from the head of the imf and nasa to the side hustler making millions. how much money do you make doing this? so this past year, we did over $2 million. shut the front door. it s been a wild ride in business and work, so buckle up as we look back at 2023. wherever you joining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, as the year began, europe, it was feeling lucky to have got through a relatively mild early winter. nevertheless, the russian invasion of ukraine and the impact it had on energy and food prices were certainly at the top of the agenda. the year to come in the west, well, it would be a dance between rising prices and wages and interest rates, which were just going up to keep a lid on everything else. all these interlocking global forces meant i had one question for one of the most important people in globalfinance, the managing director of the international monetary fund. kristalina georgieva, a real pleasure, my fr
all these interlocking global forces meant i had one question for one of the most important people in globalfinance, the managing director of the international monetary fund. kristalina georgieva, a real pleasure, my friend, having you on this show. and kristalina, let s start with this, because you ve recently said a third of the world is heading into recession this year. how deep do you think the recession could be? what we are looking into is a tough 2023. as you know, we are already experiencing labour market disruptions. when inflation cuts the spending power of people, sooner or later they demand higher wages and if they don t get it, they re on the street. and that kind of disruption we have to be prepared for. and if i have one message to policymakers today, it is, please look into the way you can protect the most vulnerable people given that fiscal conditions are tight, and anticipate the impact of high interest rates on labor markets early . and it wasn t just war
alphabet and meta. and microsoft samsung and intel. the technology sector has been enjoyed rapid growth during the pandemic but now they are operating in a high interest rate environment. they have also been cost cutting measures. meta, for example, has had to announce that this month it will cut 10,000 more jobs and that is on top of the 11,000 that the company let go last november. danzig is a deputy chief investment officer at richard burnside advisors and he now says that he is not optimistic about technology stocks in the united states. i don t really see any reason to expect anything different from what we have seen both from these companies over the past couple of quarters but also from the companies we have only heard from his earnings season. i think what is clear is growth is slowing and this is hurting these companies notjust on the front of the profitability front of the profitability front which i think is front and centre for markets. we were talkin: and cent
and intel. they face now inflation fears as well as operating in a higher interest rate environment. they have also been cost cutting, putting cost cutting measures in. dancers are key is a debited dancers vicki says he is not optimistic about technology stocks in the united states. dan suzuki. i don t really see any reason to expect anything different from what we have seen both from these companies over the past couple of quarters but also from the companies we have only heard from his earnings season. i think what is clear is growth is slowing and this is hurting these companies notjust on the revenue front but the profitability front which i think is front and centre for markets. we were talking about meta layoffs and other big companies, also the collapse of the silicon valley bank. do you think that maybe this is finally, the pay might be over in the next quarter? the pain might be over. nothing i m seeing in the data is really suggesting that. again, wejust he
from consumer companies like microsoft, samsung and intel. the technology sector has enjoyed rapid growth during the pandemic but they now face inflation fears and are operating in a higher interest rate environment. there been higher cost saving measures going to place, for example meta announced it will cut 10,000 morejobs this month that s on top of 11,000 jobs that s on top of 11,000 jobs that go last november. the deputy chief investor at richard bernstein investors is not optimistic about the stocks in the us. i not optimistic about the stocks in the us. ., , ., , in the us. i don t see any reason in the us. i don t see any reason to in the us. i don t see any reason to suspect - in the us. i don t see any i reason to suspect anything different from what we have seen. both from these companies over the past few quarters but also from the companies we have heard from this earnings season. what s clear is that growth is slowing and that is hurting these companies, n