BREAKDOWN: Biden Meets With Powell as Inflation Battle Heats Up
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🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
A summer preview of key macroeconomic discussions.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US.
“Sell in May and go away,” says the old market aphorism. Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW previews a set of discussions he believes will shape markets this summer:
- The inflation battle – the Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell meets with President Biden
- The energy battle – the European Union bans the majority of Russian oil
- The crypto regulation battle – the U.S. is expecting major legislation from senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in June
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsors is “Catnip” by Famous Cats and “I Don't Know How To Explain It” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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| 0:53.8 | Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. |
| 0:58.8 | It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. |
| 1:04.7 | The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io, near NFTX, and produced and distributed by CoinDesk. |
| 1:12.5 | What's going on, guys? It is Tuesday, May 21st, and today we are doing a summer preview of the big macro issues that are likely to dominate the discourse for the coming months. |
| 1:23.4 | Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go subscribe to it, |
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| 1:36.8 | slash breakdown pod. Also, a disclosure as always. In addition to them being a sponsor of the show, |
| 1:42.9 | I also work with FTX. All right, welcome |
| 1:46.0 | back, everyone. I hope if you are a citizen of the USA, you had a great Memorial Day, and for everyone |
| 1:50.9 | else, you had a wonderful weekend and beginning of your week. Now, this is traditionally the first |
| 1:56.6 | official day of summer after Memorial Day. Also, traditionally, summer is kind of a slow season for |
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