Season 3, Episode 29: Dr. Kuehl talks about the big topic trending: The UAW Strike

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 29 (8:17 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the UAW Strike and how this has affected the economy as a whole.

• What is rumor and what is reality? What do we know so far?
• What changes are the UAW asking for?
• What is the real issue as far as the Union is concerned?
• Where will production be focused? Will they be losing more production to other parts of the world?
• What country is more predominantly a manufacturing country?
• Why are robotics a concern?
• South Korea and Japan, where do they play a part for the United States?
• How is consumer spending currently? Are we seeing weakness?
• All three automakers on strike... what should we expect?

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Season 3, Episode 30: Dr. Kuehl talks about the recent updates with oil and what has been changing in the oil sector that has been driving the prices up.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 30 (10:46 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the most recent updates on oil and gas which is a very important topic to ASA members.

• All oils are higher in price than what was predicted... why?
• Will prices drift back into the 70s? What factors would affect that estimate?
• Demand and supply... why have the predictions been off?
• What has been happening with China & the United States demands?
• What is the reasoning for thinking that our demand would have gone down?
• Why has the supply side of things been confusing?
• Where does Russia come into play with oil output? Is it a backfire situation?
• Good news on the horizon for the United States?
• Predictable / unpredictable weather... why is it an issue? Does it affect supply?
• Why are investors still shying away from the oil sector??
• Is there a silver lining to any of this?

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Season 3, Episode 31: Dr. Kuehl talks about the industrial outlook… which sectors are seeing gains and which ones aren't, and the biggest sectors for potential growth/opportunity for our PVF members.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 31 (8:31 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about what industrial areas of the economy are growing and which ones aren't.

• What is going on in the industrial sectors as defined by the Federal Reserve?
• What is the upshot with accuracy rate?
• Which industrial sectors are doing well? Which ones are not?
• What will we see in the first quarter of next year?
• Aerospace... what is the biggest problem with this industry?
• Machinery... stable but when will we see these inventory numbers get healthier?
• Primary metals... in the dumps, why? What can we see moving forward?
• Construction & manufacturing... ASA members should know: where is the trend line at?
• Bottom line? Where is the industrial sector at?

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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.