The economy in 2026: What risks lie ahead? With Gita Gopinath

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Are the headline growth figures really telling us the full story about the global economy? Gita Gopinath, a former deputy managing director at the IMF and a professor of economics at Harvard University, discusses this question with Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator. They talk about how AI investments are offsetting the economic drag from tariffs, the risk of another financial crisis and whether the dollar can remain the world’s dominant currency. 


Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.


Further reading: 

Trump is erasing the global economic order

So you tried to buy a country . . . 

IMF warns global economic resilience at risk if AI falters


Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon, Alex Bell and Kirsty Loughlin. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music and sound design by Breen Turner. 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Are the headline growth figures really telling us the full story about the global economy? Gita Gopinath, a former deputy managing director at the IMF and a professor of economics at Harvard University, discusses this question with Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator. They talk about how AI investments are offsetting the economic drag from tariffs, the risk of another financial crisis and whether the dollar can remain the world’s dominant currency. 


Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.


Further reading: 

Trump is erasing the global economic order

So you tried to buy a country . . . 

IMF warns global economic resilience at risk if AI falters


Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon, Alex Bell and Kirsty Loughlin. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music and sound design by Breen Turner. 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2026-01-23 25 min
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