I'm thrilled to welcome you all to the first episode after the rebranding to Making Markets. This is a wide-ranging discussion on the economy with Samuel Rines - economist, author and managing director of Corbu LLC. We cover where we are in the economic cycle, 'excuseflation', the state of the consumer and the different sectors of the American economy. I hope you enjoy the kick off of "Making Markets" with Sam Rines. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here. ----- Making Markets is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Making Markets, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @makingmkts | @ericgoldenx  Show Notes (00:02:00) - (First question) - What Sam believes The Fed is likely to do based off the current economic cycle (00:05:00) - The inflationary pressure on The Fed even though tech is replacing the workforce (00:06:40) - His explanation of price over volume (00:09:30) - How temporary price over volume is and its impact on consumer spending  (00:13:40) - Current consumer spending money and where it's coming from  (00:16:15) - Ignoring the coastal markets and focus on middle America (00:18:30) - What he thinks is slowing consumers (00:20:00) - The revenge of the middle and its meaning for economic stability    (00:21:15) - His view on soft landings in the market and which sectors are affected   (00:23:30) - His take on the travel and leisure sector  (00:25:30) - A look at the current residential and commercial real estate markets    (00:30:00) - Red flag market areas he thinks people should be weary of  (00:32:00) - Contagion risk caused by potential private sector collapses     (00:34:00) - Whether he thinks The Fed missteps or not  (00:36:15) - Global turmoil and its impact on market portfolios   (00:39:30) - How he positions his portfolio building based off of global risk (00:41:00) - Sam's favorite out-of-consensus bet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices