Season 4, Episode 4: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl talks about the issue of how inaccurate economists can be when it comes to the economy. The big question is: Why??

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 4 (8:31 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the big why on the inaccuracy when it comes to economists forecasting the economy.

• What were economists getting wrong in 2023?
• Why are the expectations so different than the outcome?
• Why do we see economic data in a negative position, but we always seem to escape it?
• How is the economy reacting??
• Rerouting due to the Red Sea… what does this have to do with the automotive sector??
• Labor supply issues… a chronic issue, but no action to deal with it?
• How do we keep these issues from reoccurring each year?
• How do we become more preventative? Why is this challenging for our industry?
• What will happen to the economy with new congress & political figures this year?
• Is there still enough health in the economy to continue to grow?

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Season 4, Episode 5: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl talks about inflation.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 5 (8:23 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the latest inflation news. What does it mean, and what does it not mean?

• Why were inflation numbers higher than expected?
• All kinds of inflation, what do they each mean? Core inflation? Headline inflation?
• What do the Fed’s pay attention to?
• What are the two assumptions when it comes to inflation?
• Where are PCE numbers at? Is this where the Fed wants it to be?
• What does the slight increase in inflation
• numbers this week really mean?
• The labor shortage – has it contributed at all?
• What scares the Fed??
• Will the Fed lower rates in the second half of the year? Even if these inflation numbers continue to rise??
• What affects ASA members the most with these reactions?

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Season 4, Episode 6: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl responded to a few membership questions.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 6 (5:58 in length), Dr. Kuehl answers some member questions on the topic of consumer trends, and the question of a recession in the second quarter.

• Are we seeing a return to a more frugal consumer?
• The consumer numbers for the start of 2024, how are they?
• Is the consumer slowing down? Are they aware of the debt they are carrying?
• What does the consumer look at? When is there a worry / impact / reaction?
• When does consumer spending start to slow down in the year?
• Will there be a recession in the second quarter?
• Are we doing anything that will suggest a recession at ALL this year?
• Are we still seeing all the drivers of the economy robust and strong?
• What are the four drivers / pillars of the economy?

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Have a question or topic for Chris Kuehl that you would like answered on this podcast? Email it to Bri Baresel at bbaresel@asa.net.