This is Macro Voices, the free weekly financial podcast targeting professional finance, high

net worth individuals, family offices and other sophisticated investors. Macro Voices

is all about the brightest minds in the world of finance and macroeconomics telling it

like it is, bullish or bearish, no holds barred. Now here are your hosts, Eric Townsend

and Patrick Suresna.

Macro Voices Episode 375 was produced on May 11, 2023. I'm Eric Townsend. This episode

of Macro Voices was made possible by respect energy, a leading European trader of renewable

energy and a one-stop shop for all green energy investors. Simplify asset management,

chief market strategist and portfolio manager Mike Green returns as this week's feature

interview guest. We'll discuss the banking crisis, the debt ceiling debacle, de-dollarization,

and artificial intelligence in this week's interview.

And I'm Patrick Suresna with the Macro Scoreboard Week Over Week as of the close of Wednesday

May 10, 2023. The S&P 500 was up 1.1% closing at 41.52. We'll take a closer look at that

chart and the key technical levels to watch in the post-game segment. The US dollar index

up 0.2% closing at 101.41 continues to remain weak trading along 52-week lows at a critical

support. The June WTI Crude Oil contract up 5.8% closing at 72.56. Finally, a reflexive

rally from the extremely oversold state. We'll look at that chart and Eric will have the

EIA inventory data in the post-game segment. Gold remains unchanged week over week at

2037. Copper also flat on the week closing at 384. Uranium down 0.1% closing at 53.30

continues to hold the breakout at higher highs. And the US 10-year treasury yield up 10 basis

points closing at 344 points. The key news to watch on Friday is the release of the University

of Michigan consumer sentiment numbers. And next week we get the Empire State Manufacturing

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