The year is still in Q1 but already it's billing as being all about politics and the price of money is justified. In a matter of days the US primaries have whittled down the US election to the familiar old candidates, the UK has delivered a surprise-free budget, the ECB has kept rates on hold while the Fed chair has merely changed the date of his speech to Congress.   Markets meander upwards unfazed, but with more than 50 elections due in 2024, multiple reserve bank meetings and the ongoing spectre of wars, surely something must give? In an interview recorded on Friday 8th March, Russell Silberston analyses a packed diary.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.