About this episode

Newell discusses inflation numbers and their impact on the Federal Reserve with guest Guy Williams, along with topics like rent control and McDonald's in the EU.

This hour, Newell is joined by Guy Williams, Chairman & CEO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, to dicuss the new inflation numbers and why it makes the Feds job tougher, which cities are implementing rent control and why it never works, Sweden moving to become less socialist by cutting spending, and McDonald's in the European Union losing the right to use the Big Mac.

People in this episode

Host: Newell Normand

Guest: Guy Williams

Topics covered

• inflation
• Federal Reserve
• rent control
• socialism
• McDonald's

Keywords

• inflation
• Federal Reserve
• rent control
• Sweden
• McDonald's
• Gulf Coast Bank

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, McDonald's

Places: European Union, Sweden

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