Worldview: Central Bank Insights
Navigate the global economy with clarity. Join host Reagan Bossong, a student at the Wharton School of Finance, as he breaks down the week's biggest news from central banks worldwide. Discover how their decisions will shape markets and influence your world. Subscribe for a weekly dose of essential insights at the intersection of finance and the globe.
Episodes
27 episodes
Week of 7/21: Sharp Russian Hikes and Unexpected Chinese Cuts
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twenty-eighth episode, we will discuss the recent tightening of Russian key interest rates and China unexpe...
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Week of 7/7: Cooling US Job Market, French Political Uncertainty, and Junta Oppression in Myanmar
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twenty-seventh episode, we will discuss the implications of Powell emphasizing the cooling job ma...
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Week of 6/30: Fed’s Continuing Need for “More Data”, Growing Ties between Iran and Russia, and China Borrowing Billions in Bonds
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twenty-sixth episode, we will discuss how the Fed noted that the Fed remains on a disinflationary path thou...
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Week of 6/17: More Swiss Cuts, Politics of Central Banks, Potential Policy Shift for the PBoC
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twenty-fourth episode, we will discuss the Swiss National Bank’s decision to cut rates for a seco...
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Week of 6/10: Fed Keeps Rates Steady, Increase in CBDC Testing, and Falling Yields in China
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twenty-fourth episode, we will discuss the Fed’s recent rate decision, a survey about central ban...
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Week of 6/3: Gold Sell-Off, ECB Cuts Rates, and Warnings from the Bundesbank
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twenty-third episode, we will discuss the effects of the recent sell-off of gold, then to how the ECB has d...
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Week of 5/26: PCE Remains Stable, Turkey’s Worrying Inflation, and Pressure Mounting on the PBoC
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twenty-second episode, we will discuss how the personal consumption index in the US remains stable, Turkey'...
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Week of 5/12: Powell holds steady, China’s debt sales, and Slowing G-7 Inflation
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this twentieth episode, we will discuss how it seems as though the Fed will continue to hold steady, t...
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Week of 5/5: Fed Rates, Deciphering Bank of England Signals, and Warnings from the PBOC
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this nineteenth episode, we will discuss how there’s still a chance for an increase in Fed rates, then to the Ba...
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Week of 4/21: Higher for Longer Rates, Turkey’s Steady Stance, and Argentina’s “Lowering”
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this eighteenth episode, we will by discussing why it may not be as bad as we think if the Fed keeps r...
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Week of 4/14: Delays to Cuts, Vietnam’s Fraudulent Bank, and the IMF’s Warnings to Asia
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this seventeenth episode, we will by discussing how Wall Street’s expectations for rate cuts have been...
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Week of 4/7: Inflation rises in the US, Incoming EU Cuts, and Pakistan’s repayment
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this sixteenth episode, we will begin by discussing how the Fed will most likely hold off on rate cuts as inflat...
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Week of 3/31: The Fed Outlook, Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency, and Kazakhstan’s Quest to Easing
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this fifteenth episode, we delve into the latest reports regarding when the Fed will finally cut rates...
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Week of 3/24: Powell’s Patience, Currency Crisis in Nigeria, and the Weakening Yen
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this fourteenth episode, we delve into how Fed Chair Jerome Powell continues to say how the Fed shouldn’t rush rate cuts, t...
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Week of 3/17: The Fed Holds Steady, Japan Increases For the First Time in 17 Years, and Turkey rises to 50%
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this thirteenth episode, we delve into how Fed officials kept the interest rate at 5.3 percent and project three cuts this ...
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Week of 3/10: Fed’s Quest for More Evidence, Argentina’s need to dollarize, and China’s Steady Rates
In this twelfth episode, we delve into how Powell needs more evidence that inflation is tamed though will probably stick with three cuts this year, how many believe Argentina must dollarize and get rid of their central bank, and how China Kept ...
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Week of 3/3: Egypt’s Dealings with the IMF, Diversification from the Dollar, and Positive Inflation Data
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this eleventh episode, we delve into how the US Fed, along with other major central banks, are confident they ca...
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Week of 2/25: Bets on Rate Cuts, Thomas Jordan Resigns, and Zimbabwe’s Need for Reforms
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this tenth episode, we delve into Wall Street’s bets on which major central bank will be the first to cut rates, the resign...
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Week of 2/18: Bundesbank Deficit Absorption, ECB loss, and Chinese Rate Cut
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this ninth episode, we turn our attention to how the Bundesbank spent almost 20bn of provisions it built up to cover huge l...
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Week of 2/11: Russia’s Inflation, Zimbabwe’s Pile of Gold, and a Technical Japanese Recession
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this eighth episode, we turn our attention to some of the less publicized central bank moves, starting with how Russia’s ce...
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Week of 2/4: South Africa’s Manifesto, Fast Approaching Cuts in Italy, and Encouragement of Foreign Payments in China
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this seventh episode, we turn our attention to how the Economics Freedom Fighters of South Africa are calling...
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Week of 1/28: New Lebanon Withdrawal Policy, Governor Erkan Quits, and Fed’s Caution
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this second episode, we turn our attention to Lebanon’s central bank allowing depositors to withdraw $150 a month fro...
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Week of 1/21: More Hikes in Turkey, Steady Rates for the ECB, and Nigeria’s Replacement of Policymakers
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance. In this fifth episode, we turn our attention to Turkey interest rate hikes, the ECB holding rates steady, and Nigeria C...
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Week of 1/14: Trump's War on CBDCs, Turkish Drama, and Warnings from the IMF
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this fourth episode, we turn our attention to the drama occurring in the Turkey Central Bank, Nigeria’s clearance of FX...
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Week of 1/7: Sri Lanka's Policy Shift, Argentina's Resolve, and the PBOC's Calculated Moves
Welcome to "Worldview: Central Bank Insights" – your shortcut to understanding recent trends in global finance.In this second episode, we turn our attention to some of the less publicized central bank moves, starting with polic...
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