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Weekly economic insights from Professional Forecasters in under 20 minutes

Michael Roberts and Jeff Baldwin


    • May 8, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    The Fed's Holding Pattern

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 24:34


    This week we discuss the Fed's latest meeting and what is to come in the future.

    A Slowing Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 22:03


    This week we discuss the Q1 GDP release although with the latest jobs report and inflation numbers.

    China Showdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 32:37


    This episode we focus on China and the current trade tensions. How big of a trading partner is the US for China and vice versa.

    A Tariff Pause

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 24:35


    This episode we're talking about the 90-day pause that was just put on tariffs and the market reaction.

    Liberation Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 41:12


    This week we talk about the new tariffs and their possible impact on the economy going forward.

    GDP and Trade Balances

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 20:27


    This week to discuss new home sales, consumer confidence, and possible future GDP numbers.

    The Fed Holds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 21:01


    This week we chat about February housing numbers and the latest FOMC meeting.

    Market Volatility

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 19:11


    We discuss the recent drop in the stock market, some inflation numbers out this week, and the labor market still going strong.

    Slowing but Growing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 23:37


    In this episode we chat about the latest US Jobs report, unemployment, the Beige Book, and the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow forecast.

    Politicized Consumer Sentiment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 22:14


    This week we discuss the latest housing numbers, University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, and the minutes from January's FOMC meeting.

    Inflation Surprises Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 22:32


    We chat about recently released inflation numbers (January CPI and PPI) as well as an event we recently attended with a PIMCO economist.

    Rising Inflation Expectations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 23:02


    We discuss recent inflation and jobs numbers as well as the latest Consumer Sentiment release from the University of Michigan.

    January FOMC Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 21:16


    We chat about December housing numbers and consumer confidence before discussing what happened at the January FOMC meeting/press conference.

    Strong Consumer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 20:47


    Join us as we break down this week's biggest economic news and dig into what's really happening with consumer spending across different income levels.

    2025 Outlook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 25:49


    We discuss the jobs reports that came out this week and go into what we're looking out for in 2025.

    Fed Cuts in December

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 19:51


    We talk about this week's FOMC meeting as well as other economic news of the week.

    Modern Day Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 25:19


    We chat about this week's inflation numbers and then delve into tariffs and their impact in modern economics.

    Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 28:16


    The usual weekly news followed by a historical dive into the origin and history of tariffs.

    Housing Numbers & Quantitative Easing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 23:45


    Why long term interest rates are going up while the Fed is cutting.

    Inflation & Debt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 21:17


    October inflation readings and how to think about government debt

    Transitory is Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 29:06


    US Election and the FOMC November meeting

    Weekly Update - Nov 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 21:21


    This week we discuss recent employment statistics, September's PCE numbers, and Q3 GDP.

    Weekly Update - October 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 21:16


    This week we discuss the housing market, the Beige Book, and the un-inversion of the yield curve.

    Weekly Update - October 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 22:25


    This week we're talking initial jobless claims, housing numbers, and our longer term view on the markets/economy.

    Weekly Update - October 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 21:31


    This week we're talking inflation. Both CPI and PPI were released this week. We discuss what a higher-than-expected CPI number means and what to expect in the markets going forward.

    Weekly Update - Oct 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 19:49


    This week we have Jerome Powell's latest public comments, the September employment report, and we're entering the next stage of the Fed rates balancing act.

    Weekly Update - Sept 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 20:50


    This episode we talk about the latest PCE number, new home sales, and the Fed's upcoming balancing act.

    Weekly Update - Sept 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 20:19


    This episode we talk about last week's FOMC rate cut and its implications for the future.

    Weekly Update - Sept 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 20:35


    This episode we discuss the recent CPI and PPI data points as well as next week's FOMC meeting and how that will effect the future of the markets.

    Weekly Update - Sept 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 21:03


    This episode we discuss this week's jobs report, rate cut expectations, and the Beige Book.

    Weekly Update - August 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 22:20


    This week we discuss Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech, the annual jobs number revision, and recent housing data.

    Weekly Update - August 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 19:28


    We discuss this week's market recovery and economic releases: PPI, CPI and Retail Sales.

    Weekly Update - August 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 22:32


    This episode we discuss the recent market selloff, the carry trade, and the importance of the Federal Reserve.

    Weekly Update - August 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 21:36


    This week we discuss the labor markets and the July FOMC meeting.

    weekly update july fomc
    Weekly Update - July 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 24:34


    This episode we discuss this week's GDP release, June PCE, and new and existing home sales.

    Weekly Update - July 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 19:53


    This week we discuss the Beige Book, US Retail Sales, various homebuilding indicators, and how the markets did over the last week.

    Weekly Update - July 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 23:22


    This week we talk about Jerome Powell speaking before Congress, last week's employment report, and this week's CPI release.

    Weekly Update - July 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 22:09


    This week we talk about job openings, manufacturing and the yield curve.

    Weekly Update - June 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 19:21


    An update on the macroeconomic releases for the week ending June 28th

    Historical Background

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 11:43


    This episode catches the listener up on recent macroeconomic history to prepare for discussing what is going on today in future episodes.

    Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 5:36


    An introduction to the Mind the Macro podcast.

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