Danielle DiMartino Booth: The Fed's Impossible Dilemma

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Guy is joined by Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist at QI Research, joins to discuss Federal Reserve policies and their impacts on the U.S. eco nomy. The conversation starts with the current political tension surrounding Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the administration's frustrations with him. Danielle highlights her disappointment with the Fed's handling of the economy, citing missed revenue targets as an indicator of pre-existing economic stress before the ongoing trade war. The discussion explores the inefficacy of tariffs, the complex dynamics of ten-year yields, and the significant issues of rising bankruptcy rates. Danielle also touches on the shifting trends in the bond and gold markets, the currency exchange rate crisis, and the increasing importance of liquidity in financial markets. With a call for stronger leadership and a critique of current economic policies, this episode offers a thorough analysis of the broader economic landscape and the challenges facing the Federal Reserve. — FOLLOW US YouTube: @RiskReversalMedia Instagram: @riskreversalmedia Twitter: @RiskReversal LinkedIn: RiskReversal Media

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0:28.5	Welcome to the Risk Reversal podcast.
0:31.0	This is by special request because, folks, you've been asking for her.
0:36.4	I reached out to her.
0:39.4	And despite her busy schedule,
0:47.6	Danielle DeMartino Booth, the CEO and chief strategist at QI Research, is joining us. You will see Danielle on all the different news programs. Now, even more mainstream, obviously, as Fed policy has taken hold and sort of captured
0:56.7	the imagination. But she is, in my opinion, as well versed as anybody in the country to speak about
1:03.2	what's going on. Danielle, how are you? I'm doing great today. How are you? Thanks for having me.
1:07.6	Are you kidding me? This is a treat for me as well. So you wrote a book that
1:11.3	everybody should read. The name of the book is fed up and then it has all the little words that go
1:15.8	after titles in today's books. But right now it appears this administration is sort of
1:20.6	fed up with Jerome Powell. So let's start there. What is your sense of what's going on?
1:26.6	What is sort of this grandstanding, in your opinion?
1:29.5	So I'm disappointed to say that I think that there is grandstanding on the part of the Fed right now.
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