Danielle DiMartino Booth & Jim Bianco: Recession vs "No Landing," Rate Cuts, and Bitcoin vs. ETFs

In this episode with macro strategists Danielle DiMartino Booth and Jim Bianco we discuss: - Latest inflation data vs. 'truflation' - Danielle says we're in recession, Jim says we're in a "no landing" scenario - Remote work, wage growth, and AI's impact on jobs - Extreme wealth concentration - Will the Fed cut rates? - Why are stocks booming when rates are still high? - Government spending and national debt -Powell's legacy - Bitcoin and the spot Bitcoin ETFs Timestamps: 00:00 Inflation vs. "truflation" 2:03 CPI, sticky inflation about 3-4% 3:05 Are wages keeping up with inflation? 4:53 Unemployment and jobs numbers 10:23 Bitdeer Technologies Group promo 11:24 Bank Term Funding Program, CRE 16:19 Regional banks 18:12 Recession vs. "no landing" 23:17 GDP vs. GDI 26:24 Fed spending to the rescue 32:07 Bitcoin 2024 promo 32:34 Coinkite Coldcard Wallet promo 32:53 CrowdHealth promo 33:23 What's happening with interest rates? 36:40 End of Quantitative Tightening 38:33 Fixing economic inequality 42:43 Election year economics 53:36 Communities protecting small businesses 54:57 "Time of great change" is coming 57:11 How will Bitcoin perform?