{"id":228106,"date":"2025-07-30T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=228106"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:34:12","slug":"is-the-fed-playing-chicken-with-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/podcasts\/ibkr-podcasts\/is-the-fed-playing-chicken-with-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Fed Playing Chicken with the Economy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is the Fed flying too close to the flame? In this episode, Scott Bauer returns to break down market reactions to strong GDP data, meme stock madness, and whether rate policy is heading for a collision course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"Is the Fed Playing Chicken with the Economy?\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=xpa26-191cae0-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1b1b1b&#038;font-color=ffffff&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=c73a3a\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-summary-ibkr-podcasts-ep-277\">Summary \u2013 IBKR Podcasts Ep. 277<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The following is a summary of a live audio recording and may contain errors in spelling or grammar. Although IBKR has edited for clarity no material changes have been made<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jeff-praissman\"><strong>Jeff Praissman<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi everyone. This is Jeff Praissman with Interactive Brokers. It&#8217;s my pleasure to welcome back to our podcast studio Scott Bauer, Prosper Trading. Hey Scott, how are you?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scott-bauer\"><strong>Scott Bauer<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey Jeff. I am great. It&#8217;s summertime. How are you?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jeff-praissman-0\"><strong>Jeff Praissman<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m good. I&#8217;m good. And it is always a pleasure to have you in here for our five-minute podcast. We always just catch up and talk about the past five days in the market and kind of what&#8217;s ahead. 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