WTFinance, Released on 6/11/25 (Recorded on 6/5/25)

On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Danielle DiMartino Booth. Danielle is the CEO & Chief Strategist for QI Research. She is the author of Fed Up and a global thought leader in monetary policy, economics and finance with 9 years experience at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. During our conversation we spoke about Danielle’s thoughts on the economy, the FED stalling elections, the bond market, BOJ increasing global yields, recession comparison and more. I hope you enjoy!

0:00 – Introduction
2:07 – Danielle’s economic outlook
3:22- FED stalling
6:37 – Worried about Covid repeat?
7:50 – Cut before election?
10:07 – End of Powell?
12:13 – Bond market?
13:41 – BOJ increases impacting global yields
14:27 – Dollar depreciation
16:02- US in a recession?
19:16 – Global economy
20:18 – Recession comparison
21:31 – Risk-off?
22:46 – Retirees selling?
24:05 – One message to takeaway?

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, recession