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MPR’s traditional year-end look at the economy. 

Gary Eichten hosted the annual event at St. John's University with economists Louis Johnston and Chris Farrell. They explain what's happening with unemployment, wages, deficits and tariffs and how the president's actions do — or don't — affect the performance of the economy.

Louis Johnston is professor of economics at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict. 

Chris Farrell is senior economics commentator for APM’s Marketplace and Minnesota Public Radio. 

They spoke on Wednesday at an event hosted in Collegeville by The Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. 

Listen to the full discussion with the audio player above.

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Gary Eichten hosts a discussion with Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston about the economy at year-end, with a look to the future. 

Economists Louis Johnston and Chris Farrell give Gary Eichten their year-end analysis

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Economists Louis Johnston and Chris Farrell give Gary Eichten their year-end analysis

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