Episode summary
Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 27th, 2026 | Bloomberg Surveillance
Bloomberg Surveillance
· · 27 min · Hosts: Tom Keene, Paul Sweeney, Lisa Mateo, Michael Barr · Guests: Ludovic Subran, Karen Gibson, Robert Kaplan
Summary
A guest argued the Fed is facing an inflation shock that is being amplified by AI, higher energy prices, and a hot economy, and said the central bank is likely to stay on hold in October but may need two more hikes in early 2027. The guest said inflation could peak again around 4% in early 2027, and that the Fed may ultimately have to push rates toward 4.5% to 4.75% because the policy response so far has been too delayed and too focused on rates instead of the balance sheet.
The discussion also made the case that the economy is increasingly bifurcated: AI, defense spending, and market-driven activity are strong, while consumer sectors, healthcare, construction, trade, housing, and autos are softer. That split, the guest argued, means the Fed may need to rely more on quantitative tightening, repo tools, and possibly dual-rate frameworks rather than only the policy rate, because the current inflation impulse is not evenly distributed.
A second guest said the Middle East conflict is more a test of political endurance than military capacity, with the U.S. and its partners weighing whether to widen pressure on Iranian military, nuclear, or energy infrastructure. A third guest said the AI financing boom is real but increasingly selective: capital is still available, but markets are differentiating by business model, compute needs, leverage, and downside resilience.
Key takeaways
- A guest expects the Fed to hold in October, but to face pressure for two additional hikes in the first quarter of 2027 if inflation stays near 4%.
- The same guest said AI is distorting the inflation picture, with strong activity in AI and defense offset by weakness in consumer-facing and industrial sectors.
- Another guest argued the Fed may need more balance-sheet tools and tighter quantitative tightening, not just rate hikes, to address a concentrated economy.
- A geopolitical guest said the U.S.-Iran conflict is mainly a contest of will, and that striking revenue-generating infrastructure would mark a materially different escalation.
- A Goldman Sachs guest said AI capital markets are still open, but investors are becoming more selective about leverage, equity cushions, and business-model durability.
Notable quotes
“we expect inflation in the US to peak again around 4% in the beginning of 2027”
“I think the Fed won't have a choice. They will have to hike the problems that they will have then to cut by the end of 2027”
“Nvidia is the Fed of the AI world. So when Nvidia hikes prices for GPU that will be where we'll see a real tightening”
“what you're also seeing even with these large transactions, you're seeing in the last few weeks the market starting to differentiate based on business models”
“I think the positions are still incompatible. Um, and I think they're unlikely to do more than anything but nibble around the edges”
How the episode opens
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Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere else you listen. And as always, on the Bloomberg terminal, and the Bloomberg business app, the Fed's two-day meeting kicking off today. Market spending on a hold with expectations shifting to a hike in December.
Ludicr Alian writing the Fed will have to tighten policy by two additional hikes in the first quarter of 27 after the hike already expected in December. Ludvich joined us now for more. Little bit, good morning.
Good to see you.
Good morning. — Welcome to New York City. — Yeah, that's a pleasure to be here. Thank you for the visit. Why are you expecting additional hikes from here? — I think this time around it's very hard for the Fed to look through this inflation shock, right? We expect the energy prices to go higher. Um and we expect inflation in the US to peak again around 4% in the beginning of 2027. So the hey the Fed can pause this time because we're one week away from midterms, but I don't think how they can pause all the way through Q1 Q2 2027.
You think the pause is explicitly or implicitly connected to the midterms coming up in the next week? — I think so. I mean this is a very heated moment for the US right a lot can happen and a lot is actually linked to whatever is happening in AI.
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Topics
- market outlook
- economic outlook
- geopolitics
- investment strategy
- banking and finance
Companies and tickers mentioned
- GS
- Allianz
- Academy Securities
- Goldman Sachs
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