A primer on why the current housing shortage is related to, and different from, the pre-GFC housing crash.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Arculus and FTX US.
Housing prices around the country are up 19.2% this year, and 30% since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Videos of desperate couples and families lining up for open houses have become ... Show More
Sep 14
Should You Bet on AI or Crypto? Plus, the SEC’s Tokenized Stock Overhaul
On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Ram Ahluwalia, CEO and Founder of Lumida, who makes a non-consensus case that the Fed will hold rather than hike at its September meeting, and argues that AI has more ro ... Show More
21m 31s
Jun 2022
What a More Aggressive Fed Means for the Housing Market
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US.
On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the Federal Reserve’s increasing hawkishness on inflation. He explains how market expectations around Fed interest rate raises have shifted, and also explains how the mo ... Show More
16m 38s
Feb 2022
Why a US Senator Just Said the Fed Should Buy Bitcoin
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the increasingly political discourse around inflation in the United States. The Right is claiming government overspending is to blame while the Left is pushing a new narrative of corporate ... Show More
14m 49s
Oct 2022
Is Credit Suisse the Next Lehman Brothers?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and FTX US.
After a wild weekend of speculation and discussion, NLW breaks down what’s actually happening with beleaguered Credit Suisse, as well as why the FinTwit doom machine seems so focused on it.
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16m 12s
Sep 2024
How the Cost of Housing Became So Crushing
<p>Over the past year, frustration over the cost of housing in the United States has become a centerpiece of the presidential race, a focus of government policy and an agonizing nationwide problem.</p><p>Conor Dougherty, who covers housing for The Times, explains why the origin o ... Show More
33m 11s
Jun 2022
Why Is It So Hard to Buy a House in America Right Now?
<p><i>This episode contains strong language.</i></p><p>When Drew Mena and Amena Sengal decided to relocate their young family from New York to Austin, Texas, they figured they’d have no problem.</p><p>What they hadn’t realized was that, across the country, home prices — and compe ... Show More
30m 52s