Perfect PCE, Problematic Politics

Mark, Cris and Marisa (yes, she is back) welcome Matt Robison of the Beyond Politics podcast to talk policy and politics. The discussion ranged from the risk of a government shutdown and Bidenomics to a consideration of whether the nation's politics are as fractured as they seem and who is going to be the next President. It goes without saying there was also a fulsome conversation about this past week's economic data - could the numbers have been any better? Even "supercore" inflation was up just 0.2% month over month and 4.2% year over year in June.