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#089 Jim Bianco On Why Inflation Will Be Problematic And There Won't Be A Fed Pivot
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Macro researcher Jim Bianco (@BiancoResearch), the president of Bianco Research, joins Julia La Roche again for a wide-ranging conversation on the macroeconomic environment.
In this episode, Bianco shares why he thinks we've seen a bottoming in inflation and that it will start to creep back up. He also explained why he doesn't see the Fed pivoting because the inflation rate is likely to be problematic. Elsewhere, Bianco explains why he's not necessarily in the recession camp.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Macro view
4:20 That’s not “TINA”
6:35 Unusual market performance this year
10:29 Thoughts on passive investing
14:00 On AI: Overhype the short-term, underestimate the long-term
18:00 Impact of AI on finance
25:05 Might not be in the recession camp
29:40 Did something already break?
32:34 Sticky inflation
36:00 Labor market is very different from what anyone thinks it is right now
43:00 Impact on cities, commercial real estate, public transportation
51:33 Regional bank risk
55:15 Energy
1:01:00 Parting thoughts