<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;In this podcast,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt; Joseph &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;Mengedoth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;, regional economist at the Richmond Fed, joins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt; St. Louis Fed economist and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.stlouisfed.org/research/economists/gascon"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;Assistant Vice President &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.stlouisfed.org/research/economists/gascon"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;Charles Gascon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;and &lt;a href= "https://www.stlouisfed.org/little-rock"&gt;Little Rock Regional Executive Matuschka Lindo Briggs&lt;/a&gt; to discuss &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;economic insights in the Beige Book released on Jan. 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW213320833 BCX0"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Timely Topics

St. Louis Fed

January 2026 Beige Book Interview

JAN 15, 20268 MIN
Timely Topics

January 2026 Beige Book Interview

JAN 15, 20268 MIN

Description

In this podcast, Joseph Mengedoth, regional economist at the Richmond Fed, joins St. Louis Fed economist and Assistant Vice President Charles Gascon and Little Rock Regional Executive Matuschka Lindo Briggs to discuss economic insights in the Beige Book released on Jan. 14.