April 10, 2025· 32 min

Rob Kaplan on How the Fed Will Think about the Tariffs

Orality
Model
76%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,146 words)
M:29%
HostTracy Alloway(1,000 words)
M:29%
GuestRob Kaplan(3,015 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic32%
very, totally, crazy
Engagement70%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, right, now
Repetition100%
think (46x), about (44x), they (37x)
Parallelism75%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But a big one and in a way, I'..., And I know it's probably not v...
Sound Patterns59%
34 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases10%
you know what, i mean, the thing is

Literate Indicators

Hedging13%
could, probably, possibly
Passive Voice4%
been used, being pulled, were unveiled
Abstract Nouns25%
investment, information, volatility
Subordination10%
because, until, while
Sentence Length36%
Avg: 13.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style30%
402 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style96%
monthly, carefully, probably

Description

On Wednesday, Trump pulled back from the brink on most of the reciprocal tariffs announced on April 2. The market surged. But we're still in an extraordinarily challenging moment. We have new across-the-board tariffs. We have gigantic tariffs on China. And there's a possibility that a recession has already begun. So what does the Fed do in this environment, with so much persistent uncertainty? On this episode, we speak with Rob Kaplan, former President of the Dallas Fed, and now the Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs. We talk about the extreme uncertainty, the unusual behavior in the market, and what this all means for the energy sector. Read more: Fed Officials Worried Over Stagflation Risk Ahead of Tariffs Wall Street Chatter Grows That Fed May Act If Bond Rout Worsens Only http://Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at  bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.