{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":250,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T14:20:29.789761+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"Why has the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates?","slug":"why-has-the-us-federal-reserve-raised-interest-rates","published_at":"2026-09-17T00:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/why-has-the-us-federal-reserve-raised-interest-rates","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/us-federal-reserve-raises-rates-trump/107163252","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/oi/Z/ut.mp3","summary":"It looks like Donald Trump's pick to head the US federal reserve isn't following orders. The man hand-selected by the US President has decided to do the exact opposite of what Mr Trump has been asking. Chairman Kevin Warsh has announced an interest rate hike for the world's largest economy. The President is not happy and has reiterated his calls for interest rates to be lowered. So why has the Fed made a very different decision?","meta_description":"It looks like Donald Trump's pick to head the US federal reserve isn't following orders. The man hand-selected by the US President has decided to do the e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":181,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/why-has-the-us-federal-reserve-raised-interest-rates/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/why-has-the-us-federal-reserve-raised-interest-rates.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}