Former IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard joins Soumaya Keynes to discuss the responses of 10 central banks to recent inflation, potential causes, and the need for a hard landing to reach 2%. They also cover Blanchard's changed views, France's right-wing shift, and various economic strategies including VAT reductions and early elections.

FT's chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses US-Europe economic divergence, AI's impact on productivity, challenges in assessing the Chinese economy, and global economic convergence with host Soumaya Keynes.

Today on the show Soumaya Keynes talks about macroeconomic mistakes and the interest rate outlook with Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. FT economics commentator Chris Giles joins them to discuss what the Fed got right and wrong about inflation, and Neel’s journey from dove to hawk.Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.Soumaya Keynes writes a column each week for the Financial Times. You can find it here.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily Oster, a renowned economist and author, discusses debunking parenting myths and making data-driven decisions. Topics include pregnancy advice, parenting challenges in the digital age, and the complexities of research funding. The conversation explores navigating the overwhelming world of parenting with evidence-based insights.

US government debt is high, and it's getting higher. The US debt-to-GDP ratio is more than 100 per cent of GDP. The Congressional Budget Office thinks the deficit is headed to 6 per cent of GDP, and a lot of that is just the debt interest. Those numbers sound pretty scary, and neither political party seems ready to do anything about it. Today on the show, we worry about it with Jason Furman, the former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration, and current professor of economics at Harvard.Soumaya Keynes writes a column each week for the Financial Times. You can find it here.Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.