The Academic Observer

Hello, this is Nuno Gomes for the Academic Observer on Economics, Business and Finance and for this episode I want to tackle the hot-topic question of the global currency supremacy. Does the reigning USD have a soft underbelly?

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Hello, this is Nuno Gomes for the Academic Observer on Economics, Business and Finance and for this episode I want to tackle the Phillips Curve Dilemma. Some points mentioned during the episode:

Minute 00:15: Introducing the topic of Central Bank's operations and the relevance of economist William Phillips

Minute 03:21: Jerome Powell recordings in the European Central Bank Forum (29th of June, 2022)

Minute 03:48: Looking at the existing doubts of mainstream Keynesian approaches (Phillips Curve Model) used by the Federal Reserve, and critics opinion on the matter. 

Minute 09:42: Asking "Is the Phillips Curve actually dead", backed by economists Steve Keen and Phil Dobbie

Minute 14:22: Closing remarks 

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The Turkish Lira currently stands as the worst performing currency against the USD for the second year straight. Just this last month it has lost almost 40% of its value and the USDTRY seems to hit all time highs day-in-day-out. Although Turkey "only" faces a 20% inflation rate, the Central Bank has been cutting interest rates against general conventional wisdom. It is important to note that this meltdown in the Lira is not necessarily caused by a broad based USD Emerging Market matter, it is actually faulted by Turkey´s own idiosyncratic characteristics. This problem sets to possibly cause a Contagion (Spillover) effect that could spread not only to the EU, but the rest of the world. 

Credit for this episode: The excellent Weston Nakamura from Real Vision Finance!  

Hello, this is Nuno Gomes for the Academic Observer on Economics, Business and Finance and for this episode I want to tackle the global energy crisis. Some points mentioned during the episode: 

Minute 01:02: Genesis of UK´s gas crisis: Gas dependancy? Lack of energy-supply diversity? Brexit? Renewable energy unreliability? 

Minute 03:36: Global Markets for Energy Commodities: Record high numbers for Natural Gas TTFs, WTI, Brent and Dubai Crude Oil prices, Coal prices too. 

Minute 07:11: France Nuclear Approach: Right or wrong? Nuclear fusion and breeder-reactor programme by ITER could supply free energy for all!

Minute 09:07: Answering the question: How can one supply progressively larger amounts of energy output to meet world demand in a sustainable manner? Decarbonisation techniques for non-renewable energy sources e.g. Deep-sea $1.7 billion "Carbon Capture & Storage" CCS to turn oil extraction carbon-neutral, and more ideas!

Minute 12:22: Recorded talk with social scientist Holly Jean Buck, her take on Carbon Revolution. Debunking Malthusian perspectives and explaining today's Shaky decarbonisation outcomes

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The year 2020 closed with the worst economic crisis in Latin American history. As economic growth during the quinquennium prior to the current crisis was close to zero, Latin America is immersed in a new lost decade, 2015-2024, which may be worse than that of the 1980s. As the continent embraces the poorest performance of any developing region in the world in the past three decades, we focus our attention on Brazil´s current economic outlook. Is it as bad as people perceive it to be? Are there valid grounds to accept an institutional crisis in the country? 

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For this episode, we cover one of the hottest topics in recent times, the shifting towards the digitalization of currencies, as we see the ECB initializing its investigative phase for a new electronic euro, and the Chinese Central bank CBDC also pursuing a new digital Yuen. We also mention other technological developments on-demand, such as the rising crave for NFT´s and other Blockchain projects practiced by multinational corporations all around the world. 

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For years now, the Federal Reserve has tried to normalize itself from the worrisome Federal balance sheet, which has reached the $8 Trillion mark. Despite the targets for normalization, no real policymaking strategy seems to support this objective. The Fed is closer to Japanification, as the federal rates remain near the zero percent mark, and the reserve keeps pilling up. Could the recent Trickle-Up economic implementations by the Biden administration permanently trap the Fed? 

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In today's episode, China and their influences in South America and the Caribbean are presented and discussed. With specific interest in the overviews of Development Finance between both regions, the Covid-19 aid, their trading operations, which includes talking Foreign Direct Investment and active merges and acquisitions, and also Chinese-led multilateral initiatives in LAC, charged by the Chinese Infrastructure Investment Bank and the notorious Belt and Road Initiative program. For further collaboration or enquiries, make sure to check out my socials:

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In this forth episode, Inflation will be tackled. We extensively discuss about its impact on a national and sectoral level, from Argentina to Kenya, from Automobiles to the American bond yields. The second part of the episode will focus more on the preoccupations rising from the Fed’s actions in the United States. To contact me for further collaborations or enquiries, make sure to check out my socials:

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This episode was recorded on the 18th of May, as Bitcoin prices plunged from the new expectations set by business magnate Elon Musk. This is an opinion-based episode, where his influences over the crypto space will be discussed. For any future enquiries or collaborations, make sure to contact my socials at:

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