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Episode 121
Mark and Cris take stock of the economy’s performance so far this year, and consider what surprised them (think the job market), what they got right …
2 years, 5 months ago
Healthy Inflation, Unhealthy Housing
Episode 120
The stellar June CPI inflation report is top of mind for Mark, Cris and Bernard. The report arguably couldn’t have been better, as the conversation …
2 years, 5 months ago
Relaxing Report, Squiggly Data
Episode 119
Mark, Cris & Marisa are joined by Jobs Day regular Dante DeAntonio to discuss the June employment report. Job growth is slowing to script but wage gr…
2 years, 6 months ago
Roach on China and the Road Forward
Episode 118
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow at the China Center of Yale Law School, discusses China’s near and longer-term economic prospects with Mark, Cris and Ma…
2 years, 6 months ago
Forecasting the Fed and Falling CRE
Episode 117
Mark, Cris and Marisa weigh whether or not to change the forecast for the Fed funds rate and dig deep to play the statistics game. Later they are joi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Shelter from the Storm(s)
Episode 116
The Inside Economics team takes shelter from a tornado (true story), and Mark Calabria, senior advisor to the Cato Institute and former director of t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Taiwan Straits, Tough Geopolitics
Episode 115
Amid mounting geopolitical tensions over the independence of Taiwan, Mark and team consider various scenarios regarding how this is ultimately resolv…
2 years, 7 months ago
Debt Limit Relief, Labor Market Disbelief
Episode 114
The group dives deep into the jobs report for May. They dissect the cross-currents in the numbers, and consider what the report means for financial m…
2 years, 7 months ago
Do we have a Deal?
Episode 113
Ben Harris, former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the US Treasury, summarizes the latest proposal for raising the debt ceiling. An accept…
2 years, 7 months ago
New Construction and Niche-y Nerds
Episode 112
Richard Branch, Chief Economist for Dodge Data & Analytics, joins the podcast to share his insights on all things construction. Construction is the m…
2 years, 7 months ago