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Consumer strength defies stagflation fears

The guest argued the consumer is in fine shape and the stagflation narrative is overblown, as inflation is a lagged indicator and key consumer metrics like travel and dining remain strong.

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CONTESTED · 203 MENTIONS · 135 EPISODES · 33 SHOWS

3 JUL 2025 — 16 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO

91 SUPPORT · 23 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 87 MENTIONED

3 JUL 2025 · FIRST HEARD
THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
- US deficit a long-term structural risk
15 EPISODES BETWEEN · 26 MENTIONS · 75 NOT KEPT
1. 75 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
2. 31 MAR 2026
  EXCESS RETURNS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Stagflation risk from sustained energy inflation · CHALLENGES
  - Exogenous oil shock creates policy dilemma for Fed
3. 1 APR 2026
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - AI's economic impact: demand vs supply uncertainty
4. 1 APR 2026
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Fed trapped by geopolitical energy shock
5. 1 APR 2026
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 5 MENTIONS
6. 1 APR 2026
  WHAT BITCOIN DID · 3 MENTIONS
7. 3 APR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  BARRON'S STREETWISE
  - Unsustainable deficits pose a future growth headwind
8. 4 APR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  COMMODITY CULTURE
  - Stock market is a central bank-induced bubble
9. 4 APR 2026
  THE POMP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
  - Market signaling AI acceleration over oil inflation
  - Fed constrained in fighting inflation by weak jobs
10. 4 APR 2026
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Fed should do nothing amid war-driven inflation
11. 8 APR 2026
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Business cycle model signals slowdown, not yet recession
12. 9 APR 2026
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Fiscal spending shift driving global equity outperformance
13. 10 APR 2026
  MASTERS IN BUSINESS
  - Post-GFC fiscal stimulus was too small, too slow
14. 13 APR 2026
  EXCESS RETURNS · 2 MENTIONS
  - War as a perpetual inflation driver
  - Credit cycle nearing a problematic juncture
15. 13 APR 2026
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
16. 14 APR 2026
  BANKLESS
  - AI demand strong but not a market panacea
14 APR 2026
MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- Consumer strength defies stagflation fears · THIS IDEA
37 EPISODES BETWEEN · 53 MENTIONS
1. 14 APR 2026
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES · 2 MENTIONS
  - Equity market pricing out worst-case Iran tail risk
  - Rates market too hawkish on central bank response
2. 14 APR 2026
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - Asset inflation without high consumer inflation
3. 15 APR 2026
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - US complacency on intergenerational fiscal risk
4. 15 APR 2026
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - K-shaped economy's extreme divergence
5. 16 APR 2026
  PALISADES GOLD RADIO
  - Gold to $6,000 as war drives inflation
6. 16 APR 2026
  MACROVOICES
  - China can force US fiscal crisis via inflation
7. 17 APR 2026
  COMMODITY CULTURE
  - Recession risk high from consumer credit stress
8. 17 APR 2026
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
  - Stock market sees stronger economy than surveys
  - Bond market signaling demand for safety
9. 17 APR 2026
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - Three-burner macro framework: liquidity, manufacturing, dollar
10. 17 APR 2026
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - Base case: US economy's extreme resilience
11. 18 APR 2026
  COMMODITY CULTURE
  - War-driven inflation to mirror 1970s stagflation
12. 18 APR 2026
  THE POMP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
  - Semiconductor shortage as inflation driver
  - Recession for bulk of the country outside tech
13. 19 APR 2026
  EXCESS RETURNS · 5 MENTIONS
  - AI boom's narrow economic impact
  - Unsustainable fiscal deficits pose risk
  - Current inflation shock is transitory
  - Productivity-driven growth is disinflationary
  - Consumer spending fueled by declining savings rate
14. 19 APR 2026
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Middle East war not hurting US freight economy
15. 23 APR 2026
  PALISADES GOLD RADIO
  - Inflation genie not going back in the bottle
16. 23 APR 2026
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Consumer sentiment disconnect from economic data
17. 22 JUL 2026 · 4W AGO
  ANIMAL SPIRITS
  - Structural shifts reduce US economic recession frequency
18. 23 JUL 2026 · 4W AGO
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - Modernizing macro business cycle indicators
19. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 2 MENTIONS
  - Recessions impair rather than enhance creative destruction
  - Economy follows the pluck model, not oscillation
20. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE MEB FABER SHOW
  - Stock market size poses systemic risk
21. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - Leading indicators must adapt to causal relationships
22. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - Generational (G-shaped) economy supports spending
23. 9 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Paradigm C peak growth in 2026
24. 10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH
  - Nonlinear global shocks create persistent inflation
25. 10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  REAL VISION DAILY BRIEFING
  - World Cup hangover dampens growth momentum
26. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  PROF G MARKETS
  - Household consumption is the real economic story
27. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Monetary inflation creates a K-shaped wealth divide
28. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Generational 'G-shaped economy' explains imbalances
29. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 3 MENTIONS
  - Gold as a store of value against fiscal dominance
  - Sovereign bonds less useful in new regime
  - Commodity supercycle in uranium, copper, rare earths
30. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Success is staying in the 'grow' paradigm
31. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  EURODOLLAR UNIVERSITY
  - Weakening labor data contradicts resilient economy narrative
32. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - AI and Bitcoin as deflationary, sovereignty tools
33. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
  PROF G MARKETS · 3 MENTIONS
  - Consumer spending slowdown on the horizon · CHALLENGES
  - K-shaped economy remains in full force
  - Fed likely to hold rates, threading the needle
34. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - 4-5% 10-year yield is normal, not high
35. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
  MACROVOICES · 2 MENTIONS
  - US 10-year yields could test 6%
  - Fed tightening cycle has months to go
36. 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 3 MENTIONS
  - Labor market not the Fed's focus
  - Fiscal deficits driving higher term premium
  - Treasury steepener on term premium rise
37. 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  THE BEST EVER CRE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
  - AI-driven productivity as a debt solution
  - Recession catalyst for Fed rate cuts in Q4
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
THE MEB FABER SHOW · 3 MENTIONS
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
- Post-COVID economy still ringing from shock
- Post-WWII Grand Bargain on trade is dead
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
- Jackson Hole key for Fed reaction function clarity
- AI is disinflationary, akin to late 90s productivity
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
EXCESS RETURNS · 5 MENTIONS
15 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- Inflation surge in industrial inputs, not CPI
16 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- Fed's hawkish stance based on flawed inflation data

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