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New paper published by Hudson Bay Capital, written by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Miran, “ATI: Activist Treasury Issuance and the Tug-of-War Over Monetary Policy”:

https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/635102_Activist_Treasury_Issuance_-_Hudson_Bay_Capital_Research.pdf

Nouriel Roubini’s book discussed in the interview, “Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy”: https://www.amazon.com/Political-Cycles-Macroeconomy-Alberto-Alesina/dp/0262510944

Nouriel Roubini’s latest book, “Megathreats”: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/nouriel-roubini/megathreats/9780316284059/?lens=little-brown

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:18) What Is "Activist Treasury Issuance" (ATI)?

(08:00) The Mechanics Of How The U.S. Treasury Has Altered Engaged In "Activist Treasury Issuance"

(20:52) VanEck Ad

(24:21) Activist Treasury Issuance Played A Role In Boosting Asset Values, And In Avoiding A Recession (And Might Have Caused A "No Landing" Instead of a "Soft Landing")

(29:53) History of Treasury's "Bill Share": GFC, Money Market Reform, March 2020 Panic

(33:44) How Much Does Current Treasury Issuance Differ From Historical Issuance Patterns?

(45:43) Permissionless Ad

(46:46) Does Government Borrowing "Crowd Out" Private Investment?

(59:09) Will ATI Continue In The Next Presidential Administration?

(01:07:20) Long-Term Interest Rates Could Rise and Force a "Meaningful Repricing of Risk Assets"

(01:10:49) It's Not Just The Fed - U.S. Treasury Has "Forward Guidance" Now Too

(01:13:02) Nouriel Roubini's Closing Thoughts

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:44) Overview of Chris' Banking Outlook

(04:59) Bank of America

(12:54) VanEck Ad

(15:39) Charles Schwab

(20:27) Credit Cards and Auto

(27:21) Permissionless Ad

(28:24) Commercial Real Estate (CRE)

(35:51) Smaller Banks Are Leading The Larger Banks

(40:34) Capital Markets Activity Is Picking Back Up

(44:43) Private Credit & Private Equity

(47:21) Synthetic Risk Transfers

(56:42) Basel III Endgame Might Be Shelved If Trump Gets Re-Elected

(01:18:58) What About The Chinese Shadow Banking System?

(01:21:13) How Pettis Sees This All Playing Out

(01:25:09) How Falling Real Estate Prices (And Stock Markets) Impact Sentiment In China

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Recent writings by Michael Pettis:

“Which Country Should Design U.S. Industrial Policy?”: https://carnegieendowment.org/china-financial-markets/2024/07/which-country-should-design-us-industrial-policy?lang=en

“Trade and the Manufacturing Share”: https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/trade-and-the-manufacturing-share/

“Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace”: https://www.amazon.com/Trade-Wars-Are-Class-International/dp/0300244177

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:18) The Problem With China's Investment-Driven Growth Model

(09:52) Why Increasing China's Consumption Is So Hard

(17:36) China's Plan To Reignite Economic Growth In China

(20:43) Why China Will Follow Similar Path To Japan In Its Economic Decline In 1990s

(24:03) Impact That Trade Surplus Countries (China, Germany, etc.) Have on Trade Deficit Countries (U.S., U.K., etc.)

(28:06) VanEck Ad

(28:46) Interview Continues

(36:59) The Fall of The "Trade Is Always Good" Consensus Among Economists

(49:58) Permissionless Ad

(50:57) Is China "Cheating At Trade"?

(57:19) The Three Things The U.S. Can Do To Respond To Its Role As "Global Consumer Of Last Resort"

(01:01:53) Why U.S. Capital Controls Are Necessary To Truly Fix The American Trade Deficit

(01:06:35) Both Trump and Biden Factions Are Determined To Resolve U.S.' Trade Imbalances

(01:08:36) China's Move From Real Estate To Manufacturing Is Exacerbating Its Trade Surplus With The Rest Of The World

(01:14:53) Chinese Real Estate Crisis Unlikely To Imperil The Chinese Banking System, Argues Pettis (Because The Government Is In Control)

(01:18:58) What About The Chinese Shadow Banking System?

(01:21:13) How Pettis Sees This All Playing Out

(01:25:09) How Falling Real Estate Prices (And Stock Markets) Impact Sentiment In China

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:48) Peter's Economic Worries: That Lower-End Consumers Are Already In A Recession

(12:26) VanEck Ad

(13:06) Interview Continues

(21:12) Is The AI Narrative That's Fueling The Stock Market Rally Real?

(48:07) Japan

(54:36) China

(01:09:19) 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

(01:11:42) Is The Boom In Private Credit & Private Equity Going To End Badly?

