Podcast Episodes

Holiday Sales and Housing Supply

Episode 37

Ed Golding, Executive Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy and a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, joins Mark, Ryan, and Cris to discuss all things related to the U.S. housing market. …

Published on 4 years ago

Big Inflation and Baby Bubbles

Episode 36

Mark, Ryan, and Cris discuss the November consumer price index. The big topic is whether stock prices, housing, and crypto are in the midst of a bubble.

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Published on 4 years ago

Noisy Data and New Variants

Episode 35

Mark, Ryan, and Cris welcome back Dante DeAntonio, Senior Economist at Moodys Analytics, to breakdown the November U.S. employment report. They find plenty of reasons for optimism even though job gro…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Once and Future Inflation

Episode 34

Mark, Ryan, and Cris discuss inflation throughout the history of the United States and whether we're in the midst of an era.

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Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Confidence, Consumers, and Cowbells

Episode 33

Diane Swonk, Chief Economist of Grant Thornton, joins Mark, Cris, and Ryan to discuss the current state of the American consumer. They focus on what factors are driving the holiday sales, excess savi…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Coffee, COP26, and Climate Change

Episode 32

Emilie Mazzacurati, Global Head of Moody's Climate Solutions, joins Mark, Ryan, and Cris to discuss the global economic impact of climate change, the potential effects of a carbon tax on the economy,…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Workers, Wages, and Wallyball

Episode 31

Mark, Ryan, and Cris dissect the October U.S. employment report and what it says about the state of the economy, wage growth, and inflation. We knew there were Hunger Games and Squid Games. Now add t…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Probability of Recession and Puppies for Everyone

Episode 30

Kevin Hassett, Vice President and Managing Director of the Lindsey Group and former Chair of the Council of Economics under President Trump, joins Mark, Ryan, and Cris to discuss the risk of a recess…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Beige Book and Betting on Oil Prices

Episode 29

Mark, Ryan, and Cris welcome Gaurav Ganguly, a Senior Director of Economic Research at Moody's Analytics and Chris Lafakis, a Director of Economic Research. They discuss global energy markets, the ef…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Confidence and Competitive Markets

Episode 28

Joe Kennedy, senior principal economist at MITRE, joins Mark, Ryan, and Cris to discuss the different schools of thought on anti-trust and market competition. They also discuss Big Tech and Big Pharm…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago