{"podcast":{"title":"NAB Morning Call","slug":"nab-morning-call-427359","podcast_index_feed_id":427359,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/631a89913c2be9001415dc41","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/morningcall","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/631a89913c2be9001415dc41/1782096193619-f4b4f870-948c-4d31-8eaf-fbd5f5bd0cfe.jpeg","author":"NAB - The Morning Call","episode_count":1637,"summary":"Start your day with the NAB Morning Call for the latest overnight key economic and market information straight from our team of expert market economists and strategists. This includes perspective on overnight news and market price action and the forces shaping movements in Australian and global markets in the days ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-30T02:19:13.273360+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nab-morning-call-427359"},"episode":{"title":"Weekend Edition: Red, Blue, or Deadlock?  Michael Townsend on implications of the US midterms","slug":"weekend-edition-red-blue-or-deadlock-michael-townsend-on-implications-of-the-us-midterms","published_at":"2026-09-18T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nab-morning-call-427359/weekend-edition-red-blue-or-deadlock-michael-townsend-on-implications-of-the-us-midterms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nab-morning-call-427359","url":"https://shows.acast.com/morningcall/episodes/weekend-edition-red-blue-or-deadlock-michael-townsend-on-imp","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/631a89913c2be9001415dc41/e/6aab52548577b7eb503c05e9/media.mp3","summary":"Friday 18th September 2026 Please note this communication is not a research report and has not been prepared by NAB Research analysts. Read the full disclaimer here . With the US midterm elections looming and the threat of Republican losses hanging over Capitol Hill, how much should investors actually care about a potential shift in congressional power? This weekend on the NAB Morning Call, Phil speaks with Michael Townsend, Managing Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs at Charles Schwab and host of the Washington Wise podcast, to break down the realistic market fallout of an impending balance-of-power shakeup. Michael explains why history points to Democrats likely flipping the House while the Senate hangs on a knife-edge, but cautions against overestimating the political noise: historically, Wall Street doesn't care who wins—it simply rallies once the uncertainty is over and gridlock prevents policy overreach. With stubborn inflation, Middle East supply shocks keeping gas prices high, Fed rate hikes, and corporate debt from the AI boom dominating the landscape, does the battle for Capitol Hill even matter to the bottom line, or has the market already learned to shrug off Washington's daily drama? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Friday 18th September 2026 Please note this communication is not a research report and has not been prepared by NAB Research analysts. Read the full discl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1808,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nab-morning-call-427359/episodes/weekend-edition-red-blue-or-deadlock-michael-townsend-on-implications-of-the-us-midterms/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nab-morning-call-427359/weekend-edition-red-blue-or-deadlock-michael-townsend-on-implications-of-the-us-midterms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}