Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist for QI Research, a research and analytics firm, returns to The Julia La Roche Show for episode 230 for an in-person Fed day analysis following the January FOMC meeting. She breaks down Powell's press conference, newly released 2019 Fed transcripts, and signals of labor market weakness that official numbers might miss. DiMartino Booth explains why the Fed's shift to market-based inflation metrics could accelerate rate cuts, while warning about mounting evidence of job market deterioration hidden beneath headline numbers.
A global thought leader in monetary policy, economics, and finance, DiMartino Booth founded QI Research in 2015. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets. Prior to QI Research, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis until his retirement in March 2015. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy.
DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed-income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.
Links:
QI Research: https://quillintelligence.com/subscriptions/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dimartinobooth
Fed Up: https://www.amazon.com/Fed-Up-Insiders-Federal-Reserve/dp/0735211655
Timestamps:
0:00 Opening discussion on disinflationary pressures
1:09 Analysis of 2019 Fed transcripts and global trade impact
3:13 Discussion of Conference Board data and labor market signals
8:56 Analysis of rental market dynamics and Fed's new inflation metrics
17:36 Housing market analysis and renter dynamics
18:28 Impact of tariffs on economy and growth
21:54 Release timing of Fed transcripts and messaging
23:16 Current state of economy and job market analysis
28:54 Federal employee buyouts and workforce implications
34:11 Evolution of layoff reporting and gig economy impact
38:54 Discussion of fiscal policy mechanisms and inflation
41:30 Analysis of potential government efficiency measures
47:00 AI impact on markets and tech valuations
50:57 Societal shifts in spending habits and debt management
54:22 Closing remarks and where to find her work
