Good evening. The show begins with a focus on Wall Street's anticipation of the super core Price Index, which excludes energy, food, and housing. This is followed by a whirlwind tour of global hotspots and financial centers.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
We start in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, then move on to the European capitals of Berlin, Paris, and Brussels, before heading to Moscow, Russia. The focus then shifts to central banks, including the Swedish Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the Federal Reserve, as they grapple with economic challenges.
Next, we turn our attention to the Middle East, with updates from Gaza, Rafah, and Jerusalem. From there, we head to the Asia-Pacific region, stopping in Tokyo, Canberra, and London.
The show then takes a historical detour, revisiting Cyprus in 1974 and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, before returning to current events in Washington, D.C.
Finally, we conclude with a reflection on the long-term strategic thinking of Moscow and Kyiv, with a brief note on the 2021 withdrawal from Kabul, Afghanistan.
This wide-ranging coverage touches on various geopolitical, economic, and historical topics, providing a comprehensive overview of the current global landscape.
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Bachelor. We're waiting for the super core inflation number. |
| 0:05.0 | The show begins tonight in super core inflation land. |
| 0:09.0 | What this means is the inflation will be measured without fuel, without food, and without housing. |
| 0:16.0 | Super core inflation. |
| 0:17.4 | My conversation with Liz Peek guides me to the fact that Wall Street has become extremely superstitious about numbers. |
| 0:24.6 | Good for Wall Street. |
| 0:26.8 | We then move on to the question of the kingdom, Saudi Arabia. |
| 0:31.6 | Does it want Joe Biden to go away? No longer be president. Second term. |
| 0:37.0 | Liz makes a case that MBS, the real power in the throne room. |
| 0:44.2 | Dislike a number of decisions made by the Biden administration and prefers the other |
| 0:50.5 | candidate. |
| 0:52.1 | We'll see, but the price of oil right now at $90 for Brent Crude, not |
| 0:57.0 | quite so high, 85 to 86 for West Texas. That is much higher than it was, as Liz says it's gained 19% in these last months so |
| 1:06.9 | we'll see on to European Wars. |
| 1:11.0 | Joseph Burrell the foreign minister of the EU, declares the war imminent, looming. |
| 1:18.2 | Ring of fire, he uses the metaphor that they use in the Middle East. |
| 1:22.0 | And the members, the 27 members of the EU are not |
| 1:25.1 | responding in kind. It is also the 75th birthday of NATO. These are not quite the |
| 1:30.9 | same organizations. NATO as many more members. |
| 1:35.6 | I speak to Judy Dempsey in Berlin, |
| 1:39.6 | the Carding Endowment for International Peace, |
| 1:42.1 | about what holds Europe back from taking a charge of its |
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