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Trump’s agenda is fueling investor confidence. Will it last?

Clip: 3/2/2017 | 5m 8s

How the Trump agenda is fueling investor confidence.

The Dow Jones and other indexes were already doing well when Donald Trump won the presidential election. And the overall jump of recent weeks has accelerated mightily, rising from just above 18,000 on election day to breaking 21,000 this week. For analysis of what’s happening with the markets, William Brangham speaks with Neil Irwin of The New York Times.

03/02/2017 | Rating NR

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