
Peter St Onge Podcast
Peter St Onge, Ph.D economist explains news on the economy in plain English and why it matters.
Episodes
138 episodes
Ep 138 Weekly Roundup: What's Driving the Jobs Crash
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomWhat's Driving the Jobs CrashWill a "Housing Emergency" Lower House PricesPost Office Drops 80%Biden Job Miracle Revised AwayCentral Banks...
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Ep 137 Weekly Roundup: Florida could Abolish Property Tax
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomFlorida could Abolish Property TaxWelders make $100k, College Grads make LattesCanada Enters RecessionWe've Lost Half a Million FarmsDoes ...
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Ep 136 Weekly Roundup: Deficit Soars 20%
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomDeficit Soars 20%. What’s Driving it?Trump Fires Federal Reserve Swing VoteGerman Industry in “Free Fall”Social Security “Bankrupt” in 7 Years...
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Ep 135 Weekly Roundup: Fixing the H1-B Sweatshops
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomFixing the H1-B SweatshopsHow Democrats Lost MenUniversities are Going ObsoleteCan EJ Antoni save the Inflation and Job NumbersRecession C...
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Ep 134 Weekly Roundup: Trump’s America First Tariffs
The new podcast episode just dropped rounding up all last week’s videos Trump’s America First Trade DealsNet Migration Turns NegativeFannie Mae’s $350 billion Wall Street Gift...
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Ep 133 Weekly Roundup: Mainstream Media is Collapsing
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomMainstream Media is CollapsingJob Numbers CrashCongress Ends Gas Mileage RulesSoviet Grocers in New YorkWill 1% Rates Cause Inflation...
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Ep 132 Weekly Roundup: Trump Goes to War with the Fed
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomTrump Goes to War with the FedJapan Turns PopulistTrump Steamrolls Europe300,000 AI Layoffs in FinanceDOGE Could End 100,000 Regulations
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Ep 131 Weekly Roundup: Inflation Finally Rises
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomInflation Finally RisesRenters hit Record HighTrump's America First Trade DealsNew York to Empty the PrisonsJobs After AIRead...
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Ep 130 Weekly Roundup: Power Grid could "Collapse"
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomPower Grid could "Collapse" from Green EnergyTariff Inflation Forecasts PlungeGold says Fiat Collapse AcceleratingBanks Gambling $50 billion of You...
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Ep 129 Weekly Roundup: Deportations hit the Job Numbers
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomDeportations hit the Job NumbersPharmaceutical Ad BanGermany's Pension PonziBanks in Trump's Cross-hairsThe Myth of Fed Independence<...
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Ep 128 Weekly Roundup: New York Elects a Communist
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomNew York Elects a Communist"Dumb Powell" to keep Strangling EconomySenate Passes "Big Beautiful Bill"Canada's Prime MoronHow to End the Un...
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Ep 127 Weekly Roundup: 500k more Home Sellers than Buyers
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom500k more Home Sellers than BuyersStablecoins Could Wipe out Crony BanksChina's EV Car Industry "Imploding"Net Migration Turns Negative. And Blue-C...
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Ep 126 Weekly Roundup: Zero Inflation from Tariffs
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomZero Inflation from TariffsFed to pay Bankers $1.1 TrillionIraq warns of $300 OilA Million Self-DeportationsWhy Prices Never go Down<...
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Ep 125 Weekly Roundup: Trump "Demands" Fed Rate Cuts
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomTrump “Demands” 1% Fed rate cutArgentina Growth hits 8%California Threatens to Defund Federal GovernmentCanada Enters RecessionHow Illegal...
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Ep 124 Weekly Roundup: Inflation Plunges, Wages Soar
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomTrump Month 4: Inflation Falls, Wages SoarEurope's Welfare State going BankruptDeficits could "Break" the Financial SystemTrump Slashes UN Budget
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Ep 123 Weekly Roundup: $3 Trillion Deficits Forever
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom$3 Trillion Deficits ForeverChina's $100 Billion Trade LoopholeFederal Spending Falls 5.1%We Need 7% Growth to Outrun Debt"iPhone Moment" ...
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Ep 122 Weekly Roundup: Big Beautiful Budget in Trouble
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomBig Beautiful Budget in TroubleMoody's Downgrades $36 Trillion of DebtStudent Loan Delinquencies Soar 700%Biden's 1 Million Fake JobsJapan...
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Ep 121 Weekly Roundup: Japan Threatens Economic War
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomJapan Threatens Economic WarPause in China Trade WarTrump Slashes Pharmaceutical PricesBidenflation is OverWhy Americans don't Save Anymor...
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Ep 120 Weekly Roundup: Jobs are Booming -- and They're Real
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomJobs are Booming -- and they're RealElon Steps Back from DOGEPopulists Sweep British ElectionsTrump Budget Increases SpendingYoung America...
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Ep 119 Weekly Roundup: GDP Goes Negative. And it's Glorious.
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomWhy Congress is Paralyzed: The FilibusterHome Buying hits 16-year LowSocialists Win in CanadaChinese Factories are Getting Wiped OutAmeric...
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Ep 118 Weekly Roundup: Will Trump fire Jerome Powell?
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomWill Trump fire Jerome Powell?Gold Prices are ExplodingChina is Panicking over TariffsDOGE goes after Billions to Universities81% of Ameri...
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Ep 117 Weekly Roundup: China Won't Win a Trade War
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomChina Won't Win a Trade WarUS Dollar Crashes on Foreign SalesCongress cuts DOGE Savings to $150 BillionInflation drops to 0.7%Green Shoots...
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Ep 116 Weekly Roundup: The Trade Wars Begin
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomThe Trade Wars BeginTariffs Crash StocksWill Tariffs Cause a Depression?The Art of the Deal, Tariff VersionDoes Reserve Currency Status Re...
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