Current Account with Clay Lowery
By Institute of International Finance
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Each week, Clay Lowery at the Institute of International Finance highlights current issues in international finance and economics through the lens of U.S. policy and politics. Clay and his guests explain what to watch in the coming week, and deep-dive into some of the most important topics facing the financial industry, and our world.
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Episode 144 – And They're Off! - Previewing the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections
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May 04, 2026 |
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Episode 143 – Enduring the Pain - Strategy, Leverage, and the Cost of Waiting in the U.S.-Iran Conflict
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Episode 142 – A Sit and Kick Approach? - Takeaways From the 2026 Spring Meetings
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Episode 141 – It Takes a Village - Risk Management in a Time of Crisis
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Episode 140 – Let’s Get This Strait: Iran, Oil, and Global Markets
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Episode 139 – The Plot Thickens: Broader Implications of the War in Iran
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Episode 138 – The War in Iran - Two Weeks In
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Episode 137 – Can Europe Move From Diagnosis to Delivery?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Episode 136 – When Regulatory Simplification Gets Complicated
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Emergency Episode - Supreme Court Overturns IEEPA Tariff Authority
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Episode 135 – When the Questions Are Better Than the Answers: Signals From Japan and the Dollar
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Episode 134 – The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: A Tale of Trump’s Tariffs
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Episode 133 – China's Economy: A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Control
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Episode 132 – The Transformation of Finance — It’s Actually Nuanced: Let’s Look at Digital Money for Instance
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode 131 – Myth Busted? - Europe's Path for Growth and Competition
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Episode 130 – The Three Rs of International Finance: Rapid Growth, Resilience, and Reengineering - with IIF CEO Tim Adams
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Episode 129 – Venezuela: Navigating the Aftermath and Path to Transition
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Episode 128 – Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen? - Insurance Outlook Amidst Regime Shifts
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Episode 127 – Pushing on the Accelerator - The Rise of Global Debt in 2025
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Episode 126 – Stop! In the Name of Tariffs - The Supremes (Court) & IEEPA
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Episode 125 – India and Korea in the Whirlwind of U.S. Tariffs, China’s Dynamics and the Future of Finance
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 124 – Argentina's Midterms - Will This Time be Different?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Episode 123 – I’ll Take Mine Rare — Critical Minerals Negotiations with China
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Episode 122 – A New Equilibrium - G20 Priorities with Chair Sim Tshabalala
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Episode 121 – Growth and Innovation in an Uncertain World - Previewing the 2025 Annual Meetings
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Episode 120 – One Ring (Fence) to Rule Them All - A Discussion on Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Risk
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 119 – O Fortuna — The Fed Cuts Rates While Facing Two-Sided Risk
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Episode 118 – It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Supervision! - Talking Recent Developments in Banking Supervision
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Episode 117 – What Do Onions, Movie Tickets and Stablecoins Have in Common? - A Discussion on Digital Asset Legislation and Regulation
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Episode 116 – This One Goes Up to 11 - Pressure on the Federal Reserve
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Episode 115 – Evolution, Revolution, and a Revelation - A Midyear Check-In with IIF CEO Tim Adams
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Episode 114 – The Dollar: It Really is All About the Benjamins
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Episode 113 – Six Months Down, 42 To Go - Updating the Trump Economic Agenda
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Episode 112 – Payments - I Have a Need for Speed (Oh... and Security and Efficiency)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Episode 111 – The German Economy - A Fiscal U-Turn to Growth and Competitiveness?
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Episode 110 – A New Era and End of the Shale Boom? - A MENA & Oil Market Check-In
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Episode 109 – An Eye for an IEEPA: Trump Tariffs - Where Are They Now?
