No fewer than 11 global central bankers are jostling for attention from the world’s media today. The message from all this central bank babble is likely to be confusion. We are close to monetary policy turning points, in the middle of structural upheaval, with data which is less reliable. In such circumstances, there is a risk that gut instinct and pre-conce ... Show More
Apr 2025
Viewpoints with Burkhard Varnholt - A global markets podcast (Ep. 32)
How much longer will uncertainty last, and where might it all settle? Burkhard weighs in as investors continue to navigate everything from policy pivots to Fed independence to inflation, and much more. Plus, thoughts on how investors should react to a market recovery (or a deeper ... Show More
11m 53s
Nov 2023
Macro Monthly Podcast with UBS Asset Management
Hear from top investment professionals from the UBS Asset Management’s Multi-Asset Team, this month featuring Evan Brown, Portfolio Manager and Head of Multi-Asset Strategy, and Enrique Davila, Multi-Asset Investment Specialist.
19m 14s
Mar 2023
The Huge Significance of Small Banks
Torsten Slok had been firmly in the “no landing” camp of economists. More positive than a “soft landing,” its adherents say the Federal Reserve will tame inflation without triggering a recession at all. But for Slok, chief economist of Apollo Global Management, that all changed w ... Show More
39m 43s
Aug 2023
Hyun Song Shin on the New Financial Stability Risks
<p>At Jackson Hole, the Kansas City Fed's annual gathering for economists and central bankers, there's a lot of focus on the short-term path of monetary policy. But, of course, the Economic Symposium is supposed to be about long-term policy frameworks. And central bankers aren't ... Show More
41m 19s
Sep 2021
Making monetary policy fit for today and beyond: the ECB strategy review
Our inflation objective and how price changes are measured, employment, climate change… These are just some of the topics we’ve looked at during our strategy review, the outcome of which we revealed in July.
In this episode of The ECB Podcast, our host Katie Ranger discusses the ... Show More
21m 33s
Sep 2023
Central banks made bonds sell off
<p>This week, one central bank after another made it clear that interest rates need to stay higher for longer. As a result, government bond yields rose sharply, the US dollar strengthened and equities sold off. Only the Bank of Japan remains on a different wavelength, keeping its ... Show More
17m 11s
<p>With so much going on in markets, some moves that may have been hot topics against a less chaotic backdrop, such as policy shifts towards shrinking central bank balance sheets, are hitting the back burner.</p><p><br></p><p>-----Transcript-----</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to Thoug ... Show More
