January 31, 2019: Hour 1

January 31, 2019: Hour 1

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.
The Fed has decided not to raise interest rates, changing its previous plan to continue increasing rates this year. We talk with Larry Summers, former secretary of the Treasury, for his take on the latest economic news. Also, the diplomatic crisis continues in Venezuela after the president of the country’s legislature, Juan Guaidó, called for new elections and declared himself interim president during a rally in Caracas last week. U.S. support for Guaidó is part of a long history of antagonism between the two countries. That and more, in …