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:10) Railroads

(19:50) VanEck Ad

(20:30) Airlines

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:18) Has The Bearish Narrative On China's Collapse Gone Too Far?

(05:50) Collapse Of Evergrande Was NOT A "Lehman Moment," Argues Harburg

(10:21) Current State of Chinese Real Estate Market

(15:56) Is Economic Stimulus From The Chinese Government On Its Way?

(19:28) Are Chinese Policymakers Worried About Deflation?

(21:16) Western Goods Are Being "Slaughtered" By Chinese Consumption of Domestically-Produced Goods

(24:35) VanEck Ad

(25:29) Spending Is "Definitely Weak" As "People Are Losing Their Jobs"

(26:42) Not In DNA of Chinese Government To Enact a "Major Stimulus Package"

(28:59) India Is A "Mirage" Where Corruption Is Actually Higher Than In China, Argues Harburg

(36:46) Delisting of DiDi Was "Justified" But The Chinese Government Often Does Not Provide Sufficient Detail On Rationale Behind Policies

(41:01) The Chinese Labor Market

(43:09) Permissionless Ad

(44:15) The Chinese Stock Market

(49:28) Chinese Electric Vehicles

(54:19) Tariffs Against China: Why Chinese Leaders Would Prefer Trump Over Biden

(01:00:49) Does Beijing Look Fondly Upon Bank Credit Being Directed Away From Real Estate And Into Consumer Lending?

(01:06:21) Private Markets In China Are "Very Challenged"

(01:12:17) China's Central Bank (The People's Bank of China)

(01:14:11) Chinese Yuan

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:46) Economic False Alarms Over Past 5 Years

(05:44) The False Recession Signal of 2022

(19:36) VanEck Ad

(20:17) What Is The Cause Of So Much Economic Pessimism?

(26:26) Are Sovereign Debt Levels A Threat To Economy?

(39:56) Permissionless III Ad

(40:54) AI And Labor Productivity

(54:04) How To Prepare For Actual Material Economic Threats

(01:00:52) What Are The False Signals Of 2024?

(01:06:25) Geopolitical Risks

(01:13:10) U.S. / China Tensions

(01:17:22) Black Swan: Solar Flare

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:56) Is There An "Economic Accident" Brewing?

(10:26) Why Neil Thinks The Fed Should Cut Before The Election

(21:54) VanEck Ad

(22:36) Odds Of A Recession

(29:33) Is The Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) Data From Establishment Survey Overstating How Rosy U.S. Job Market Is?

(48:25) Dutta Prefers Bonds Over Stocks

(58:42) The Fiscal Deficit In 2025 And Beyond

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:34) Jonah's Background At Lehman, Goldman, Vitol, and Cumberland

(04:18) Jonah on Crypto: "I'm So Bullish I Can't See Straight"

(06:18) Why Jonah Thinks Bitcoin Will Stay In A Range ("Proper Chop") Before Shooting Higher

(09:11) Jonah: Bitcoin Is Better At Conducting Large Scale Commodity Transactions Than Most Non-Reserve Fiat Currencies

(22:01) VanEck Ad

(28:20) Has Saudi Arabia Moved Off The Petrodollar?

(30:09) Is Mt. Gox Unlock of Bitcoin A Big Deal?

(34:25) Jonah on The Real Reason Crypto Is Going Down: "Most Altcoins Are Worthless": You "Shitcoin of Choice" Is Probably Dead

(45:19) The Rise of Stablecoins

(48:26) The "AI" Crypto Coins

(50:40) Jonah on Oil: There's A Lot Of Spare Capacity, Hard To See A Big Move Higher

(58:09) The Best Trade of 2024 In Oil Has Been Selling Options

(01:06:34) Why Jonah Is Bullish Distillates

(01:10:15) Jonah on Oil Refineries

(01:13:34) Natural Gas

(01:20:25) Uranium and Gold

(01:22:58) Fiat Debasement and Bitcoin

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This week, David Goone CEO of tZERO joins the show for a discussion on the next big trend he is seeing within capital markets. We discuss David's time at the ICE exchange, acquisition as a growth strategy, the development of online trading, how to unlock liquidity for alternative assets & more. Enjoy!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(08:20) The Shift From LIBOR To SOFR

(16:05) VanEck Ad

(16:45) Acquisition As A Growth Strategy

(22:16) The Growth Of Electronic Trading

(24:57) What Is tZERO?

(36:43) What Is A Security?

(38:47) Providing Liquidity For Venture Capital & Private Equity

(48:53) Aspen Hotel Resort Offering

(56:20) Building A Brand & Reputation As An Alternative Exchange

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