Podcast Episodes

On An Economic Tight Rope

Episode 227

The Inside Economics team turned lugubrious in this week’s episode. Given this week’s data dump showing that inflation is uncomfortably high and acce…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

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Running the Economic Gamut

Episode 226

The 2025 U.S. economy leaves no shortage of topics to explore. This week, the Inside Economics crew tries to touch them all. Mark and Cris, joined by…

8 months ago

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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, tari…

8 months, 1 week ago

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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 Parro…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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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…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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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 mark…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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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, …

9 months ago

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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 glo…

9 months, 1 week ago

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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…

9 months, 1 week ago

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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 co…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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