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Sound Economies with Mel & Peter is a weekly podcast show where our founding CEO Peter Lundgreen and Manila-based Chief Economist Mel Lopez discuss what's happening in economies around the world and their views of the global financial markets. Register for more content by subscribing to lundgreensinvestorinsights.com .
Lundgreen's Investor Insights hosts Sound Economies with Mel & Peter, a business show with 96 episodes published.
Great political uncertainty is likely to send credit spreads in France and Germany higher ahead of their respective elections. This episode, we also look at credit concerns regarding India’s ‘cockroach’ youth protests, S
The world’s two biggest economies are engaged in another battle, this time over global AI dominance. Between the two, we find one market offering better opportunities. We also look at strong manufacturing recovery in ASE
The US Federal Reserve is staying silent on the future path of interest rates under new chairman Kevin Warsh, and we see this raising market jitters. This, coupled with rising fears over inflation and public debt, has se
Governments in East Asia are counting on public money to lure in private capital, but we think this is unhealthy. This episode, we look at China’s $9-billion intervention in the stock market and Japan’s $2.3-trillion inv
Markets are likely to feel more nervous in the coming weeks as US-Iran tensions flare again, this time in the face of depleting global oil reserves. We still expect an end to the conflict soon but jitters will prevail ov
Will the British economy see any sizable change under a new prime minister? We think not. This episode also looks at China possibly gatekeeping homegrown AI tools, the S&P index threatening a downgrade for Indonesia stoc
SpaceX has taken off with its Wall Street debut last June. However, we argue in this episode that its surge is more hype than quality, and this might be the missing ingredient for other stock markets. We also talk about
Oil prices are back to pre-conflict levels amid good progress on US-Iran negotiations, yet financial markets and household lifestyles did not get a reset from the high costs the war brought on. We explore what’s next aft
A hawkish US Federal Reserve is out to fight high inflation, which we see fueling greater volatility for the rest of 2026. We also look at disappointing consumption data in China, discuss expectations of faster gold accu
The European Central Bank raised interest rates today – a move we do not agree with, as this will kill any remaining chance of a growth rebound for the region. This episode, we also look at faster US inflation; how the m
Chinese equities are becoming more attractive among global investors and family offices. At home, however, the state is cracking down on outbound equity investments. This episode, we also raise concern about Japan’s new
How will the global economy look like when the Russia-Ukraine and US-Iran conflicts are resolved? Let's find out. This episode also looks at Chinese property developers investing into semiconductor firms to rescue valuat
Developing Asia is feeling more squeezed as oil prices stay high. We look at further demand reduction measures in the Philippines to avert stagflation, Thailand’s new debt for additional consumer subsidies, and India win
Oil prices may have already peaked in reaction to the US-Iran conflict, but food prices are slowly catching up. This episode also looks at the removal of 18 Indonesian stocks from MSCI indices, the Trump-Xi summit in Bei
The Asian Development Bank advises governments to wind down blanket subsidies even as oil prices stay elevated, citing the need to preserve/keep fiscal buffers beyond this crisis. This episode also looks at trade ties be
The income gap between mature and emerging markets is narrowing – apart from GDP growth, income tax rates are squeezing people’s purchasing power. This episode also looks at some wins and losses for China’s economy, and
China’s price war problem has spread to online food orders, putting attempts to perk up domestic consumption at risk. Episode 80 also looks at MSCI’s delisting of two Indonesian stocks, Japan lifting its export ban on we
The IMF sees softer global growth amid the oil supply shock, but we look beyond this crisis for signs and find that domestic conditions spell the difference across economies. This episode, we also look at Trump’s forecas
It’s been a year since the Liberation Day tariffs, yet the world continues to suffer the costly consequences of Trump’s policies. We see higher volatility continuing in global markets despite a US-Iran ceasefire. We also
Some central bankers and government officials are sounding the alarm over the private credit market, but we find rapidly growing government debt more concerning. We also discuss the rise of OpenClaw in China for AI-power
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