Two segments on this week's long-form. First, Joe Mazumdar of Exploration Insights joins the podcast for a general discussion on the exploration sector, specifically in copper. The price of Dr. Copper continues to be pushed lower. Joe talks about the weakness in demand, especially after a China reopening.

We then turn to Bill Fleckenstein to talk about how he's approaching the economic data out of the United States. Jobless continue to decrease and causing GDP targets to be revised back up to 2%. Central bankers this week said they were surprised of the economic resilience. More ammo for central banks to keep raising. Bill has some thoughts on this given some historical context of precious decisions made in Fed regimes past.

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