Kai Risdal

We'll catch up with the week that was, of course.

We'll talk stocks and retail and farming, too.

From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.

In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Risdell.

It is Friday today.

This one is the 12th of December.

Good as always to have you along, everybody.

We are at three and counting.

That is the number of Federal Open Market Committee meetings one Jerome Powell has left before he is done as chair.

And honestly, he's going to have his hands full in the homestretch.

Not only is the economy not cooperating with what Powell has said he wants to be a smooth transition, but his colleagues are kind of betwixt and between, too.

So we, of course, are going to try to sort it all out right now.

Sudip Reddy is at MSNOW.

Kate Davidson's at Bloomberg.

Hey, you two.

Hey, Kai.

Hey, Kai.

Sudeep, we're going to start with you and we'll go to the nuts and bolts of the meeting.

The headlines already everybody has seen.

Anything that the chair said that was surprising to you in that meeting?