Keeping it Real Podcast with Dr. Kuehl

Season 4, Episode 35: Dr. Kuehl talks about the latest news on what to expect now that the election is over.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with a special economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 35 (6:53 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about what we know and what we want to know now that the election is over.   

• Can we expect Trump to do some of the same economical things as he did the first time around in office?     
• Tariff Policies… are we still expected to see a certain percentage of them?   
• Immigration, what is the challenge?   
• What is the difference between immigrants and refugees? 
• How do we protect the border but still bring in people that we need? 
• What do we do with regulatory burden?    
• Compliance costs… they are real. Are they contradictory?    
• Taxes… will they be extended?   
• Would there be tax cuts no matter who won the election?   
• Debt is out of control… what must be done?    
• What is the challenge with the GDP?

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Season 4, Episode 34: Dr. Kuehl talks about the latest news on politics and what effect this election has on ASA members.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with a special economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 34 (6:29 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about politics… Three main points about the big campaign for members to make note of.  

• What does this presidential election mean to an ASA member?   
• What is rooted in the political year?  
• Is all this conversation overblown? Should we take it with a grain of salt?     
• Trade and tariffs… will these actually get put in place?     
• Would anything get accomplished with a tariff?     
• Majority of business issues are state and local… why does that matter to ASA members?    
• Who determines those main business issues? Is it the President?  
• When the political campaign is over, what happens to the economy?
• Why should we watch out for the upper third and the middle third of income earners?
• One more week and we will see what happens!

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Season 4, Episode 33: Dr. Kuehl talks about the latest news on politics.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with a special economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 33 (6:36 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about politics… why are we seeing hyperbole?     

• Why has the presidency become deliberately weak back in the days of the founding fathers?  
• What comes down to the nitty gritty with politics? 
• What is most important to businesses within the political view? 
• What is out of control of the presidency?   
• Who will control the states & local politics?   
• Why do things get overlooked when it comes to the big campaign?  
• Control of congress – will this be a narrow call?      
• What is the presidency limited to?   
• What changes will we actually see? Will the promises be forgotten?

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Season 4, Episode 32: Dr. Kuehl talks about the latest news on geopolitics.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with a special economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 32 (7:51 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about geopolitics. It is not new news, but it is influencing the global economy. Chris tells us why.    

• What will happen if the issue with oil in the middle east gets worse?     
• Have any of the disruptions (hurricanes, middle east, etc.) have any impact on the oil prices?  
• Why do we produce oil differently than we have before?      
• How many barrels per day do we need to bring in? Are we on target?      
• Why is the price at the pump changing?    
• Is any of this good news?      
• Are we reducing dependency on fossil fuels?    
• Why is China and Taiwan an issue? Will there be an invasion?   
• Why did that provoke the United States on naval operations?      
• The European economy – how does that relate to us?   
• Will they have a recession? What is the latest data? 
• The dock strike that didn’t happen – does that help everyone out?   
• Are we in a bd place geopolitically or not?

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Season 4, Episode 31: Dr. Kuehl talks about an update on the dock strike… is it over before it even started?

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 31 (8:35 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about national news of the dock strike – the union suspended the strike until January to allow time to negotiate a new contract.   

• The real issue is still on the table – job security.    
• Why do the clerks need to adapt to technology?      
• Why are we still so vulnerable with the supply chain?    
• Oil prices went up – should we have seen this coming?   
• “Oil glut” - what does that mean for the U.S? 
• Are we on the path for a stagflation?     
• How long can we dodge these bullets for?    
• 30 days until the election – will there be a huge change?    
• What will happen in Congress?   
• What’s ahead for these crises? Can they be avoided?

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Season 4, Episode 30: Dr. Kuehl talks about the pressing issue of the pending East Coast dockworkers strike and the potential ramifications it could have for ASA members.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with a special economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 30 (5:03 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about the huge national news of the dockworker strike that will greatly impact ASA members if it happens.

• The contract that covered the longshore union ended in August – negotiations were not optimistic.    
• When was the strike authorized?      
• Was the White House involved?  
• What will this strike do for the east coast and west coast ports?   
• How long will this strike last? What have we seen in the past?     
• Early shipping… was this expected? Will there be a reaction from the retailers?   
• What will the damage be for this strike if it drags into months?   
• Will there be any diversion?     
• Will this impact production within all sectors??  
• Why is the main problem “work protection” and not money?  
• What does AI have to do with this?     
• What is there to be done??

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Season 4, Episode 29: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl focuses on the latest news on the cut of interest rates.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 29 (6:30 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about the latest interest rate changes – what it means, and what it doesn’t mean.     

• Why did the Fed lower rates 0.50% instead of 0.25% as mentioned?    
• How did the markets react? Was anyone shocked?      
• How many more points come after this cut??     
• Are there still concerns about inflation and the economy?     
• What / who is affected by the interest rate reduction?     
• Will this be a big deal for the consumers?     
• How fast do things react to this reduction?
• Will rates go up at all anymore?  
• Why will the dollar most likely weaken? Is it a good thing for the United States?    
• Will there be less import competition? What will we see for exportation?
• What should we expect for the rest of the year and long term for interest rates?

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Season 4, Episode 28: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl focuses on the outcome of the jobs report numbers and what those have to do with the Fed’s rates.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 28 (7:21 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about the reaction to the job report numbers last week.      

• What is the Fed going to do with interest rates in the next weeks?  
• The big question is, how much will the Fed cut rates?   
• Will this be the first of more than one cut?? 
• Job numbers – good and bad news?      
• What was the expectation for the job numbers?    
• What is the issue? Have we seen stabilization?      
• We are seeing less hiring, why?    
• What sectors are holding caution?    
• Construction activity… how are they reacting?      
• Wages are still growing, what does that mean?     
• Is there any signal for the Fed to do what they want to do?     
• Are we headed for a soft landing??

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Season 4, Episode 27: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl focuses on the scenarios of the jobs report that will come out today.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 27 (7:01 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about all the possible outcomes for the job report that is going to be released this afternoon.    

• What does a bad jobs report entail?    
• Are we on the more optimistic side?
• Where will there be ammunition if there is a bad jobs report?   
• What does a good jobs report entail?     
• What would give the Fed incentive to delay lowering rates?    
• What would the biggest impact be with a good report?      
• What is the trick with interest rates?? Is there an instant response?    
• What does a neutral jobs report entail?     
• Is being neutral an even bigger incentive to the Fed?

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Season 4, Episode 26: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl focuses on the inflation numbers.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 26 (6:58 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about the latest inflation data that came out today (8.30.24).     

• Has inflation changed at all?     
• Is inflation differing around the world?       
• What are the expectations in Europe? Does it impress the United States?
• Why are the rates coming down so fast in Europe? What happened?  
• What is the biggest driver with these inflation numbers?     
• What are the Central Banks looking at??      
• What is “normal” for unemployment rates now?   
• What is the signal to slow the economy down??    
• GDP for Q3 is hovering – what are the predictions for Q4?      
• Rate cuts in September – is this a possibility??    
• Radical change for rate reduction – should ASA members be concerned??

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