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Alex Monroe
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The Open Bell is an independent financial news show — a daily podcast and newsletter for people who are affected by markets, policy, and the economy.Every episode follows the same process: research, a written script, a quality check, and a final review — every morning, before anything goes out. Alex is the on-air voice of that process. The tools behind the research and scripting are AI; the editorial judgment and the responsibility for what airs are ours.We tell you this because trust is the actual product here, not an afterthought — and a daily show only earns it by being straightforward about how it's made. The standard doesn't change because the tools did.New episodes Monday to Saturday. Not investment advice — for informational purposes only.

  1. 1d ago

    The Open Bell — Ep. 076 — 6 Oct 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: The U.S. economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, less than a third of what forecasters expected, and the market's response was to rally, which tells you everything about how strange this moment is: bad news for workers is now good news for investors, because a weakening labour market gives the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, less reason to keep borrowing costs high. Saudi Aramco just made oil significantly cheaper for Asian buyers and more expensive for European ones in the same pricing document, and that split decision is basically a map of where the tension in the Middle East is biting hardest right now. If today's episode helped, a five-star rating takes about ten seconds and helps someone else find the show tomorrow. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:13 US Sep Payrolls Crash to 29K, Triggering Global Rate-Cut Ral 03:19 Saudi Aramco Cuts Asia Oil Price to 6-Year Low, Raises Europ 06:09 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 076 — 6 Oct 2026

  2. 2d ago

    The Open Bell — Ep. 075 — 5 Oct 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: The US economy added 29,000 jobs in September, a number so far below what anyone expected that it may have just quietly closed the book on the Federal Reserve's rate-hiking campaign, and if you have a mortgage, a loan, or anything priced off borrowing costs, that's the number that matters this week. OPEC+ held its oil output steady going into November, but the cartel's vote is almost beside the point when a single chokepoint in the Persian Gulf is doing more to keep Brent crude above a hundred dollars a barrel than anything the group actually decided. Brazil's presidential election went to a runoff after nobody cleared a majority on Sunday, and the result in three weeks won't just shake Brazilian markets: it could reprice currencies and government bonds across the entire developing world. If this helped you make sense of today, a five-star rating takes about ten seconds and helps the next listener find the show. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:09 US Payroll Shock Cuts Fed Hike Odds to 17%; Yields Retreat 03:14 OPEC+ Rolls Over November Quotas as Brent Holds Above $100 05:53 Brazil Election First Round Sends BRL Swinging; Runoff Set 07:52 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 075 — 5 Oct 2026

  3. 5d ago

    The Open Bell — Ep. 074 — 2 Oct 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: The US now has three aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf for the first time since 2012, and oil just crossed $102 a barrel, which means this weekend's petrol price is already being written by people in military planning rooms, not market trading floors. The 10-year Treasury yield, the benchmark that prices US government debt and your mortgage in the same breath, touched 5.30% this week, a level the country hasn't seen since 2002, and the bond market just posted its worst quarter in decades without most people noticing. The IMF cut its global growth forecast to 3.0% for 2026 and titled the report "Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology," which sounds like a thriller but is actually just a polite way of saying the world is splitting into countries getting richer off oil and countries getting poorer buying it. If today's episode helped you connect the dots, a five-star rating takes about ten seconds and helps the next person find the show. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:15 Brent Surges Past $102 as US Deploys Third Carrier to Middle 02:49 US 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.30% — Highest Level Since 2 05:03 IMF Cuts 2026 Global Growth to 3.0% as War Weighs on Energy 06:48 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 074 — 2 Oct 2026

  4. 6d ago

    The Open Bell — Ep. 073 — 1 Oct 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: The Fed's favorite inflation gauge, PCE, came in cooler than Wall Street expected for August, and the odds of another rate hike this month just collapsed, but mortgage rates are still sitting at 7.58% so the relief isn't exactly landing on anyone's doorstep yet. Micron Technology just posted the kind of quarter that makes you reconsider everything you thought you knew about a chip company's ceiling: $54 billion in a single quarter, nearly four times where it was a year ago, because AI needs memory and Micron is essentially the only American company equipped to supply it at scale. Japan's 10-year government bond yield, basically the price the Japanese government pays to borrow for a decade, just hit 3.10%, its highest level in roughly thirty years, and when the world's biggest creditor starts offering real returns at home, global money moves toward it and away from everywhere else. If today's episode saved you a trip down a financial rabbit hole, a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps the next listener find us. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:10 US PCE Inflation Cools to 3.4%, Slashing Fed Hike Odds for O 03:05 Micron Posts Record $54.2bn Quarter, Guided by AI Memory Sur 05:38 Japan 10-Year Yield Rises to 3.10%, Highest in Decades on Ha 07:38 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 073 — 1 Oct 2026

