Unhedged: The Fed under attack
Behind the Money27 Aug 2025

Unhedged: The Fed under attack

This week we're sharing an episode from, Unhedged, another podcast from the FT network.


The annual meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is supposed to be an intellectual retreat. Instead, it was overshadowed by personal and political attacks on US Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook. Today on the show, Katie Martin talks to US economics editor Claire Jones about her reporting from Jackson Hole and what might happen if the central bank falls under the president’s control. Also, we attempt to go long and short but are interrupted by a fire alarm.


For a free 30-day trial to the Unhedged newsletter go to: https://www.ft.com/unhedgedoffer.


You can email Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin at unhedged@ft.com.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episoder(318)

A radical change for the US Treasury market

A radical change for the US Treasury market

The past several years in the US Treasury market have not been what you’d call smooth sailing. Three crises in a decade recently pushed regulators to introduce important changes to the world’s largest...

27 Mar 202415min

Listener mailbag with the Unhedged podcast

Listener mailbag with the Unhedged podcast

More questions — more answers! We’ve partnered with the FT’s Unhedged podcast for a special two-part episode, fielding questions you have submitted about markets and finance. The host of Unhedged, Eth...

19 Mar 202424min

Are penny stocks getting the memestock treatment?

Are penny stocks getting the memestock treatment?

Penny stocks are having a moment. In recent months, little-known companies with names such as Bit Brother and Phunware have been among the most traded stocks in America’s public markets, surpassing co...

13 Mar 202417min

How JPMorgan thrived amid a banking crisis

How JPMorgan thrived amid a banking crisis

It’s been a year since Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse left everyone worried that the US’s banking sector sat on shaky ground. Despite that turmoil, one bank stands out: JPMorgan Chase. The largest ban...

6 Mar 202417min

Is OpenAI’s business model sustainable?

Is OpenAI’s business model sustainable?

OpenAI is one of the fastest-growing companies ever, thanks to its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. But costs to train and run the models that underpin that technology are steep. And chief ex...

28 Feb 202417min

Hedge fund pioneers face signs of a reckoning

Hedge fund pioneers face signs of a reckoning

Billionaire financiers such as Ken Griffin pioneered what’s known as the multi-manager model for hedge funds, where big spending begets big returns. In 2022, Griffin’s Citadel became the best-performi...

21 Feb 202416min

Why Elon Musk is breaking up with Delaware

Why Elon Musk is breaking up with Delaware

A Delaware court recently struck down Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay package. Soon after, Musk took to his social network X and offered some advice: “Never incorporate your company in the state of ...

14 Feb 202415min

Baidu’s ‘do-or-die’ bet on AI

Baidu’s ‘do-or-die’ bet on AI

Baidu made it big as China’s go-to search engine. But in the past decade the tech giant has struggled, while competitors such as Alibaba and Tencent have soared ahead. The FT’s China tech corresponden...

7 Feb 202417min

Populært innen Business og økonomi

stopp-verden
dine-penger-pengeradet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
e24-podden
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-borsmorgen-okonominyhetene
pengepodden-2
finansredaksjonen
tid-er-penger-en-podcast-med-peter-warren
livet-pa-veien-med-jan-erik-larssen
morgenkaffen-med-finansavisen
rss-markedspuls-2
pengesnakk
utbytte
lederpodden
rss-pa-konto
liberal-halvtime
rss-fa-makro
rss-investering-gjort-enkelt
rss-impressions-2