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Leading economists Mike Spence and Mohamed El-Erian talk about the “pretty complicated and disorienting environment” we face.  In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward thinking podcast, co-host Michael Chui talks with A. Michael Spence, dean emeritus of the Stan ... Show More

The UNDP’s Pedro Conceição talks about today’s global gridlock, uncertainty complex, and a pervasive sense of disempowerment.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information 

Leading economist Chad Syverson speculates about the ingredients in productivity’s secret sauce. In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward thinking podcast, co-host Janet Bush talks with Chad Syverson. Syverson is George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of ... Show More

Jan Hatzius, head of Goldman Sachs Research and the firm's chief economist, and Dominic Wilson, senior advisor in the Global Markets Research Group, discuss the impact of rapidly shifting tariff policies on the global economy and markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m ... Show More

The economist and president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics joins FT Alphaville’s Colby Smith and Brown University’s Mark Blyth to discuss the politicking of central banking, the hurdles to finding a US-China trade war resolution and how China can manage the ... Show More

Martin Arnold and guests discuss the trial of ex-HSBC forex trader Mark Johnson and its potential repercussions for the foreign exchange markets, Commerzbank as it prepares for potential takeover bids, and the impact of AI on the way professional research is done. With special gu ... Show More

Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economics professor at Columbia University, joins Scott to discuss the state of the nation’s debt ceiling – specifically as it relates to military spending. We also hear Professor Sachs’ take on the broader geopolitical landscape, as well as the wa ... Show More

<p>Olivier Blanchard is the former chief economist of the IMF and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. He&nbsp;collaborated with former Fed chair Ben Bernanke to study the responses of 10 central banks to the recent bout of inflatio ... Show More

University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor: Finance/Economist Raghuram Rajan discusses his predictions and outlook to the Fed decision happening this week. He spoke to Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Romaine Bostick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Mark and Marisa welcome third time returning guest Aaron Klein, Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institute to discuss the recent bank failures. They converse and debate about how things went so badly off the rails, the government’s response and what could hav ... Show More

Though the banking industry has had its best period since 2007, banks still need to acknowledge recent structural and macroeconomic shifts and look for ways to evolve with markets. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey senior partner Alex Edlich and partner Reinhard H ... Show More

Michael Kramer from Reading The Markets and Mott Capital Management on trade war takeaways and the big sharp sell-off (1:10). Difference between implied and realized volatility (5:35). Vol up, spot up scenario (8:15). Fed mandates and inflation (13:00). Reverse repo facility symb ... Show More