economy: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/economy/ Everyone on the record about economy: 17 verbatim quotes from 7 people, March 2020 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:56 +0000 Kevin Warsh: Warsh defines economic strength as how well an economy withstands stress and shocks. https://minutesof.com/q/4e8e6e6b-a1f9-43f0-b0ca-fb1d8e6451cc/ https://minutesof.com/q/4e8e6e6b-a1f9-43f0-b0ca-fb1d8e6451cc/ “One indicator of strength is how well an economy holds up under stress, how well it holds up under shocks.” — Kevin Warsh, Varney & Co. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:04:37 +0000 economy Kevin Warsh: Warsh observes profit margins are elevated relative to history and equity volatility is low. https://minutesof.com/q/a629eb5a-2e90-4290-9c3b-9868dc49a1fb/ https://minutesof.com/q/a629eb5a-2e90-4290-9c3b-9868dc49a1fb/ “profit margins are quite elevated related to history and overall equity market, the volatility is low.” — Kevin Warsh, Varney & Co. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:04:37 +0000 economy JD Vance: Vance states demand for metal cutting and machine tools has reached a 40-year high in the US. https://minutesof.com/q/06de0660-af59-44ee-9642-0c70554649ac/ https://minutesof.com/q/06de0660-af59-44ee-9642-0c70554649ac/ “Did you know demand for metal cutting and machine tools has hit its highest level in almost forty years in The United States Of America?” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:40 +0000 economy JD Vance: Vance says demand for metal cutting and machine tools reached 40-year high under Trump. https://minutesof.com/q/1cc1e8ed-4ebc-4c5c-afab-71fd2fd418d0/ https://minutesof.com/q/1cc1e8ed-4ebc-4c5c-afab-71fd2fd418d0/ “Did you know demand for metal cutting and machine tools has hit its highest level in almost forty years in The United States Of America?” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 economy JD Vance: Vance claims 83,000 new factory construction jobs created since Trump's return to office. https://minutesof.com/q/53f7f000-5ad4-454b-b2d9-c392530b7905/ https://minutesof.com/q/53f7f000-5ad4-454b-b2d9-c392530b7905/ “Nationwide, all across our country, factory construction employment has exploded. 83,000 new jobs in factory consunct, construction just since Donald Trump came back into the White House.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 economy Howard Marks: Marks sees no reason for the Fed to cut rates given the economy is performing fine. https://minutesof.com/q/ea2ee804-b799-4d19-80bc-8092b169480e/ https://minutesof.com/q/ea2ee804-b799-4d19-80bc-8092b169480e/ “I don't see any reason to cut rates. I don't think this economy needs stimulus. The economy is doing fine.” — Howard Marks, Barron's Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:53:42 +0000 economy David Friedberg: Friedberg claims 63 percent of Americans have negative equity with more debt than assets and https://minutesof.com/q/fb267894-f670-43d9-b8fa-edf17714769f/ https://minutesof.com/q/fb267894-f670-43d9-b8fa-edf17714769f/ “They have more debt than they have assets and everything's getting more expensive and no one's moving up the economic ladder. There's no mobility anymore.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 12 May 2026 21:17:30 +0000 economy David Friedberg: Friedberg states US has $40 trillion debt, $2 trillion deficit, with $1 trillion just in inte https://minutesof.com/q/2b84c785-f4d1-4693-b0dc-c2bba793657c/ https://minutesof.com/q/2b84c785-f4d1-4693-b0dc-c2bba793657c/ “We have $40,000,000,000,000 of debt and we're gonna have a $2,000,000,000,000 deficit this year. A trillion dollars of that is just interest on the existing debt. That number is getting bigger and bigger every year.