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Benn Steil

Senior fellow & director of international economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Wrote award-winning histories of Bretton Woods and the Marshall Plan, and leads CFR’s Geo-Graphics economics blog.

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Benn Steil (Senior fellow & director of international economics, Council on Foreign Relations) talking, from an interview on The Real Eisman Playbook published Oct 26, 2026.

What Benn Steil said

  1. The Real Eisman Playbook ·

    Inflation, The Deficit & Why the Dollar Stays King with Benn Steil | The Real Eisman Playbook Ep 81

    4 moments · 18 min

    1. 20:05

      U.S. debt faces a tougher market as rate-sensitive buyers grow

      “the more debt we issue, the more interest-rate-sensitive investors we have to attract into the market to buy our debt.”
      at 24:48
    2. 5:24

      The Fed’s forecasts make forward guidance less useful Pro pick

      “the Fed has been systematically worse than so-called blue-chip private sector forecasters for many, many decades now”
      at 6:58
    3. 8:51

      A small Treasury operation could not bluff the bond market Pro pick

      “They said, $40 trillion is just overwhelming. It's just too big. So, you can't head fake this market.”
      at 11:14
    4. 14:23

      Gold is the main reserve alternative to the dollar

      “countries have learned that during a crisis, gold is approximately as good, some could argue, better than the U.S. dollar”
      at 17:23

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