  5. Sep 30

    The Open Bell — Ep. 072 — 30 Sept 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: The 30-year Treasury yield, which is what the US government pays to borrow money for three decades and the invisible hand behind your mortgage rate, just hit 5.62 percent, a level this country hasn't seen since 2002, and the people setting prices on those bonds are saying something loud and clear about where they think inflation is actually headed. The Trump administration just cracked open 40 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the country's emergency oil stockpile, to try to hold pump prices down while the US-Iran standoff keeps rattling Middle East supply routes, but two days' worth of American consumption only buys so much time, and the reserve isn't bottomless. Consumer confidence just collapsed to its lowest reading since 2014, with the forward-looking piece of the index falling to a level economists associate with outright recession expectations, and the fact that markets shrugged tells you something uncomfortable about whose anxiety actually moves prices. If this helped you make sense of a genuinely strange day in the economy, a five-star rating takes about ten seconds and helps the next listener find the show. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:12 US 30-yr Treasury yield hits 24-yr high as inflation fears g 03:00 Trump taps SPR for 40 mn barrels; Brent crude tumbles toward 05:10 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 072 — 30 Sept 2026

  6. Sep 29

    The Open Bell — Ep. 071 — 29 Sept 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: Trump rejected Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel that carries a fifth of the world's oil, and Brent crude responded by surging past $107 a barrel, which means the world just chose the more expensive option. Australia's central bank raised borrowing costs to their highest point since 2011, and the reason printed right there in the official statement is a war in the Middle East that has nothing to do with Australia's own economy. Japan is warning currency traders to stop selling the yen, loudly and with apparent U.S. backing, but U.S. interest rates are still four times higher than Japan's, so traders are being paid handsomely to keep doing exactly what Tokyo is asking them to stop. If today's episode helped you follow a fast-moving story, a five-star rating takes ten seconds and helps the next listener find the show. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:09 Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz plan; Brent surges past $107 03:11 RBA raises cash rate to 4.60%, highest since 2011, citing oi 05:14 Japan warns markets on yen at 157; joint U.S.-Japan action f 07:03 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 071 — 29 Sept 2026

  7. Sep 28

    The Open Bell — Ep. 070 — 28 Sept 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: Trump turned down Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway that carries roughly a fifth of the world's seaborne oil, and the market's response was instant: if those tankers stay disrupted, inflation isn't going anywhere. That rejection sent bond yields, the interest rate the government pays to borrow your money, climbing to 5.20% on the 10-year US Treasury, the highest since before the 2008 financial crisis, which means mortgages, car loans, and business borrowing all just got a little more expensive before breakfast. Meanwhile, in a story that tells you exactly where investors are parking money right now, South Africa's Gold Fields quietly tried to buy Australia's biggest gold miner for AU$38.7 billion and got turned down flat, but Northern Star's shareholders still walked away 9% richer just because the offer became public. If today's episode helped you cut through the noise, a five-star rating takes about ten seconds and helps the next listener find the show. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Trump Rejects Iran Hormuz Deal, Sending Oil and Yields Surgi 03:08 Global Bond Selloff Deepens: US 10-Year Yield Hits 5.20% 05:53 Gold Fields' AU$38.7bn Bid for Northern Star Rejected, Share 08:09 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 070 — 28 Sept 2026

  8. Sep 25

    The Open Bell — Ep. 069 — 25 Sept 2026

    Today on The Open Bell: Oil hit $108 a barrel this week before pulling back, and the real story isn't the number itself but what's underneath it: diesel is now $6.51 a gallon in the US, up 73% since the Iran war began, and every truck and ship moving goods across the country is handing that bill straight to you at the register. The 30-year US Treasury yield just reached 5.50%, a level nobody's seen since 2004, and the bond market is now doing the Fed's job for it, meaning mortgage rates are sitting at 7.37% and the monthly cost of buying a home is quietly crushing people who have nothing to do with Treasury auctions. Trump and Xi met at the White House, the most powerful tech executives on the planet sat at dinner with the Chinese president, and the official outcome of all of it was a 47-day extension of a trade truce that was already expiring. If today's episode helped you make sense of a genuinely strange week, a five-star rating takes about ten seconds and helps the next listener find the show. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Oil Spikes to $108/Barrel as Iran War Tensions Override Dema 03:09 US 30-Year Bond Yield Hits 22-Year High at 5.50% on PMI Surg 05:23 Trump-Xi Summit Extends US-China Trade Truce to January 10, 06:55 Closing thoughtsSupport the show

    The Open Bell — Ep. 069 — 25 Sept 2026
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The Open Bell is an independent financial news show — a daily podcast and newsletter for people who are affected by markets, policy, and the economy.Every episode follows the same process: research, a written script, a quality check, and a final review — every morning, before anything goes out. Alex is the on-air voice of that process. The tools behind the research and scripting are AI; the editorial judgment and the responsibility for what airs are ours.We tell you this because trust is the actual product here, not an afterthought — and a daily show only earns it by being straightforward about how it's made. The standard doesn't change because the tools did.New episodes Monday to Saturday. Not investment advice — for informational purposes only.

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  • Creator
    Alex Monroe
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    70
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