BREAKDOWN: Just How Sound Is the Global Banking System? Featuring Ram Ahluwalia
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
A discussion on Credit Suisse, the Bank Term Funding Program and more.
NLW is joined by Ram Ahluwalia, CEO of Lumida Wealth Management. In this conversation, they discuss:
- The fall of Credit Suisse
- The Federal Reserve’s new Bank Term Funding Program and whether it’s inflationary
- Why this crisis is currently deflationary
And more.
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| 0:59.9 | What's going on, guys? It is Wednesday, March 22nd. And today I am joined by Ram Al-Alawalia |
| 1:05.4 | to discuss banks, bank failures, crypto, and so much more. A quick note before we dive in, there are two ways to listen to The Breakdown. |
| 1:13.6 | You can hear us on the Coin Desk Podcast Network, which comes out every afternoon and features |
| 1:16.9 | other great Coin Desk shows, or you can listen in the evening on the Breakdown-only feed. |
| 1:21.3 | Wherever you're listening, if you were enjoying the show, I would so appreciate it if you |
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| 1:32.8 | and today, as I mentioned, I am joined by Lumida Wealth CEO, Ram Al-Alawalia. Many of you will |
| 1:38.1 | recognize Rom from his insurgent Twitter threading, which has brought him a ton of attention, |
| 1:42.6 | and rightly so. Rom is extremely adept at |
| 1:45.5 | explaining banking issues, crypto balance sheet issues, and Lord knows we've had many of these things |
| 1:51.5 | in the last few months. On this show, we dig into the situation with Credit Suisse, with First Republic. |
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