The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing · The Idea Farm

UBS’ Paul Donovan on Tariff Trouble, Swiftonomics & Republican Swings | #579

·51 min·5 clips
U.S. washing machine makers raised prices 17% after tariffs, showing how domestic firms exploit trade taxes for profit.
Meb Faber interviews Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS, discussing tariffs' inflationary impacts, economic data challenges, and trends like Swiftonomics and aging demographics. Donovan shares insights on money supply, consumer sentiment, and why Europe might be undervalued.

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A clear, wide-ranging macro conversation about aging populations, prediction markets, and what official data leaves out.

Paul Donovan approaches the topic with a chief economist's eye, moving through the questions that shape markets: aging populations, surveys, prediction markets, and the bits of economic life that never fully show up in official data.

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You want a plainspoken investing conversation about economics and aging demographics that still has a bit of personality.

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