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May 27, 2025 |
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Episode 108 – Speed Dating - Trump Foreign Policy Thus Far
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May 19, 2025 |
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Episode 107 – Uh-Oh? - Explaining the U.S. Treasury Markets
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode 106 – Elbows Up - A Summary of the Canadian Elections
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May 05, 2025 |
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Episode 105 – America First, Not America Alone - Thoughts on the IMF, World Bank and IIF Spring Meetings
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Episode 104 – Taking the Temperature - A Financial Services Update with Gene Ludwig
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Episode 103 – The Complexity of a Five Step Recipe: Analyzing a Potential Mar-a-Lago Accord
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Episode 102 – Sailing on the Three C's: Navigating the Choppy Waters of Market Volatility
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Episode 101 – Is This Thing On? The E.U.'s Path for Growth and Independence
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Episode 100 – Riders on the Storm - China’s Economy in the Age of Trump
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 99 – Is Black (CDU) the New Red (SPD)? - Germany’s Election, Coalition Building and the Future
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 98 – Tiptoe Through the Minefield: Mexico’s Economic and Policy Journey
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 97 – No Money, Mo' Problems - How Would a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund Work?
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Episode 96 – Tariff-o-Rama: Explaining U.S. Tariff Implications
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 95 – South Korea - A High Stakes Gamble That Came Up Snake Eyes
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Episode 94 – Is 47 > 45? - Inauguration Day Landscape
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Episode 93 – Twenty, Twenty, 2024 – I Wanna be Sedated: Closing Out 2024
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Episode 92 – Maturing Past the Shiny Object - An Update on Digital Assets
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 91 – Who is Going to Pay for This? - A COP29 Recap
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Episode 90 – Zeitenwende - A Turning Point for Germany?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Episode 89 – Don't Call it a Comeback, I've Been Here for Years - Economic Impacts of Trump's Second Term
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Episode 88 – A Panoply of Surprises - Update on Japanese Economic and Political Developments
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Episode 87 – Unexpected Optimism? - Live from the 2024 IIF Annual Membership Meeting
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Episode 86 – Thriving in Turbulence - Previewing the 2024 IIF Annual Membership Meeting
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Episode 85 – The Battle for Washington - Counting the Final Days Until the U.S. Elections
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Episode 84 – A Blizzard of Ideas - Takeaways from New York Climate Week
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Episode 83 – Draghi’s Choice – What Does the Draghi Report Mean for the Future of European Competition?
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Episode 82 – Can We Make a Discussion about Basel III Even More Interesting?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 81 – Global Economic Forecast with New IIF Chief Economist Marcello Estevão - Cloudy with a Chance of Optimism?
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 80 – Should I Stay or Should I Go: What Market Volatility Tells Us About Economic Fundamentals and Policy
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Episode 79 – U.S. Elections: The Summer of Bizarre
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Episode 78 – Sanctions Policy: Is Secondary Becoming Primary?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Episode 77 – Liberty, Equality, No Clarity - Recap of the French Snap Elections
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Episode 76 – The ECB Cuts Rates: Is the Last Kilometer Shorter than the Last Mile?
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 75 – You Can Count on Me Like 1-2-3... or Maybe You Can’t - Recapping the Indian, Mexican and South African Elections
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Episode 74 – The Yen: Down, Down, Down into the Ring of Fire?
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May 06, 2024 |
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Episode 73 – AI-Yi-Yi: Deepening the Conversation about A.I. and the Financial Sector
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Episode 72 – China’s Economy - No Walk in the Park
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 71 – 2024 Spring Meetings Week Preview: A Cauldron of Ideas
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Episode 70 – In a New York State of Mind – Proposed Sovereign Debt Legislation and its Consequences
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Episode 69 – Lessons from the Banking Turmoil of Spring 2023
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Episode 68 – Oh Mexico: Investor Interest and Presidential Elections
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 67 – Surfing the Debt Tsunami
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Episode 66 – Economic Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Resetting the Scene Two Years Later
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 65 – Economic Impact of Escalation of the Conflict in the Middle East
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 64 – Trump - the Sequel? Analyzing Economic Policy in a Second Trump Term
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 63 – Taiwan: A Predictable Trajectory?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Episode 62 – Geopolitical Risk in 2024: The Buckets are Full
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Episode 61 – Shaving the Fuzz? A Recap of COP28
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Episode 60 – 2024 – The Year of Growth?
