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

• Replacement of global reserve currency - from US dollar to decentralized digital currency
• Central bank issued digital currency
• Fully decentralized currency system vs. digital sovereign market
• Re-engineering corporate capital structure
• Will the new currency system emerge from Metaverse?

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Bill Blain to MacroVoices. Erik and Bill discuss:

• Inflation – is it really transitory?
• Impacts of Ukraine/Russia situation on inflation
• Global reserve currency – US Dollar vs. Digital Currency
• Inflation impacts on the bond market
• Energy crisis on the horizon?
• ESG vs fossil fuels

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Philip Verleger to MacroVoices. Erik and Philip discuss:

• Energy outlook

• Recession impact on oil prices
• Transition to ESG & Electrification of the economy
• Overlooked challenges in the transition in energy
• Consequences of current geopolitical event on energy
• Likelihood of price control

• What should be done to mitigate energy price challenges

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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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