Ep 63 | Brian Wesbury | Mr. Wesbury Goes to Washington | ROI Podcast

In this episode, Brian Wesbury discusses his recent testimony on Capitol Hill, First Trust’s economic outlook for 2026, and implications of overvalued markets. ---- 0:00 Brian’s Senate testimony + why it happened 0:58 The Fed paying banks interest on reserves (why it matters) 3:05 Why Brian opposes QE (2008 vs. COVID) 5:05 QE, COVID spending, and the loss of true price discovery 8:20 “$200B mortgages” and other market-intervention ideas 10:46 Price discovery, markets, and why interference backfires 15:18 Subsidies, energy costs, and Germany’s recession risk 16:29 Are the inflation “embers” still burning? 18:08 Powell’s exit timeline + Fed scrutiny and “independence” 23:43 How to unwind reserves and move risk back to banks 27:56 2026 rate cuts, new Fed chair, and inflation expectations 30:25 S&P 500 target for 2026 + key assumptions 32:55 Convoluted data: GDP strength vs. job softness 34:30 What advisors should do: “market of stocks,” not “stock market” 36:20 Recession risk: boom case vs. disaster case ---- #ROIPodcast #FirstTrust #FinancialPodcast #Investing #Economics #MarketTrends #firsttrust #BrianWesbury #FederalReserve #QuantitativeEasing #MonetaryPolicy #Inflation #InterestRates #EconomicOutlook2026 #CapitolHill #FiscalPolicy #StockMarketOutlook #SP500 #MarketValuations #Gold #Bitcoin #MarketRisk #EconomicForecast

Added 30 May 2026