{"podcast":{"title":"The Economic Forecast Podcast with Fexingo: Predictions, Outlooks, and What's Coming Next","slug":"the-economic-forecast-podcast-with-fexingo-predictions-outlooks-and-what-s-coming-next-7871824","podcast_index_feed_id":7871824,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-economic-forecast-podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-economic-forecast-podcast/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":130,"summary":"Every weekday, Lucas and Luna sit down at the forecast desk to examine the macroeconomic forces shaping the next quarter, the next year, and the next decade. They don't trade in headlines or market chatter. Instead, they walk through the actual data releases—CPI prints, payroll reports, PMI surveys, central-bank statements—and debate what the numbers mean for investors, business leaders, and policymakers. Lucas, the lead, draws on a journalist's instinct for what matters; Luna, the engaged interlocutor, pushes back with the skepticism of a veteran analyst. Together they dissect fan-of-possibilities projections from the Fed and the IMF, weigh the odds of recession versus soft landing, and trace how shifts in fiscal policy ripple through bond markets, currencies, and capital flows. The listener is someone who already knows the difference between a basis point and a percentage point, who reads central-bank minutes for fun, and who wants a conversation that treats macroeconomics as a discipline—not a spectator sport. Each episode leaves you with one specific question: given what we know today, which of those branching forecast paths is most likely, and why? #Macroeconomics #FederalRes…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T16:18:28.846810+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economic-forecast-podcast-with-fexingo-predictions-outlooks-and-what-s-coming-next-7871824"},"episode":{"title":"The World Cup Economic Boost That Reveals Consumer Fragility","slug":"the-world-cup-economic-boost-that-reveals-consumer-fragility","published_at":"2026-07-16T08:00:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economic-forecast-podcast-with-fexingo-predictions-outlooks-and-what-s-coming-next-7871824/the-world-cup-economic-boost-that-reveals-consumer-fragility","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economic-forecast-podcast-with-fexingo-predictions-outlooks-and-what-s-coming-next-7871824","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-economic-forecast-podcast/episode-0114.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-economic-forecast-podcast/episode-0114.mp3","summary":"This episode dives into a surprising paradox: the World Cup gave bars and restaurants a much-needed boost in mid-2026, even as the Federal Reserve warns that consumers are flashing warning signs. Lucas and Luna unpack the Fed's latest Beige Book anecdote and connect it to broader signals — wholesale prices unexpectedly fell 0.3% in June, and the 10-year breakeven inflation rate dropped to 2.23%. They ask whether tourism-driven spending can mask underlying weakness, or if the party is just delaying a harder reckoning for the services sector. Specific data and real economic indicators ground the conversation, which also touches on the Hormuz tensions' ripple effects on ECB policy and China's slowest quarterly growth since 2022. #WorldCup #ConsumerSpending #FederalReserve #BeigeBook #WholesalePrices #Inflation #ServicesSector #Hospitality #EconomicData #BreakevenRate #Hormuz #ECB #ChinaGDP #LaborMarket #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Economics #GlobalTrade Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"This episode dives into a surprising paradox: the World Cup gave bars and restaurants a much-needed boost in mid-2026, even as the Federal Reserve warns t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":455,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-economic-forecast-podcast-with-fexingo-predictions-outlooks-and-what-s-coming-next-7871824/episodes/the-world-cup-economic-boost-that-reveals-consumer-fragility/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economic-forecast-podcast-with-fexingo-predictions-outlooks-and-what-s-coming-next-7871824/the-world-cup-economic-boost-that-reveals-consumer-fragility.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}