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Eric Hovde: “Over 50% of Americans have been economically damaged by high…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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2025 Sunwest Bank Economic Forum with Eric Hovde

Published | Video Starts at 1:17:55

Deficit spending is bad in the long term, it's good in the short term. Or continued AI and continued AI cap ex spending. Those are the reasons for a positive Other option is recession. Over 50% of Americans have been economically damaged by high rates of inflation over the last five years. a weakening labor market and rising unemployment. AI displaces a greater amount of the workforce. Risk of a sizable correction in the equity markets, rising credit defaults in business and consumers. (1:17:55–1:18:03)

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Asserts that over half of Americans have suffered economically due to inflation in the past five years.

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