Gavin Friend

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7,937 appearances 60 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2024 last heard 2 Sep

Gavin Friend’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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NAB Morning Call · Divided He Falls. But Stays. · 29 Apr 2026 podcast

the thing that really matters to the general public, which is the Fed's ability to conduct monetary policy without taking into account political factors, i.e. voice-verified

threats to Fed independence. voice-verified

Now, he was quite complimentary about the DOJ dropping the case against him. voice-verified

But he's going to see how that goes, but he's clearly not convinced yet that the whole thing is dead and buried and he wants to see it through. voice-verified

Just in terms of policy, it's quite interesting because what we talked about earlier in the conversation about the Fed... voice-verified

potentially shifting its stance to the guidance to something that's a bit more symmetrical on the day of the first meeting of Walsh, which probably won't play well with Trump. voice-verified

But I think to Walsh's point, he'll be quite supportive of the fact that there is dissent. voice-verified

Remember in his testimony, he talked about the idea of voice-verified

a messier Fed, a Fed that doesn't agree with each other. voice-verified

You're seeing that. voice-verified

It's starting to emerge already. voice-verified

So I think that's quite voice-verified

That's like all central banks, right? voice-verified

They're in a holding pattern. voice-verified

They don't quite know where it's going. voice-verified

To your point, underlying inflation recently was lower. voice-verified

Headline was higher. voice-verified

That's what we're seeing from some central banks, from some inflation prints so far. voice-verified

So nothing particularly new, but I guess he did say that actually the policy rate is pretty much where it needs to be. voice-verified

And, you know, if things play out... voice-verified

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