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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Daniel Lacalle to MacroVoices. Erik and Daniel discuss:

• Beginning of a tightening cycle amidst Ukraine/Russian war

• Recession and decreasing demand
• Risk of stagflation in Europe and other parts of the globe
• Relationship between energy and inflation
• Chinese economy & US/China relations
• Central bank policies and hiking cycles

• Risk of runaway energy prices
• Replacement of USD as the global reserve currency  

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Joseph Wang to MacroVoices. Erik and Joseph discuss:

• This week’s FOMC meeting
• Is it time for Volcker style aggressive hiking cycle?
• What options are available to the Fed?
• QT cycle – takeaways from the past and what to expect moving forward
• Weakness in equity markets
• Will the Fed stay on course this time?
• Mortgage-backed securities

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Lakshman Achuthan to MacroVoices. Erik and Lakshman discuss:

• Upcoming policy mistake

• Inflation risks – what is the issue with inflation?
• Tightening monetary policy in this current environment
• Window of economic vulnerability
• ESG and energy costs amidst the war cycle backdrop
• Outlook on equities and bonds

• Rise of commodities and what’s going on with gold  

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Dr. Pippa Malmgren to MacroVoices. Erik and Pippa discuss:

• Legitimacy of Russia’s concerns
• Perspectives on Glen Greenwald’s views on Ukraine/Russia situation
• “Dead Man’s Switch”
• Is there a nuclear threat?
• Russia’s presence in Asia
• What can aid in de-escalation of the current Ukraine/Russia relations
• WWIII may result in an economic boom

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Charlie McElligott to MacroVoices. Erik and Charlie discuss:

• Key takeaways from previous tightening cycles

• Secular vs. transitory inflation
• Aftermaths of hiking cycles of the past
• Impacts of COVID pandemic effects on the market
• Ukraine/Russia relations – downside left tail or right tail risk?
• Outlook for second half of 2022

• How to interpret lack of liquidity in the markets

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Jim Bianco to MacroVoices. Erik and Jim discuss:

• Credit market reaction to inflation
• Employment: friction between returning to office vs. WFH
• What’s going on with the Fed
• How to know if inflation is transitory
• MMT influence on politics and policies
• DeFi and tokenization of financial assets

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Alex Gurevich to MacroVoices. Erik and Alex discuss:

• Is the bond bull market over?
• US Dollar outlook
• Effects of tightening cycle
• Fed’s excess stimulus and inflation
• Gold & precious metals outlook
• Perspectives on bond markets

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Izabella Kaminska to MacroVoices. Erik and Izabella discuss:

• Shifting into endemic phase – what that means for the economy
• Is this inflation transitory?
• Supply chain – shortage in semi conductors
• Instability in Ukraine/Russia relations
• What the current economic situation means for investors
• CBDC in China – will other governments adopt?
• UBER and Airbnb business model
• What happens next in recovery for consumers

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Ronald Stoeferle to MacroVoices. Erik and Ronald discuss:

• Return of volatility

• Is recession upon us?
• Price of gold
• Rate hike cycle and inflation
• Velocity of money and inflation expectations
• Relationship between gold and crypto

• Performance of mining shares
• General market outlook

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Viktor Shvets to MacroVoices. Erik and Viktor discuss:

• The inflation pendulum
• Monetary policy and its relationship to the stock market
• Negative interest rates and gold
• Will the Fed tighten or ease?
• Post Covid geopolitics between US/China/Russia
• What’s priced wrong and where are investment opportunities?
• How to invest during the re-opening of the economy

*Please note that the market wrap commentary was recorded mid-session with the S&P still up on the day, before the late-day crash to new lows*

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