When the US auto industry needed a restructuring or bailout in 2009, the Obama administration tapped former banker and investor... more

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In theory, the Federal Reserve operates by tightening the supply of credit. Or at least making it more close. Yet... more

For those who can't get enough Odd Lots, we're now offering you... "Lots More." This new podcast show, appearing on... more

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Bill Gross became known as the Bond King during his legendary, multi-decade run at Pimco, eventually growing the company to... more

In some respects, the real estate market has been surprisingly resilient in the face of rising interest rates. Homebuilders have... more

A decade ago, there was a lot of hype about self driving cars. In fact, there was more interest in... more

Certain people claim that New York City has a reputation for... not having the best fruits and vegetables. This is... more

At Jackson Hole, the Kansas City Fed's annual gathering for economists and central bankers, there's a lot of focus on... more

The Biden administration has undertaken an aggressive effort to revitalize domestic manufacturing, particularly in areas like semiconductors and green technology.... more

In recent years, the absolute level of government debt around the world has risen dramatically. The Covid emergency unleashed a... more

In the global financial system, US Treasuries play a special role. They’re basically as close to cash as a financial... more

On Friday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave his much-anticipated speech at the Kansas City Fed Monetary Policy Symposium in... more

Bloomberg Surveillance comes to the Odd Lots podcast!  Listen for a special edition of Bloomberg Surveillance from the Federal Reserve's... more

Tractor Supply Co. has grown from a small mail order business set up in the 1930s into the biggest farm... more

The Chinese economy is in a slump. Industrial production is down. Retail sales are down. The property industry continues to... more

There's a new class of weight-loss drugs in town. GLP-1 medications including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro were created to treat... more

Why do some countries become rich while others stagnate? And can you predict which countries become wealthy in advance of... more

There have been a number of news stories lately that seem straight out of science fiction. We've heard claims before... more

Movie and TV productions have come to a nearly complete stop in Hollywood. Both the Screen Actors Guild and the... more

On September 14, the contract between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three carmakers (GM, Ford and Stellantis) is... more

In the US, Tesla remains far and away the dominant maker of electric vehicles. But on a global scale, the... more

A key plank of the Biden administration's "Bidenomics" involves stronger antitrust enforcement and we've seen the White House empower agencies... more

When Silicon Valley Bank imploded, there was a lot of talk about the future of regional and community banks in... more

Last year, as the Federal Reserve hiked rates to the highest levels in decades, there were lots of warnings about... more

Artificial Intelligence is all the rage right now and most of the investor excitement has so far been focused on... more

We're in the midst of an AI mania of sorts. In public markets, investors are placing bets on the companies... more

Arizona recently announced new constraints on housing development in the areas around Phoenix. At issue is water rights and scarcity,... more

Due to a combination of drought, climate change and booming growth, Arizona is facing looming water scarcity. But for all... more

Richard Koo literally wrote the book on balance sheet recessions, or the idea that large levels of debt can weigh... more

Big cities like New York have two real estate problems. Housing is scarce and office buildings are empty (or at... more

President Biden recently made it clear that what we're seeing play out in the economy now is the result of... more

Every industry is trying to figure out just how AI or Large Language Models can be used to do business.... more

Zoltan Pozsar has built a reputation for covering the intricacies of money markets. For the past eight years, he published... more

When the pandemic struck in 2020, the actor Ben McKenzie (who you might know from The OC and Gotham) had... more

More than a decade ago, GMO strategist James Montier published a paper predicting that corporate profit margins were destined to... more

Saudi Arabia has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars snapping up international soccer stars in recent months, including legendary... more

We're used to thinking of modern finance as practically synonymous with computers. Banks are basically just big collections of Excel... more

De-dollarization is all the rage right now, with lots of talk about whether the US currency will be able to... more

Steve Eisman is known for having bet against the housing market prior to the Great Financial Crisis in a trade... more

There are all kinds of societal concerns emerging out of the rise of artificial intelligence. Will it put us all... more

There's a lot of frustration about the government's ability to build things in the US. Subways. Bridges. High-speed rail. Electricity... more

A lot has happened since we last spoke to Brad Setser in April 2020, towards the beginning of the Covid-19... more

Earlier this year, Odd Lots talked about the idea of companies taking advantage of bottlenecks and other disruptions to raise... more

If you think interest rates seem high right now, you might be operating with too short of a perspective. For... more

Earlier this year, it emerged that the London Metals Exchange had been holding a bunch of bags filled with stones... more

The US government is spending billions of dollars to build out state-of-the-art domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity. But spending money is... more

Stewart Butterfield has been at the forefront of two epochal turning points for tech. First, he was the co-founder of... more

In 2011, then-Vice President Biden had a front row seat to a bruising debt ceiling standoff between President Barack Obama... more

There's a lot of discussion these days about de-dollarization and whether the US dollar will lose its standing as the... more

A couple of years ago, it was an amazing time to have a truck or be a trucker. The goods... more

We're still in the middle of a "crypto winter" with the price of coins well off their highs from back... more

Terry Duffy is the chairman and CEO of CME Group, the world's biggest derivatives exchange and a trading behemoth whose... more

Coming soon: When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29-year-old, he pledged to donate his... more

The 2010s saw the rise of a number of digital media startups like BuzzFeed News, Gawker Media, Vice, Business Insider... more

The Federal Reserve has hiked rates rapidly over the last 18 months, and yet inflation remains surprisingly high. Perhaps what's... more

Nobody knows for sure who is going to make all the money when it comes to artificial intelligence. Will it... more

Disruptions caused by the pandemic have revealed deep flaws in our supply chain for physical goods. Certain market failures that... more

Some supply chain crises are acute. A bottleneck at the ports. A shortage of semiconductors. These can get fixed, to... more

There's been a lot of discussion about the possibility of "de-dollarization," or the idea that the world could move away... more

The big headlines from March's banking crisis have receded and balances at some of the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facilities,... more

Marijuana has been legalized in a number of places in the US now, but what New York is trying to... more

In some respects, selling legalized cannabis should be like many other consumer goods business. You make a product people recognize... more

New York City has long been seen as a holy grail for the legal weed industry, with millions of potential... more

Over time, we expect the world to get richer. Yes, there are disruptions and setbacks (and we have seen several... more

In August of last year, the White House signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, a bipartisan effort to... more

In the last month or so, two macro risks have become top of mind for investors. One is the stability... more

Nassim Taleb has never been shy about expressing his viewpoints on a wide range of topics. But lately he's been... more

For the most part, being a landlord, particularly in a major city, has been a good business to be in.... more