Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. 

The following is a sample of the Munk Debates’ weekly current affairs podcast, Friday Focus.  

On this week’s edition of the Friday Focus podcast, Janice and Rudyard start the program with a look back at a big week in financial news and markets. The U.S. Federal Reserve slowed its rate hikes to 25 points for the first time, and stocks soared while longer-duration interest rates plunged. What does this say about the future of the fight against inflation? The show wraps up with a discussion of the security and political situation in Israel and the high-stakes fight between the government of Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s highest court.

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