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Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
In 'Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo,' Lucas and Luna examine the return of an economic condition many thought buried with the 1970s: high inflation paired with stagnant growth. Each episode grounds the conversation in current data from major economies—CPI prints, GDP revisions, unemployment figures, and central bank statements—then draws historical parallels to the oil shocks, wage-price spirals, and policy missteps of the post-Bretton Woods era. Lucas, with a fountain pen in hand…
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Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s EchoesStagflation Is Quietly Reshaping the Homeowners Insurance Market
Episode 48 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna drill into the homeowners insurance market, where premiums have jumped 22% over the past…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Premium Chocolate Market
Episode 47 digs into a surprising casualty of stagflation: premium chocolate. With CPI at 4.2% annually and cocoa prices surging, luxury chocolate makers face…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Premium Chocolate Market
Inflation is running at 4.2%, GDP growth is barely 1.6%, and cocoa futures have more than doubled since early 2025. That combination is forcing premium…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Stagflation Is Reshaping the Home Insurance Market
In episode 45 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how persistent high inflation and slow growth are upending the home insurance…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Restaurant Industry
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how persistent stagflation is reshaping the restaurant industry, focusing on a specific case: the shift toward…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Used Car Market
In episode 43 of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine how persistent high inflation and slow growth are transforming the used car market. With May…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Creating a Two-Tier College System
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how stagflation is reshaping higher education in the US, creating a two-tier system: elite universities with massive…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
The 1970s Playbook for Stagflation Investing
With the S&P 500 down 2.3% in five days and gold sliding 4.2%, the classic stagflation playbook seems to be failing. Lucas and Luna examine why gold…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Pet Food Industry
Episode 40 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo examines how persistent inflation and slow growth are transforming the pet food industry. Lucas and Luna…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Stagflation Is Quietly Reshaping the Fine Wine Market
Lucas and Luna explore how high inflation and sluggish growth are driving investors away from traditional hedges like gold and into alternative assets —…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Creating a Two-Tier Job Market
Episode 38 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo digs into a striking trend: while the headline unemployment rate sits at 4.3% and payrolls keep growing…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Long-Term Unemployment's Hidden Cost in Stagflation
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine the surge in long-term unemployment, which recent data shows is climbing even as the…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the US Labor Market's Hidden Divide
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into a surprising divide in today's labor market: while the unemployment rate sits at 4.3%, long-term unemployment is…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Reshaping Job Hopping Trends
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how the current high-inflation, slow-growth environment is quietly reshaping…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Two-Year College Boom
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine the surprising surge in enrollment at community colleges amid persistent high inflation…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping Long-Term Unemployment Costs
Episode 33 digs into a quiet but growing burden in this stagflationary economy: long-term unemployment. With the unemployment rate stuck at 4.3 percent and…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping Long-Term Unemployment Costs
Episode 32 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo explores a hidden cost of today's slow-growth, high-inflation environment: the surge in long-term…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping Tuition Reimbursement Programs
Lucas and Luna examine how stagnant wages and persistent inflation are forcing companies to rethink tuition reimbursement benefits. With the unemployment rate…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Driving a Boom in Rental Furniture Subscriptions
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how stagflation is fueling a surge in furniture rental subscriptions. With…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Reshaping Industrial Real Estate
Episode 29 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo dives into a corner of the economy that rarely makes headlines but is quietly being turned inside out by…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Pet Food Industry
Episode 28 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore how persistent inflation and slow growth are squeezing the pet food industry. With…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Auto Insurance Industry
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how persistent high inflation and sluggish growth are upending the auto…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Driving a Boom in Barter Networks
Episode 26 of Stagflation Conversations explores the quiet resurgence of barter networks as inflation and slow growth squeeze cash flow. Lucas and Luna dig…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Stagflation Is Reshaping How Cities Tax Vacant Land
In episode 25 of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna explore how stagflation is pushing cities to overhaul property taxes on vacant land. With commercial…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Driving a Boom in Gold Bug Investing
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna explore why the gold mining ETF GDX has surged over 5% in a single week while the broader market…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Driving a Boom in Home Renovation Loans
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising consequence of stagflation: the surge in home renovation lending. With existing home sales stuck near…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Quietly Reshaping Rural Hospital Finances
Episode 22 of Stagflation Conversations digs into an overlooked casualty of the current economic climate: rural hospitals. With CPI at 332.4 and core inflation…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Driving a Boom in Barter Networks
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna explore the surprising resurgence of barter networks as both consumers and small businesses adapt…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Used Car Market
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how persistent high inflation and sluggish growth are transforming the used…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Quietly Reshaping Insurance Premiums
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a less obvious casualty of the current economic environment: insurance…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Quietly Reshaping Renters Insurance Premiums
Episode 18 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: With core inflation at 3.3% and the unemployment rate flat at 4.3%, homeowners and renters are seeing…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Quietly Reshaping Local Government Budgets
Episode 17 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo digs into a surprising casualty of the current stagflation environment: municipal and state budgets. Lucas…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping Corporate R&D Spending
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna dig into a surprising trend in the current stagflation environment: corporate research and…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Cracking the Healthcare Inflation Model
Episode 15 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo digs into a blind spot in the stagflation narrative: healthcare. With CPI at 332.4 and core inflation…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Reshaping College Enrollment Decisions
Episode 14 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna examine how high inflation combined with sluggish wage growth is forcing a structural…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Rewriting Commercial Lease Terms
Episode 13 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo dives into a quiet but sweeping shift in commercial real estate: the death of the five-year fixed lease…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Quietly Reshaping Personal Savings Behavior
Episode 12 of Stagflation Conversations looks at a counterintuitive trend: even as inflation erodes purchasing power and consumer sentiment hits record lows…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Pushing Factory Automation Into Overdrive
In episode 11 of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine how stagflation is accelerating automation in US manufacturing. With real GDP growth at just…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Stagflation Is Reshaping the Job Market You Know
In episode 10 of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine how stagflation is transforming the U.S. labor market in ways that break the old rules. With…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Stagflation Is Reshaping Corporate Debt Markets
Lucas and Luna dive into how stagflation is transforming corporate debt markets in 2026. With CPI at 332.4 and real GDP growth stuck at 2.0%, companies are…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Stagflation Is Crushing Small Business Margins
Episode 8 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo examines how high inflation and slow growth are squeezing small and mid-size businesses, using the recent…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
How Stagflation Is Reshaping Supply Chains Beyond China
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how persistent high inflation and slow growth are forcing a fundamental…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Commercial Real Estate Is the Stagflation Canary
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine how stagflation is hitting commercial real estate. With the ten-year Treasury yield elevated, cap rates are climbing…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Why Corporate Pricing Power Is Fading Under Stagflation
In episode 5 of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine why companies that successfully raised prices during the 2021-2023 inflation cycle are now…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Wage Growth in a Stagflation Economy Isnt What You Think
Episode 4 of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: With CPI at 332.4 and real GDP growth at just two percent, nominal wages are rising but real earnings tell…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Stagflation Is Reshaping Consumer Behavior
In Episode 3 of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine how persistent high inflation and slow growth are fundamentally changing the way American…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
The Bond Vigilantes Are Back and the Fed Is Cornered
With inflation sticky above 4 percent and the Fed about to swear in a new chair, bond markets are starting to dictate fiscal policy the way they did in the…
- Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes
Gold Selling Off as Stagflation Fears Mount
In the first episode of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a surprising market signal: gold is plunging even as inflation accelerates and the Fed…