Susan Hayes Culleton

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3,266 appearances 23 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 18 Sep

Susan Hayes Culleton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Taking Stock · The Digital Euro explained, business exit plans & the shortcomings of our climate risk models · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

And as investors increasingly rely on climate data to assess financial risk, we examine whether the numbers behind corporate climate reporting are actually telling the full story. voice-verified

You can email the show takingstockatnewstalk.com or you can message me on social media at Susan Hayes Cullerton. voice-verified

Now, for my explainer this week, well, monetary policy, as we know it, continued to get a shake-up. voice-verified

The Federal Reserve, which is the central bank of the US, decided to hold rates as is, but there were three dissenters on a seven-person board. voice-verified

Now, the last time that happened was 1963. voice-verified

The chair, Kevin Warsh, said he wanted the markets to figure things out on their own rather than give them forward guidance. voice-verified

And the reaction was a steepening of the yield curve. voice-verified

So that's what I want to talk about during this week's explainer. voice-verified

So here's what it is. voice-verified

Those who lend to the government for up to 30 years demanded a higher interest rate after that announcement was made because they're worried about rising inflation. voice-verified

But on the other hand, those who are lending for a much shorter timeframe, like two years, lowered their expectations of rate rises. voice-verified

So those yields fell. voice-verified

Now, if you join those two dots in a graph, you will see that visual representation of the steepening of the yield curve. voice-verified

It's something that was quite historic and the speed at which it steepened during the week is something that we will be talking about for a while to come, particularly during the next meeting of the Fed. voice-verified

So watch out for it. voice-verified

Now, our use of cash has fallen steadily in recent years, and with the recent development that the European Central Bank is now moving closer to introducing a digital euro, which is an electronic version of cash that could eventually be used by everyone across the eurozone, supporters say it will modernise payments, reduce reliance on US payment giants like Visa and Mastercard, and strengthen Europe's financial independence. voice-verified

But critics... voice-verified

question whether consumers actually need it. voice-verified

And there is concerns about privacy costs and the impact on banks. voice-verified

Kate English, award-winning chief economist at Deloitte Ireland, joins me now in studio to explain what the digital euro is, why it's being developed and what it could mean for consumers and businesses. voice-verified

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