Segment 1: Mark Hamrick, Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Economic Analyst for Bankrate.com, joins John to breakdown the conflicting signals in two different snapshots of the job market, the big jump in job cuts, how tariff uncertainty has been impacting the economy, when we might see the Fed cut rates again and what he he expects to see in tomorrow’s February labor report.

Segment 2: Emily Stewart, Senior Correspondent, Business Insider, tells John how WFH has made people NSFW. How has working from home changed people’s habits as more people are returning to the office.

Segment 4: Business leader Bill Mass joins John Williams to talk about the work he’s done with Keshet, a non profit whose mission is to create an inclusive community of belonging where people of all abilities learn, play, work and live together. Keshet will will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year on Sunday, March 9th, at Ateres Ayala, Skokie, IL, at 4:30 p.m. Find tickets here.

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