We're sunsetting PodQuest on 2025-07-28. Thank you for your support!
Export Podcast Subscriptions
cover of episode US Loses Top Credit Rating & Crypto Wealthy Being Targeted?

US Loses Top Credit Rating & Crypto Wealthy Being Targeted?

2025/5/19
logo of podcast Morning Brew Daily

Morning Brew Daily
AI Deep Dive AI Chapters Transcript
People
N
Neil Freiman
T
Toby Howell
播客主持人，专注于新闻分析和评论
无
无发言人
Topics
我得知前总统拜登被诊断出患有侵袭性前列腺癌，癌细胞已经扩散到骨骼，这让我感到非常震惊。不过，前列腺癌的治疗方法近年来取得了很大进展，患者可以通过治疗延长寿命。奥巴马总统也表示，没有人比拜登更努力地寻找突破性癌症治疗方法，他指的是白宫在2016年宣布的“抗癌登月计划”，旨在消除我们所知的癌症。该计划已经资助了超过250个研究项目和70多个项目。拜登离任前，曾拨款1.5亿美元用于寻找新的肿瘤切除方法。希望拜登总统能够战胜病魔，早日康复。

Deep Dive

Chapters
Moody's downgraded the US credit rating, citing increasing debt and budget deficits. While the impact remains unclear, markets reacted negatively, and concerns exist about investors potentially shifting away from US bonds. Treasury Secretary Scott Bassett offered mixed responses, downplaying the downgrade while acknowledging the seriousness of the debt situation.
  • Moody's downgraded US credit rating from AAA
  • US paid over $1.1 trillion in interest on debt last year
  • Concerns about investors shifting from US bonds to other assets
  • Treasury Secretary offered mixed responses to the downgrade

Shownotes Transcript

Episode 585: Neal and Toby dive into the latest report from Moody’s that downgraded the US credit rating due to increasing debt and budget deficits. Then, a wave of attacks on the crypto-wealthy is sweeping Europe and parts of the US that has forced individuals to hire bodyguards. Also, New Jersey has seen an increasing share of transit fiascos in land, sea, and air recently, but seems like some headway is made with the locomotive engineers’ union agreeing to end the strike. Meanwhile, big cities got bigger in 2024 and the WNBA season is back with a bang. Finally, what you need to know in the week ahead. 

Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app.

Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note) 

Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow)

00:00 - Joe Biden Cancer Diagnosis

02:40 - Moody’s Downgrades US Credit Rating 

06:40 - Crypto Criminals 

10:20 - NJ Transit Issues 

15:20- Winners of the Weekend 

21:10 - Week Ahead 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices)