Will the FED Raise Rates into a Recession? Jim Bianco

Interview recorded - 23rd of July, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Jim Bianco. Jim Bianco is the President of Bianco Research and one of the most closely followed macro strategists in the industry.During our conversation we spoke about the economy, continued growth, the AI miracle, whether companies could be at risk, inflation rising, potential rate increases and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:53 - Overview of the economy4:52 - Continue growth8:04 - AI collapse risk13:28 - Can AI eat the world?16:05 - AI risks19:27 - Economic divergence23:03 - Youth unemployment28:08 - Inflation35:02 - Hawkish worse for yields?37:54 - One message to takeaway?Jim Bianco is President and Index Manager at Bianco Research Advisors. He is also the President of Bianco Research LLC. Since 1990, Jim’s commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets. Unencumbered by the biases of traditional Wall Street research, Jim has built a decades long reputation for objective, incisive commentary that challenges consensus thinking.Jim appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business, and is often featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Grants Interest Rate Observer, and MarketWatch. Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Marquette University (1984) and an MBA from Fordham University (1989).Jim Bianco: Research: https://www.biancoresearch.com/visitor-home/ETF: https://www.biancoadvisors.com/X: https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=biancoresearch&tw_p=followbuttonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bianco-117619152/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas