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Diane Swonk Talks Economic Data

11 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.672 - 5.121 Stephen Carroll

Hello, I'm Stephen Carroll. I'm in Brussels, where many of Europe's biggest decisions get made.

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5.622 - 10.011 Caroline Hepke

And I'm Caroline Hepke in London. We're the hosts of the Bloomberg Daybreak Europe podcast.

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10.391 - 15.001 Stephen Carroll

We're up early every weekday, keeping an eye on what's happening across Europe and around the world.

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15.422 - 21.634 Caroline Hepke

We do it early so the news is fresh, not recycled, and so you know what actually matters as the day gets going.

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21.698 - 27.166 Stephen Carroll

From Brussels, I'm following the politics, policy and the people shaping the European Union right now.

27.206 - 32.633 Caroline Hepke

And from London, I'm looking at what all that means for markets, money and the wider economy.

33.154 - 37.48 Stephen Carroll

We've got reporters across Europe and around the globe feeding in as stories break.

37.941 - 42.587 Caroline Hepke

So whether it's geopolitics, energy, tech or markets, you're hearing it while it happens.

43.028 - 45.03 Stephen Carroll

It's smart, calm and to the point.

Chapter 2: What is the current state of the K-shaped economy?

390.305 - 411.552 Diane Swonk

Equity in your home cannot be as easily tapped. But wealth in the stock market has moved up dramatically. And that is important because it's not filtering down to workers and the dichotomy of those two things happening at the same time, the hard part is that it keeps inflation buoyed as well. And I think that's something that the Fed is going to be watching for.

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411.592 - 435.283 Diane Swonk

And we know that, as you heard earlier, I think Eric pointed it out, if these losses that we saw in jobs last year were more structural, then cyclical in nature, then rate cuts don't help them. If they are more demand-driven and the rate cuts actually help to reignite employment, that's great, although they don't usually work quite this quickly. So I have my doubts about that.

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435.363 - 445.172 Diane Swonk

I think we are working through some big uncertainty issues that finally abated a bit, but measures of uncertainty moved back up again in the month of January.

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445.332 - 449.095 Paul Sweeney

Diane Swank, thank you for your work. Diane Swank is with KPMG here.

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449.26 - 456.85 Karen Moscow

Bloomberg Daybreak is your best way to get informed first thing in the morning, right in your podcast feed. Hi, I'm Karen Moscow.

457.03 - 458.011 Nathan Hager

And I'm Nathan Hager.

Chapter 3: How are corporate profits and wages diverging in today's economy?

458.372 - 470.307 Nathan Hager

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470.287 - 476.763 Karen Moscow

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476.824 - 480.533 Nathan Hager

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