Season 3, Episode 35: Dr. Kuehl references how to pivot in economic change and gives members an insight on where certain sectors stand now and where the accuracy is at.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 35 (7:23 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about being adaptable to all changes and tells members where our industry is during all this change.

• What happens every day in the economic world?
• How often do trends really change?
• What can economists actually predict? What impact does this have?
• The more information we get, the more we need to consider what it means.
• What can we expect from the construction sector? How accurate is it?
• The desperate circumstances when it comes to commercial real estate - what is the analysis?
• There is slowdown, but where is our industry at in this slowdown? Is it growing??
• Where is the oil and gas sector at? Booming??
• Being adaptable, pivoting with change... why is it such a challenge in economics?
• What is the lesson of all of this?

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Season 3, Episode 36: Dr. Kuehl focuses on the most recent developments when it comes to the economy with all the adaptations and changes and how these changes will affect the rest of 2023 and the beginning of 2024.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 36 (7:34 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the more recent developments when it comes to the economy.

• What were the quarterly numbers? What does Q4 look like?
• What was driving Q3 numbers?
• Is there anything to look forward to in 2024?
• A recession... Will it ever happen? Is the economy “crashing” or “slowing”?
• Is the Fed done with rate hikes?? Finally??
• Where are the jobless claims numbers at? What is the unemployment rate?
• Housing sector changes...
• Mortgage rates dropped for the 5th straight week
• The 30-year fix was close to 9%, what is it now?
• New homes sales, increasing??
• Is the housing market stabilizing?
• How are ASA members responding to these sector changes?

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Season 3, Episode 37: Dr. Kuehl focuses on the five things that really matter going into 2024 when it comes to the economy.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 37 (7:36 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the top five issues for the business community in regards the economy going into the new year.

• What is 2024 going to be like?
• Election year – what will that do to the economy?
• What five things matter?
• Is the Fed done raising rates?
• Will inflation reappear?
• Are we going to start dealing with a high unemployment rate?
• From the construction side of things, will there be a lot of infrastructure?
• Will we start to see shifts in oil, gas, food, etc.?
• Subjected to change… like always!

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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.