Episode Details

As the U.S. debt hits 100% of GDP and the 30-year Treasury yield nears the 5% mark, the bond market is finally forcing Washington’s hand. In this deep-dive interview, James Grant, founder of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, joins Jeremy Szafron to discuss why the Federal Reserve now regards gold as an "existential threat" to its discretionary power.

Grant warns that the current era of "Fiscal Dominance" means the Treasury’s interest bill is increasingly limiting what monetary policy can actually achieve. We explore the hidden "time bomb" in the $30 trillion private credit market, where stripped-away covenants and opaque "marks" have created a cycle that Grant believes must end in a "gale of fear". From the AI CapEx bubble to the 91-year debasement of the dollar, this is a masterclass in credit discipline and monetary history. 

Recorded May 1 2026

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Chapters:
00:00 Inflation Meets Bonds: The 5% Warning
00:54 Fiscal Dominance: Is the Treasury Running the Fed?
03:29 The Private Credit Time Bomb
04:05 Insurance Risk: Private Equity’s New Play
07:24 The Erosion of Covenants and Opaque Marks
10:18 LMEs: The "Extend and Pretend" Peak
12:38 The AI CapEx Bubble: Bubble vs. Use Case
17:02 Tech Cycles: Lessons from Railroads & Fiber Optics
19:44 Dollar Liquidity and the Fed’s Next Trap
24:18 The 91-Year Debasement Trade: Gold $4,500
28:55 Silver: Industrial Demand vs. Monetary Value
42:39 Why the Fed Hates Gold: The Hard Limit 

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