearing a lot of mixed news on the economy, or maybe you yourself might be feeling anxious about where things are going with rising prices.

And these are things the Federal Reserve will take into consideration as they hold their final meeting next week and decide if they will cut interest rates further.

We're joined now by NPR's Scott Horsley.

Hey, Scott.

Hi, Peter.

So, Scott, with 19 shopping days till Christmas, it sounds like people are feeling a little grinchy.

So next week, the Federal Reserve will hold its last policy meeting of the year.

And that's up first for Saturday, December 6, 2025.

I'm Eder Peralta.

Dave Mistich produced today's podcast along with Ryan Benk and the multi-talented Andy Craig, who also directed.

Our editor was Dee Parvaz, with help from Diana Douglas, Martin Patience, Scott Hensley, and Raphael Nam.

Tomorrow on The Sunday Story, with increased immigration enforcement under President Trump, many families with undocumented members are living in fear of U.S.