The geopolitical world is a mess these days and yet you wouldn't know from buoyant stock markets around the world.  Interest rates are set to decline as inflation retreats and energy costs return to near normal despite an ongoing hot war in Ukraine. 

Meanwhile the world is digesting a much weaker Chinese economy and the prospect of the return of Donald Trump to the White House.  

Lots to talk about then with Dan O'Brien from the IIEA.