Podcast Episodes

Cruise Controls or Smoke Signals

Episode 225

Automotive economists Jonathan Smoke (Cox Automotive) and Michael Brisson (Moody's Analytics) join Mark and Cris to discuss industry conditions, tariff impacts on production and pricing, and their di…

Published on 2 months ago

Housers on the Housing Shortage

Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi and Cris deRitis are joined by Ira Goldstein from The Reinvestment Fund, Maggie McCullough from PolicyMap, and Jim Parrott from the Urban Institute to discuss their new s…

Published on 2 months ago

Austan Goolsbee Clears the Dirt

Episode 224

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee joins Mark and Cris to talk about the economy and monetary policy. He explains that the up and down tariffs and other economic policies have thrown l…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Chit-Chatting About Jobs

Episode 223

Dante joins the Inside Economics crew for an unusual jobs Thursday podcast. The team discusses the disconnect between the positive headlines and market reaction to the June employment report and the …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Zelman on the Housing Zeitgeist

Episode 222

Mark, Marisa, and colleague Adam Kamins are joined by Ivy Zelman to discuss the housing market outlook. Ivy sheds light on a wide variety of topics, including disappointing demand, the persistent dra…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Cochrane on China, Chris on Crude

Episode 221

Colleagues Chris Lafakis and Steve Cochrane join Inside Economics to discuss how geopolitics is shaping the outlook and the risks to the U.S. and global economies. But first, the team reminisces abou…

Published on 3 months ago

Private Credit & Systemic Risk

Samim Ghamami, Senior Economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, joins Mark, Cris, and Marisa to explore the rapid rise of the private credit market. With global assets surpassing $2 t…

Published on 3 months ago

Stagflation(ish)

Episode 220

The specter of stagflation is on the rise.  While the higher tariffs have yet to translate into higher prices, the Inside Economics team and their colleague, inflation-maven Matt Colyar, argue they s…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Reconciling Reconciliation

Sharon Parrott, President of CBPP joins the Inside Economics team to consider the big package of tax and government spending provisions making its way through the legislative process. She explains wh…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Labor Market Yellow Flags

Episode 219

Dante joins Mark and Marisa for a rare Cris-free Saturday morning podcast to discuss the May jobs report. Given the report's weakness, the team is equally baffled by the positive news headlines and s…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago