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Podcast: Monetary Matters with Jack Farley
Episode: Tariffs Could Blow Up the Bond Market | Mark Zandi on the Biggest Risk to the Economy
Description: Mark Zandi, Chief Economist for Moody’s Analytics, joins monetary matters to discuss his outlook for the US economy and why he thinks higher yields driven by broad based tariffs are the biggest risk to the US economy. Despite the economic strength he still sees he believes recession risk is elevated, and this risk is being driven primarily by policy uncertainty. He also discusses the GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and why he thinks most paths to exiting conservatorship create a lot of pain for the mortgage market.Follow Monetary Matters on:...