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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Season 3, Episode 38: Dr. Kuehl talks about the most recent U.S. Steel acquisition – there is more speculation than anything concrete in these new developments.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In this last episode of 2023, Season 3, Episode 38 (7:36 in length), Dr. Kuehl comments on the U.S. Steel acquisition and as you know - this is intensely controversial. New developments have been happening almost every hour…

• Why has this steel acquisition sparked controversy in both political parties?
• What is at risk with this acquisition?
• The question was who is going to buy them? Not when, but who.
• Who needs to be protected?
• Will there be a ripple in the employment sector?
• If there is no effort to stop the merger, what should ASA members be on the lookout for?
• Will this merger really help U.S. Steel with advanced projects?
• Nippon steel and U.S. steel have been working together – what is the outcome?
• The upshot for ASA members is what???

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Season 4, Episode 1: Welcome back to a new season of Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl talks about the recent topic regarding jobs and what we can expect for employment going into 2024.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 1 (8:16 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about employment – regarding what we saw in 2023 and what we can expect in 2024.

• What data was released just this morning (Jan 5th, 2024) regarding employment numbers?
• Transportation is very active – what contributions does this have to jobs?
• The unemployment rate is still low, what does this mean for 2024?
• Good news and bad news?
• Employers are not thrilled with unemployment rates – why?
• Wages continue to accelerate faster than inflation… what is the downside?
• Double edge sword – what are both ends?
• What will we see ALL year when it comes to wages?
• Will we see more layoff activity?
• Will ASA members be affected by any of this??
• What should ASA members be on the lookout for?

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Season 4, Episode 2: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl answers a member question from his latest ASA monthly economic webinar regarding the energy sector.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 2 (7:28 in length), Dr. Kuehl answers a member question “Do you have any data for alternative energy (I.e. natural gas reclamation) projects?”

• What significant changes are taking place as far as the energy sector is concerned?
• Reclamation and new & improved technologies… how do they relate?
• What drives the conversation on alternative energy vs. fossil fuels?
• What is the most significant change when it comes to energy?
• How would oil producers adapt to changes? Has anything changed?
• Will we see oil prices stabilize? No matter what happens this year??
• What drives alternative energy prices?
• Where is the alternative energy index vs. where the fossil fuel index is at?

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Season 4, Episode 3: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl was out of office, so second commander in chief, Keith Prather filled in, and answered a member question regarding the impact of the Red Sea on the global supply chain activity.

In Season 4, Episode 3 (6:45 in length), Keith Prather answers a member question in regards to the Red Sea and will it boost rates for shipping and will we feel this impact in the global supply chain. Are we seeing what we saw in 2021 and 2022?

• What is the fear of the global supply chain shutdown?
• Globally, why are we in shock?
• What is the impact when it comes to rates and cost of shipments?
• The drone strike in the last 10 days… what are the challenges of moving shipments in and out?
• How long will it take to fix this transit time? Q2, Q3?
• 25% of global capacity has been stripped… where is the impact being felt?
• Even though this does not affect the U.S. directly, why should we be concerned?
• What does clean tanker activity mean and why does it matter?
• What do we need to do as distributors?

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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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