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:36:21 +0000 economy David Friedberg: Friedberg estimates 30 to 40 percent of US workers are employed by or depend on government sp https://minutesof.com/q/a3d381d5-4119-43d8-86d8-2618fbe1e29a/ https://minutesof.com/q/a3d381d5-4119-43d8-86d8-2618fbe1e29a/ “I tried to pull together all this data a couple months ago, but something north of like 30 or 40% of The US working force is touched by the government as a customer of their business, the primary customer of their business or as the employer of those individuals.” — David Friedberg, Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 economy Marc Rowan: Rowan declares a soft landing achieved after 400 basis point rate increase without economic breakd https://minutesof.com/q/db1cf0cd-7c32-443c-bce4-5c0fdd9cd71d/ https://minutesof.com/q/db1cf0cd-7c32-443c-bce4-5c0fdd9cd71d/ “we've had a soft landing. When rates have gone up 400 basis points and the wheels haven't come off the bus, as they say, I think that's the definition of a soft landing.” — Marc Rowan, Yahoo Finance Mon, 06 May 2024 16:23:24 +0000 economy David Friedberg: Friedberg argues US dollar rally against weak global economies will create significant headwi https://minutesof.com/q/e15db386-0731-4c9c-b76c-0a49ce5adb3a/ https://minutesof.com/q/e15db386-0731-4c9c-b76c-0a49ce5adb3a/ “And so the global economy collapsing or being very shaky right now and the US dollar rallying is not good for us.” — David Friedberg, Megyn Kelly Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:00:09 +0000 economy Sir Richard Dearlove: Dearlove notes Ant's $34 billion flotation beat Aramco, illustrating Western-Chinese eco https://minutesof.com/q/500beaf9-9ad4-49fb-8458-9947511f6200/ https://minutesof.com/q/500beaf9-9ad4-49fb-8458-9947511f6200/ “two days ago, the Ant payment system, Jack Ma's company that controls massive payment system across the whole of China had a flotation and those of you who follow these things will be aware that it actually beat Aramco in terms of the value of the flotation, $34,000,000,000 was raised” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 economy Sir Richard Dearlove: Dearlove says Russia's GDP roughly equals Italy's, ranking thirteenth or fourteenth glob https://minutesof.com/q/2537d0a0-5818-4d9e-8d56-91f51dc3039a/ https://minutesof.com/q/2537d0a0-5818-4d9e-8d56-91f51dc3039a/ “Russia, in fact, now has more or less the GDP of Italy, somewhere around thirteenth or fourteenth in the world. And it has an aging population. It has a very weak industrial base.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 economy David Friedberg: Friedberg argues that underreaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause a depress https://minutesof.com/q/bab084f9-8520-4ff3-ab84-5583c69f7bc5/ https://minutesof.com/q/bab084f9-8520-4ff3-ab84-5583c69f7bc5/ “I tweeted that the pandemic, that under reaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause the depression. And I think that's kind of where we are right now.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 economy David Friedberg: Friedberg argues underreaction caused the pandemic while overreaction will cause depression. https://minutesof.com/q/4e637448-ee2f-4413-a168-e4132a193c9c/ https://minutesof.com/q/4e637448-ee2f-4413-a168-e4132a193c9c/ “And two months ago today, I tweeted that the pandemic, that under reaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause the depression. And I think that's kind of where we are right now.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 economy David Sacks: Sacks argues under-reaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause a depression. https://minutesof.com/q/abd36cc5-2071-4ea3-981c-9d5ff4bd42ab/ https://minutesof.com/q/abd36cc5-2071-4ea3-981c-9d5ff4bd42ab/ “I tweeted that the pandemic, that under reaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause the depression. And I think that's kind of where we are right now.” — David Sacks, All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:17:29 +0000 economy David Friedberg: 48% of all US employees work for a business that's got 10 or fewer employees. Now, these busi https://minutesof.com/q/2554b7c4-38c3-497c-b9d4-3fba46349cd4/ https://minutesof.com/q/2554b7c4-38c3-497c-b9d4-3fba46349cd4/ “48% of all US employees work for a business that's got 10 or fewer employees. Now, these businesses are not only retail.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:04:09 +0000 economy