Mike Dolan

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285 appearances 34 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 10 Sep

Mike Dolan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 34 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 8.

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Will AI kill us all?
I don't think anybody in financial markets can price the end of humanity.
Uh, but what these apocalyptic warnings uh do point to, and I think we have seen many this year, including in the spring, about mass depression and mass unemployment, and again subsequently about the wipeout of of entire uh financial sectors.
Um, these warnings recur, but they point overwhelmingly to regulation of.
This new technology, uh that and uh i i this is the real impact that can potentially be priced.
Uh although in this geopolitical climate it's hard to imagine any joined up thinking on regulation of something that is a global uh transformation.
So the weekend developments have crude prices rising again first thing on Monday, and this is very significant because it's adding to pressure at the at the at the pump and at the retail cost of fuel, particularly in the United States. voice-verified
Diesel prices hit their all-time high on Friday, and that's uh going to be both a political and an economic issue uh as we head into the midterms. voice-verified
But as regards this week, uh there was uh a lot of politics all week. voice-verified
End both in the Ukraine Russia war and on the Gulf situation, and there has been no breakthrough in either. voice-verified
It's been a very disturbing week for world bond markets, that's for sure. matched
Uh, but things have calmed down a little today. matched
Uh, we did get to the highest borrowing rates for the US government and indeed European governments and Japanese governments uh for well over a decade uh earlier this week. matched
There is concern about rising interest rates this month from uh all three regions, and there is a growing matched
Concerned about the amount of debt that's been raised as we get into budget season, particularly in Europe. matched
But for the US, uh maybe things have calmed because we get a very big update on the US labor market this week. matched
Uh the US non-farm payrolls for August is due out on Friday. matched
And maybe there's just a holding pattern before we see the update on that, because it may be an important ingredient for the Fed's uh policy meeting later this month. matched
The bond market itself goes on today. matched
Uh the rising energy prices have added fuel to that fire. matched
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