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US debt ceiling & Gene’s Aussie debt ceiling experience in the GFC | Emerging economies debt crisis - EP190
Manage episode 364692423 series 2659502
Host Gene Tunny discusses the US debt ceiling and the emerging economies debt crisis with his Adept Economics colleague Arturo Espinoza. Gene shares a memory of his own experience with the debt ceiling the Australian Government had at the time of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC).
Please get in touch with any questions, comments and suggestions by emailing us at contact@economicsexplored.com or sending a voice message via https://www.speakpipe.com/economicsexplored.
What’s covered in EP190
- [04:35] US debt ceiling negotiations.
- [09:18] US hitting its debt ceiling.
- [14:51] The trillion-dollar coin as a possible workaround.
- [16:14] Spending and revenue challenges.
- [26:05] Australian debt ceiling legislation in 2008-09.
- [29:05] US debt limit and consequences.
- [33:25] Argentina's economic struggles.
- [40:02] IMF's Nightmarish Identity Crisis & emerging economies debt crisis.
- [42:27] China's role in emerging markets debt.
- [45:13] PNG and China.
Links relevant to the conversation
Noah Smith’s Subtack post:
Treasury to take ‘extraordinary measures’ as US hits debt ceiling | Financial Times
Michael Knox’s note on the debt ceiling:
AUS_ESQ_230523_US government shutdowns and why US treasuries never default.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/05/03/debt-ceiling-scenarios/
Federal Spending | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
The IMF faces a nightmarish identity crisis
How China changed the game for countries in default | Financial Times
There Is No Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ - The Atlantic
Argentina raises interest rate to 97% as it struggles to tackle inflation | CNN Business
Argentina inflation smashes past every forecast to hit 109% | Reuters
Thanks to Obsidian Productions for mixing the episode and to the show’s sponsor, Gene’s consultancy business www.adepteconomics.com.au.
Full transcripts are available a few days after the episode is first published at www.economicsexplored.com. Economics Explored is available via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, and other podcasting platforms.
239 episod
Manage episode 364692423 series 2659502
Host Gene Tunny discusses the US debt ceiling and the emerging economies debt crisis with his Adept Economics colleague Arturo Espinoza. Gene shares a memory of his own experience with the debt ceiling the Australian Government had at the time of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC).
Please get in touch with any questions, comments and suggestions by emailing us at contact@economicsexplored.com or sending a voice message via https://www.speakpipe.com/economicsexplored.
What’s covered in EP190
- [04:35] US debt ceiling negotiations.
- [09:18] US hitting its debt ceiling.
- [14:51] The trillion-dollar coin as a possible workaround.
- [16:14] Spending and revenue challenges.
- [26:05] Australian debt ceiling legislation in 2008-09.
- [29:05] US debt limit and consequences.
- [33:25] Argentina's economic struggles.
- [40:02] IMF's Nightmarish Identity Crisis & emerging economies debt crisis.
- [42:27] China's role in emerging markets debt.
- [45:13] PNG and China.
Links relevant to the conversation
Noah Smith’s Subtack post:
Treasury to take ‘extraordinary measures’ as US hits debt ceiling | Financial Times
Michael Knox’s note on the debt ceiling:
AUS_ESQ_230523_US government shutdowns and why US treasuries never default.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/05/03/debt-ceiling-scenarios/
Federal Spending | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
The IMF faces a nightmarish identity crisis
How China changed the game for countries in default | Financial Times
There Is No Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ - The Atlantic
Argentina raises interest rate to 97% as it struggles to tackle inflation | CNN Business
Argentina inflation smashes past every forecast to hit 109% | Reuters
Thanks to Obsidian Productions for mixing the episode and to the show’s sponsor, Gene’s consultancy business www.adepteconomics.com.au.
Full transcripts are available a few days after the episode is first published at www.economicsexplored.com. Economics Explored is available via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, and other podcasting platforms.
239 episod
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