#358 Danielle DiMartino Booth: The Fed Knows the Data Is Broken, Private Credit Is Contagious, and Nobody Is Fighting for American Families

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Danielle DiMartino Booth discusses the mismanagement of the U.S. economy and the risks facing American families.

Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO of QI Research and former Fed insider, joins Julia to sound the alarm on a U.S. economy she believes is being misread, misreported, and mismanaged. From growing divisions inside the FOMC to deeply troubling labor market signals — including an ISM non-manufacturing employment reading of 45.2 last seen during the Great Recession — Danielle lays out why she believes the Fed is falling dangerously behind. She breaks down the private credit contagion risk, why only 25% of unemployed Americans are collecting benefits, and how student loan repayments, rising gas prices, and tightening lending standards are quietly crushing working families. With a midterm election on the horizon and consumer sentiment crumbling across all income levels, Danielle argues the stakes have never been higher — and that someone needs to start speaking up for everyday Americans. Links: Danielle's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dimartinobooth Substack: https://dimartinobooth.substack.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DanielleDiMartinoBoothQI Fed Up: https://www.amazon.com/Fed-Up-Insiders-Federal-Reserve/dp/0735211655 Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome back Danielle DiMartino Booth 01:00…

People in this episode

Host: Julia La Roche

Guest: Danielle DiMartino Booth

Topics covered

• U.S. economy
• Federal Reserve
• labor market
• private credit
• American families
• consumer sentiment

Keywords

• Federal Reserve
• labor market
• private credit
• student loans
• consumer sentiment
• economic mismanagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: QI Research, FOMC, Amazon

Books & works: Fed Up

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