Delta’s Demand, Inflation’s Rise, & the Repercussions of a Rescue 03/14/23
The Federal Reserve’s next rate hike is around the corner–or is it? The latest inflation report, last month’s Consumer Price Index, came in hot but not worse than expected. CNBC’s Steve Liesman consid...
14 Mar 202333min
Near Miss: A Bank Collapse and a Crisis Averted 03/13/23
Did we dodge the bullet? Federal agencies on Sunday approved plans to safeguard depositors affected by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, and the Federal Reserve is creating a Bank Term Fu...
13 Mar 202336min
Jobs, Gun Sales and the Silicon Valley Bank Failure 03/10/23
Job creation decelerated in February but was still stronger than expected despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to slow the economy and bring down inflation. Jason Furman, professor at the Harvard Ken...
10 Mar 202324min
Salesforce Debuts Einstein GPT & JP Morgan Sues Jes Staley over Jeffrey Epstein Ties 03/09/23
Salesforce is the latest tech powerhouse to join the ChatGPT mania, now offering Einstein GPT. The offering draws on OpenAI’s technology that’s taken the tech industry by storm. Salesforce Service Clo...
9 Mar 202331min
The Economic Balance: Powell's Warnings, Biden's Tax Plan, and Buffett's Bet on Oil 03/08/23
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and warned that interest rates may rise higher than expected as inflation continues to show ...
8 Mar 202332min
Banning TikTok? And How to Survive a Pandemic 03/07/23
The move to ban foreign technology – including TikTok – gains traction in Congress. Sen. Mark Warner (D) Virginia describes his new bill, to take a more holistic approach at technology developed in Ch...
7 Mar 202326min
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and this Week’s Great Expectations 03/06/23
President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal will be released later this week, intensifying the debt limit fight between the President and Capitol Hill. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses Am...
6 Mar 202336min
The War on ESG and Apple’s Artificial Intelligence 03/03/23
The Senate voted to overturn a Labor Department rule that permits fiduciary retirement fund managers to consider ESG factors in their investment decisions. The House version of the bill passed with th...
3 Mar 202330min
