Michael McKee
speaker
1,106 appearances
198 recordings
2 series
first heard Aug 2025
last heard 15 Sep
Michael McKee’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 195 in all, peaking in Jan 2026 with 40.
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The data are a month late, delayed by the government shutdown, but they will cheer a White House anxious for some good economic news.
What will really matter to markets, however, will be the December income and spending numbers released for the first time on the same day as GDP.
The GDP calculations fell as the fourth quarter went on, so investors will be very interested in whether consumers cut back during the month.
The Fed, meanwhile, will be looking at the December PCE price indexes.
While consumer price growth slowed last month, PCE is forecast to come in a bit higher for the core.
That and stronger GDP growth would make it harder for the Fed to consider rate cuts anytime soon.
Michael McKee, Bloomberg Radio.
Bloomberg News Now · Trump on Iran, Oil Climbs With Geopolitics in Focus, More · 20 Feb 2026
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Basically, when people thought they were going to be tariffed, everybody moved their gold from Europe to the U.S.
And now they're sending it out back again.
So that's had a big impact on it.
That doesn't go directly into GDP.
So part of this goes away.
It is the trade deficit rising as much as it did will make a little bit lower GDP numbers.
But people aren't revising their forecast for tomorrow down too much.
Basically, when people thought they were going to be tariffed, everybody moved their gold from Europe to the U.S.
And now they're sending it out back again.
So that's had a big impact on it.
That doesn't go directly into GDP.
So part of this goes away.
It is the trade deficit rising as much as it did will make a little bit lower GDP numbers.
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