Podcast Episodes

Reading the Polls: Doug Usher on the Midterm Elections

This week on the Macrocast, Doug Usher, PhD, an FTP partner who leads insights and data analytics, joins the team to break down the November 3rd elec…

10 hours ago

Hot Prices, Cooling Demand, and the Midterms

This week on the Macrocast, the team breaks down a hotter-than-expected inflation report, driven largely by gasoline. They look at how higher costs a…

1 week ago

Economic Anxiety and the Midterm Countdown ft. John Dick

This week on the Macrocast, CivicScience’s John Dick joins the team to discuss economic sentiment, declining optimism about personal finances, and wh…

2 weeks ago

The Road to the Midterms: Jobs, Inflation, and Energy

This week on the Macrocast, the team breaks down a weaker-than-expected September jobs report, with just 29,000 jobs added and the unemployment rate …

3 weeks ago

Treasury Turbulence, Trump-Xi, and the AI Trade

This week, the Macrocast team examines renewed turbulence in the Treasury market as longer-term yields climb amid stronger economic data, persistent …

4 weeks ago

Rate Hikes, Trade Fights, and a Nervous Market with Trevor Hanger

The Fed raised rates again, but the bigger story may be what comes next. Trevor from FTP fills in for Ed this week to break down the latest data, the…

1 month ago

Fall Outlook for the U.S. Consumer ft. John Dick

This week, the Macrocast team is joined by frequent contributor John Dick of CivicScience to take the pulse of the U.S. consumer heading into the fal…

1 month, 1 week ago

Labor Day Edition: Jobs, Fed, and What's Next

This week's episode covers August's jobs report, which beat expectations with solid job growth and upward revisions to prior months. 

The strong data …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jackson Hole and the Fed's Tell

This week, the Macrocast team breaks down Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech, where he flagged persistent above-target inflation even as he acknow…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Back-to-School Spending and Market Signals ft. John Dick

This week, the Macrocast team is joined by frequent contributor John Dick of CivicScience for a read on the U.S. consumer heading into the fall. Sent…

2 months ago