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Episode 59 – Russia and Ukraine – Sun Setting for a Cold Winter?
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 58 – Hoping for the Meteor: What to Watch in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 57 – Economic Spillover from Israel-Gaza Conflict
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Episode 56 – Argentina Elections - Rage or Fear: Who Will Win?
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 55 – Can We Make a Discussion about Basel Capital Accords Interesting?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 54 – Annual Meetings in Marrakech: Key Takeaways
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Episode 53 – Inflation, and Yields, and China...Oh My!
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 52 – Executive Order Odyssey: Navigating the US-China Investment Seas
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode 51 – MDB Reform - Better Mousetrap or More Cheese?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Episode 50 – China's Economy: Tobogganing Towards a Slowdown?
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Episode 49 – Let’s Go Quilting — ISSB Disclosure Standards
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Episode 48 – Howdy Modi: India Hosts the G20 and Visits Washington
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 47 – Is Japan’s Monetary Policy the Hotel California?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Episode 46 – Paris or Bust? A Summit on Financing for the Poor
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Episode 45 – Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride to Regulate Digital Assets
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Episode 44 – Global Potpourri - Turkish Elections, Interest Rate Risk, AI & More
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Trailer for Current Account with Clay Lowery
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 43 – US Debt Ceiling - Still Under Renovation?
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May 15, 2023 |
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Episode 42 – Turkish Elections – Erdogan Again?
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 41 – Decoupling to De-Risking China
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May 01, 2023 |
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Episode 40 – Sovereign Debt Reform: Finding an Equilibrium of Fairness
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 39 – Breaking Glass — Reforming the International Financial Architecture
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Episode 38 – Explainer: What’s Happening in the Banking Sector
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 37 – AI Did Not Write This Podcast
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode 36 – The Nigerian Presidential Elections
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 35 – Talking Sanctions with the Senate
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 34 – The Wild, the Innocent and the Eastern European Street Shuffle
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Episode 33 – Egypt and the IMF: There and Back Again?
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Episode 32 – CBDCs - Plenty of Angst
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode 31 – Dancing on the Ceiling: The Upside-Down World of the Debt Ceiling Debate
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 30 – China's Reopening Draws Uncertainty for 2023
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 29 – New Year - Still Gloomy Outlook
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Episode 28 – New Year’s Resolution: “Will this Congress Get into Shape?”
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 27 – 3 Financial Stories, 2 Potential Pivots, and a Final Podcast of the Year
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 26 – The Elves are Building the Green Toolbox - An Introduction to Blended Finance
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Episode 25 – ’Tis the Season… For an Oil Price Cap
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 24 – Red Wave Barely a Ripple
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Episode 23 – Looking at Brazil: Lula Returns 12 Years Later
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 22 – U.K. Leadership Shuffle – A Poisoned Chalice?
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Episode 21 – Post-Meeting Overview: All Doom and Gloom?
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 20 – Global Financial Policy Potpourri
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Episode 19 – US-China Tension
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Episode 18 – Summertime -- so let’s talk Crypto Winter
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Episode 17 – Emerging Market Vulnerabilities
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Episode 16 – Fall of the Yen
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Episode 15 – Addressing Global Challenges: G7 Heads of State Meet in Germany
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Episode 14 – Will the Food Crisis Be the Next World Health Crisis?
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode 13 – Controversy and Anti-Incumbency: Looking at Latin America
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Episode 12 – Pivot to Asia: Biden Administration’s Asia policy
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode 11 – Elections Down Under: Key Issues for Australia
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode 10 – The Energy Wars Are On
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May 16, 2022 |
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Episode 9 – Pick Your Poison
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 8 – The Digital Asset 2-Step
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May 02, 2022 |
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Episode 7 – China Slows Down
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 6 – The World Gabs about Finance
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode 5 – France Goes to the Polls
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode 4 – Let’s Talk Commodities
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 3 – Squeezing Russia: Sanctions Update
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Episode 2 – Here comes the Fed
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 1 – Sustainable Finance, Ukraine and the Global Economy
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Mar 07, 2022 |