The first Hoon of 2026: Breman vs Peters; Trump vs everyone; Elections vs us
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman.
We talked about:
* US President Donald Trump’s attack on the US Federal Reserve’s independence and why it matters to us;
* RBNZ Governor Anna Breman’s defence of the Fed’s independence;
* NZ First Leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ criticism of Breman, despite his votes in favour of central bank independence over the years;
* How Trump’s strike on Venezuela is upending ever more global norms…
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