#190 Brian Wesbury: 'The Morphine Is Wearing Off' And We're Headed For Recession And A Market Correction
Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors LP, joins Julia La Roche episode 190 to discuss the macro picture and why the economy is likely headed toward recession. He also thinks this overvalued stock market could see a 15-20% correction. Links: website: https://www.ftportfolios.com/ blog: https://www.ftportfolios.com/retail/blogs/Economics/index.aspx X: https://x.com/wesbury 0:00 Welcome Brian Wesbury 1:09 Macro view 3:30 Why we're going to have a recession 4:25 Health of the economy 8:15 Savings rate 10:45 Bifurcated economy 12:30 Housing 15:45 Federal Reserve have separated the money supply from interest rates 19:60 Burns or Volcker 21:20 Cut because of politics 25:20 Debt situation 30:40 Bitcoin 33:44 State-run capitalism 37:00 Markets 40:00 Energy 42:50 Presidential election 47:20 Parting thoughts