WEBVTT - JPMorgan's Bob Michele Talks US Economy Amid Iran War

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>We are thrilled to bring you Bob Michael Global had

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<v Speaker 2>a fixed income JP Morgan Asset Management the real yield

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<v Speaker 2>out of two point one one percent. I haven't done

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<v Speaker 2>a standard deviation study. When does a higher real yield

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<v Speaker 2>impinge on the American economy and on industry in America?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I would argue right now it's already starting to

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<v Speaker 1>have an impact, because it was only a week ago

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<v Speaker 1>that we came out of the FOMC meeting expecting a

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<v Speaker 1>couple rate cuts, and you looked at the labor market

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<v Speaker 1>that was their primary concern for good reason, it seemed

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<v Speaker 1>a bit soft. Now you're paying a lot more to

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<v Speaker 1>fill up your automobiles, and if you're a business, your

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<v Speaker 1>input costs or energy's gone up. I would say it's

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<v Speaker 1>having an impact right about now.

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<v Speaker 3>If that is the case, certainly for a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>full are starting to feel it. How does the FED

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<v Speaker 3>react to that? There's really not a whole lot they

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<v Speaker 3>can do, is there?

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<v Speaker 1>I think the problem is at these levels there's no

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<v Speaker 1>obvious solution because even ourselves with one hundred dollars oil,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't see recession. We see growth. Slowing down a

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<v Speaker 1>lot from where we had it, inflation going up a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. Then they just have to wait and see

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<v Speaker 1>what cracks First. Does the labor market come under a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of pressure and unemployment go up? Or do they

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<v Speaker 1>see energy prices passed through to finish goods and services

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<v Speaker 1>and consumers still buying and demanding wage price spirals.

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<v Speaker 2>David Rosenberg in Toronto publishes moments Ago Rosenberg Research quote,

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<v Speaker 2>still no market panic inequities even with a vis out

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<v Speaker 2>of twenty nine point five three. How do you measure

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<v Speaker 2>in Is there panic in the Bob Michael world? I

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<v Speaker 2>mean price down, yield up? How does it you know?

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<v Speaker 2>Equity panic? How does it work in the bond space?

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<v Speaker 1>It's well, there are also volatility indicators in the bond market,

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<v Speaker 1>and they've actually been muted. So it's been a surprisingly

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<v Speaker 1>orderly sell off, a little bit at a time. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of confidence that you have an administration looking for

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<v Speaker 1>an off rapp they'll find one. They watch the markets,

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<v Speaker 1>they know the midterm elections are coming up soon. They

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<v Speaker 1>have to figure out how to extricate themselves from the

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<v Speaker 1>Middle East, and that's what the market's hanging it's hot on.

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<v Speaker 3>So the FED has a little bit of leeway the

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<v Speaker 3>US economy. We are a net exporter of oil. But boy,

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<v Speaker 3>I guess we're all learning how exposed other parts of

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<v Speaker 3>the world are to this pinch in Mid East oil.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you expect other central banks around the world

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<v Speaker 3>to react here?

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<v Speaker 1>It's strange, right, because this all started with us being

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<v Speaker 1>told that twenty percent of oil passes through the Strait

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<v Speaker 1>of Hormuz. So you say, okay, sixty dollars a barrel,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go to seventy two dollars a barrow, maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>little premium in there. You're up at eighty. Not you're

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<v Speaker 1>going right to one hundred and hanging out there and

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<v Speaker 1>expectations I saw one could be two hundred dollars a hour.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's a bit extreme. I think by the

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<v Speaker 1>time you get to one twenty to one point fifty,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll create a tremendous amount of demand destruction. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>a bit puzzling that you're there. Unlike the FED, which

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<v Speaker 1>has a dual mandate, they have to watch the labor

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<v Speaker 1>market as well as inflation, the ECB and the Bank

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<v Speaker 1>of England have single mandates. They have to watch inflation

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<v Speaker 1>and there's no differentiation between core and headline. All they

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<v Speaker 1>know right now is headlines going up a lot. Hence

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<v Speaker 1>they're talking hawkish. You would expect the ECB to hike

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<v Speaker 1>rates once or twice in here or watch for the

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<v Speaker 1>Bank of England.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a sterling academics which goes back as far

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<v Speaker 2>as Persian. You're work in Greek and Latin with all

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<v Speaker 2>of your academics at pen and your work of course

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<v Speaker 2>driving the bondship for mister Diamond. The cultural overlay here

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<v Speaker 2>of Persian patients. What I keep reading in informed articles

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<v Speaker 2>is these people are patient. Is that what you would

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<v Speaker 2>would you agree with that Iran will be patient beyond anything?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you look at their position, there's little else

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<v Speaker 1>they can do. A lot of the infrastructure in their

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<v Speaker 1>country has been destroyed, and yet somehow they're able to

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<v Speaker 1>control the global supply of oil by controlling the Strait

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<v Speaker 1>of Hormuz with a fleet of drones, despite all the

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<v Speaker 1>military might of the West. And I think this is

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<v Speaker 1>what the market's starting to get concerned about. The administration

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<v Speaker 1>may want an off ramp, but the Iranians don't need

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<v Speaker 1>to give him one.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that simple. Bob Michael, think us so much,