# Macro Monday Ep118: US economic data point to higher interest rates Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/investec-focus-radio-sa-680399/macro-monday-ep118-us-economic-data-point-to-higher-interest-rates Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/investec-focus-radio-sa-680399/macro-monday-ep118-us-economic-data-point-to-higher-interest-rates.md Podcast: [Investec Focus Radio SA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/investec-focus-radio-sa-680399) Published: 2026-06-08T08:07:00+00:00 Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1683614 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.m4a/dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_374/epi_1683614_medium.m4a?p=rss Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/investec-focus-radio-sa-680399/episodes/macro-monday-ep118-us-economic-data-point-to-higher-interest-rates Duration seconds: 599 ## Resource Economic data in the US, such as jobs growth, have surprised to the upside of late, pointing to a resilient economy. Chris Holdsworth, Chief Investment Strategist, at Investec Wealth & Investment International says this strength has unsettled markets, on rising expectations of rate hikes by the Fed. Investec Focus Radio SA ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/investec-focus-radio-sa-680399/episodes/macro-monday-ep118-us-economic-data-point-to-higher-interest-rates/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/investec-focus-radio-sa-680399/macro-monday-ep118-us-economic-data-point-to-higher-interest-rates.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.