Krystal Hur
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61 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 25 Feb
Krystal Hur’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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On Friday, gold slumped more than 11% and silver prices crashed 31%.
Both metals saw their largest one-day percentage declines since 1980.
Also on Thursday was some trouble in tech stocks.
Disappointing earnings from Microsoft drove a widespread tech sell-off and signal that investors are skeptical about the eye-popping cost of building artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Microsoft lost $357 billion in market value, its largest single-day drop on record, and the second largest one-day market cap decline for any U.S.
company.
In the stock market, though, the moves were much more mild.
The S&P 500 was the only major index to end the week with gains rising 0.3%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.2%.
First up, let's talk about the biggest piece of news this week for Fed heads.
President Trump has nominated Kevin Walsh, a former Fed governor turned critic, to chair the central bank after Jerome Powell's term expires in mid-May.
The nomination was one of the most important personnel decisions Trump faced for the remainder of his term because the Fed sets interest rates that affect every part of the economy and financial markets.
The Fed on Wednesday held rates steady and signaled it's in no rush to cut rates further.
Here's what to know about Walsh.
He served on the Fed's Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011 and played important behind-the-scenes roles in Washington's rescue of Wall Street during the financial crisis.
He gained a reputation for being an inflation hawk or a supporter of tighter monetary policy during and after leaving the Fed because he spent years warning that easy monetary policy would drive rising prices.
But more recently, he has said the Fed should cut rates faster.
Worship will have to be confirmed by the Senate, which could be complicated by a Justice Department probe of the Fed.
Now, let's talk about how the new era of corporate cost cutting is continuing to bruise American workers.
Big companies are looking to slash their headcount after years of rapid growth, which largely took place during the height of the COVID pandemic.
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