Kitco News, Released on 11/30/24

Is the U.S. in the heat of a recession right now? A recent jump in bankruptcies resembles that of the Great Financial Crisis, Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist for QI Research, tells Jeremy Szafron, Kitco News anchor, on the sidelines of the New Orleans Investment Conference. Booth discusses a range of topics, including the state of the U.S. economy, revisions in job market data, government versus private sector employment, and the impact of political shifts on economic policies. She also shares her latest take on recession timelines, the role of Elon Musk in government efficiency, and the challenges facing the Federal Reserve.

00:00 Introduction: Economic Data Overview
03:55 Recession and Economic Outlook
04:33 Corporate Layoffs and Attrition
05:28 Musk’s Government Efficiency Initiative
07:58 Bankruptcies and Personal Debt
09:57 Federal Reserve and Interest Rates
18:33 Bitcoin, Gold, and Investment Strategies

Danielle DiMartino Booth is Founder & CEO of QI Research, a research and analytics firm. She spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse, where she worked fixed income and the public and private equity markets. Danielle 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.

  economy, Fed, gold, recession