2025.09.22 | Fed Splits, Hidden Hunger, and the Screwworm Threat.

This episode explores the convergence of three major stress points impacting stability: the monetary system, domestic policy, and the food supply chain. We analyze the significant public divergence among Federal Reserve officials on monetary policy, which bumps up uncertainty and increases the chance of a policy error in the capital and debt markets. This economic risk is compounded by physical stress in agriculture—including deteriorating crop conditions—and the administration's decision to stop the annual household food security report, deliberately obscuring national domestic hardship indicators. Coupled with rapid, polarized state-level legal changes and a new New World Screwworm biosecurity threat near the US border, these shifts require listeners to focus vigilance on local stability metrics rather than national views.