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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Season 3, Episode 32: Dr. Kuehl talks about the crisis in Israel and how that will affect the oil market in the short-term and into 2024. A must-listen for all ASA members, particularly those doing business in the industrial PVF segment of our industry.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 32 (6:49 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the Israel crisis and how that will impact the global oil scene.

• Why was no one expecting this attack?
• What has this attack done to the oil market?
• Have the oil barrel prices changed at all?
• What was the expectation for the oil market in reaction to this attack?
• Where is the hesitation on what Israel will do next?
• Where do Middle Eastern countries go from here?
• Will we see a change in oil prices next year?
• What is the bottom line? Are we seeing an oil crisis?

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Season 3, Episode 33: Dr. Kuehl touches on a few questions suggested by members... What is the Fed’s reaction to the latest CPI report and what is the current outlook on inflation?

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 33 (7:18 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the Fed’s reaction to CPI numbers, and what the current outlook on inflation is. Can ASA members finally take a breather?

• Why were the GDP numbers so unexpected this week?
• What is the reason for the Fed to not pay attention to the CPI numbers?
• What does that have to do with inflation??
• What do you really get out of CPI numbers? What can you assume?
• What does the Fed look at when it comes to an outlook on inflation?
• Inflation VS. Recession... what should we be worried about more? What is the difference??
• Are we going in the right direction? Finally???
• Will the Fed raise rates? Should we rule out another quarter point?

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Season 3, Episode 34: Dr. Kuehl touches on all the wrong predictions in regard to the GDP numbers that were made in the last few weeks and what the overall performance was within the manufacturing sector.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 3, Episode 34 (7:07 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about how all the predictions within the last few weeks didn’t happen at all. Specifically, regarding the latest GDP numbers.

• What were the original predictions for GDP numbers?
• What are the big issues for consumers?
• Going into the more intense holiday season, should members be encouraged?
• Why are we getting such a consumer surge when everyone thought it would slow down?
• What is the overall performance of the manufacturing sector? Why should ASA members know about this??
• Are wholesalers buying again? Why does that help the purchasing index?
• At the moment, will this last exceptionally long? Will we see retreat in the beginning of next year?

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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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