
Mad Libs: just fill in the blanks
From Eye On The Market by Michael Cembalest
October 16, 2025 · 21 min · Episode 85
About this episode
The episode discusses various economic topics including tariffs, immigration policy, and the impact of Chinese mineral export restrictions.
Mad Libs. This piece is not about how mad liberals are at the administration, although the latest polling data indicates that it could be. Instead, it’s a fill-in-the-blank exercise regarding the impact of tariffs and immigration policy on growth, the impact of Chinese critical mineral export restrictions, Oracle’s debt levels and borrowing capacity, central bank gold reserves and the gender balance of psychiatric medication. View video here
People in this episode
Host: Michael Cembalest
Topics covered
- tariffs
- immigration policy
- Chinese critical minerals
- Oracle debt
- central bank gold reserves
- psychiatric medication
Keywords
- tariffs
- immigration
- China
- Oracle
- gold reserves
- psychiatric medication
- economic growth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Oracle
Places: China, United States
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