Peter St Onge Podcast
Peter St Onge, Ph.D economist explains news on the economy in plain English and why it matters.
Episodes
145 episodes
Ep 145 Weekly Roundup: Inflation Slows Despite Tarrifs
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomInflation Slows Despite TariffsShutdown "Could go to 2027"Foodstamps Freeze for 42 MillionFrance to Impose "Wealth Tax"Amazon Lays off 600...
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Ep 144 Weekly Roundup: Biggest Budget Surplus in History
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomBiggest Budget Surplus in HistoryGOP Redraws Congressional Districts for MidtermsShutdown Could End This WeekTrump Wants Half of Canada's Car Jobs<...
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Ep 143 Weekly Roundup: China Trade War Blows Up
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomChina Trade War Blows UpNo Backpay for Federal WorkersSilver is SoaringPermanent Layoffs BeginHow the 1990's Balanced the Budget...
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Ep 142 Weekly Roundup: Shutdown Crushes Democrats
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomShutdown Crushes DemocratsHow Congress broke HealthcareShutdown Boosting GOP in MidtermsJapan goes PopulistAmericans Haven't Gotten a Rais...
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Ep 141 Weekly Roundup: Government Shuts Down
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomGovernment Shuts DownChina "Slowing Sharply" in Trade WarWelcome to the ShutdownGDP hits Impressive 3.8%Voters out of Patience on Inflatio...
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Ep 140 Weekly Roundup: $100,000 fee on H1B's
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom$100,000 fee on H1B'sAI is Replacing Mainstream MediaMexico's Tariff Recession80% of "Science" is FakeThe Fed cannot stop Runaway Inflatio...
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Ep 139 Weekly Roundup: Inflation hits 5% Annualized
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomInflation hits 5% Annualized40% of Americans Can't RetireWill the Fed Rug-Pull the National Debt?Populists Lead in EuropeWhat if the Fed C...
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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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