Eric Townsend
Founder and host of Macro Voices podcast · Hedge-fund manager (macro) · Host, Macro Voices
aka Erik Townsend, Eric Townsend
“Macro voices Episode 533 was produced on May 21, 2026. I'm Eric Townsend. Another week has passed and the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed as of recording time. There were rumors flying about that yet another deal was supposedly imminent, but we heard that story several times before and it didn't happen.”
“Another week has passed and the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed as of recording time. There were rumors flying about that yet another deal was supposedly imminent, but we heard that story several times before and it didn't happen.”
“From a 2026 perspective, how do you assess the new Fed? I'll call it the Fed under Warsh's leadership with maybe besant tag teaming.”
“the President has installed his own personal Fed chair. So I think we got the answer to that.”
“Let's just, I don't know, borrow from the short end of the curve and see if we can shore it up.”
Eric Townsend
One-line summary: Macro Voices host; veteran macro hedge-fund manager. Specializes in commodities/energy/FX coverage; tracks oil-market structure with deep professional-trader sourcing.
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"Macro voices Episode 533 was produced on May 21, 2026. I'm Eric Townsend. Another week has passed and the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed as of recording time. There were rumors flying about that yet another deal was supposedly imminent, but we heard that story several times before and it didn't happen." — 2026-05-21-podcast-macro-voices-macrovoices-533-morgan-downey-the-return-of-oil (2026-05-21)
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"Another week has passed and the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed as of recording time. There were rumors flying about that yet another deal was supposedly imminent, but we heard that story several times before and it didn't happen." — 2026-05-21-podcast-macro-voices-macrovoices-533-morgan-downey-the-return-of-oil (2026-05-21)
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On disinflation-backdrop-to-policy-spike-whiplash, warsh-higher-for-longer-to-brokerage-nii-rerate:
"From a 2026 perspective, how do you assess the new Fed? I'll call it the Fed under Warsh's leadership with maybe besant tag teaming." — 2026-08-15-macro-voices-macrovoices-544-viktor-shvets-how-markets (2026-08-06)
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On fed-as-last-independent-institution:
"the President has installed his own personal Fed chair. So I think we got the answer to that." — 2026-08-15-macro-voices-macrovoices-544-viktor-shvets-how-markets (2026-08-06)
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On fiscal-operation-twist, treasury-buyback-twist-to-hard-asset-debasement:
"Let's just, I don't know, borrow from the short end of the curve and see if we can shore it up." — 2026-08-20-podcast-macro-voices-macrovoices-546-darius-dale-darius-dale-for-potus (2026-08-20)
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- 2026-05-21-podcast-macro-voices-macrovoices-533-morgan-downey-the-return-of-oil
- 2026-08-15-macro-voices-macrovoices-544-viktor-shvets-how-markets
- 2026-08-20-podcast-macro-voices-macrovoices-546-darius-dale-darius-dale-for-potus
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