In this episode, Chris speaks with Onsel Emre, Ph.D.  Dr. Emre is an Analyst in the Global Fixed Income group.  She specializes in analyzing macroeconomic, political, financial, and other policy developments in global markets. Dr. Emre is responsible for making directional and relative-value interest-rate, inflation, and currency recommendations in major economies.  During the conversation, they touch on many topics, including: 

• The current labor market
• The pandemic’s effects on employment
• Rates
• The Fed, CPI and inflation
• Wage growth
• The peak rate of change in economic activity
• The growth of debt

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