{"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":"Why Wholesale Prices Are Falling While Consumers Feel the Squeeze","slug":"why-wholesale-prices-are-falling-while-consumers-feel-the-squeeze","published_at":"2026-07-18T20:04:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economic-forecast-podcast-with-fexingo-predictions-outlooks-and-what-s-coming-next-7871824/why-wholesale-prices-are-falling-while-consumers-feel-the-squeeze","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-0119.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-economic-forecast-podcast/episode-0119.mp3","summary":"The Producer Price Index unexpectedly dropped 0.3% in June 2026, driven by a steep decline in gasoline costs. But consumer prices remain stubborn, and import prices from China just hit their highest level since 2008. Lucas and Luna unpack the disconnect between falling wholesale costs and persistent consumer inflation, what it means for the Fed's rate path, and whether businesses or households are absorbing the real pain. They also explore a surprising paradox: wholesale deflation alongside rising import costs from China, and how that tension is reshaping margins across retail and manufacturing. #PPI #WholesalePrices #Inflation #ConsumerPrices #ImportPrices #ChinaTrade #FederalReserve #InterestRates #GasolinePrices #SupplyChain #BusinessMargins #Economics #Podcast #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #EconomicForecast #ProducerPrices #Deflation Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"The Producer Price Index unexpectedly dropped 0.3% in June 2026, driven by a steep decline in gasoline costs. But consumer prices remain stubborn, and imp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":480,"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/why-wholesale-prices-are-falling-while-consumers-feel-the-squeeze/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/why-wholesale-prices-are-falling-while-consumers-feel-the-squeeze.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}