17. The Plumbing

19. The Week the Calendar Took Over

A Friday synthesis on calendar-driven narratives, plus next week’s fresh catalysts: March flash PMI and Treasury auction week. Episode 19 of Guilded News is the Friday capstone. We synthesize what Mon–Thu revealed: the calendar became the narrative engine, compressing attention, manufacturing inevitability, and hiding transferable patterns (price ladders and permission ladders) in plain sight. Then we rotate to next week’s fresh setup: S&P Global’s March flash PMI on March 24 as the first forward read on activity, and the Treasury’s 2-year/5-year/7-year auctions (Mar 24–26) as the observable demand test for liquidity. Primary sources: BLS PPI, BIS/FSB cross-border payments speech, Fed calendars, Treasury auction schedule, S&P Global note.

18. Price Ladders

Episode 18: Title: Price Ladders — PPI, Oil Inventories, and the Hidden Toll on Trade | Guilded News EP18 Episode Notes: Inflation isn’t one number, it’s a ladder. Segment A: The upstream fuse. BLS reports PPI final demand +0.7% in February, +3.4% y/y, with goods +1.1% and services +0.5%. Diesel and food inputs jumped. Source: BLS. Segment B: The optionality layer. A public summary of the IEA’s March Oil Market Report notes global observed oil stocks at ~8.21 billion barrels in January and a coordinated 400 million barrel emergency release. Inventories decide whether shocks become inflation. Segment C: The tollbooth. An FSB payments speech published by the BIS says cross-border payments are still slow and expensive; progress is uneven even as ISO 20022 adoption spreads. Payments frictions act like a hidden tax on trade. Follow Guilded News on X — @RealGuildedNews — for daily clips and the stories behind the stories.

17. The Plumbing

Ep 17: The Fed is buying bonds again. The world is borrowing $29 trillion. And the PPI pipeline just told us where prices are going. Description: Episode 17 of Guilded News goes underneath the headlines. The Fed quietly reversed its balance sheet from shrinking to expanding in December 2025 — buying $40 billion per month in "reserve management purchases" that look a lot like QE under a new name. The OECD projects global sovereign borrowing will hit $29 trillion in 2026 — up 17% in two years. And February PPI dropped this morning, revealing whether $100 oil has reached the factory floor. Primary sources: FOMC minutes, NY Fed, H.4.1 balance sheet, OECD Global Debt Report, IMF WP/26/42, BLS PPI. Follow @RealGuildedNews on X.

16. Super Week: Seven Banks, One Question

EP 16: Seven central banks decide in 72 hours. The AI chip rule that vanished. And the China data nobody read. Description: Episode 16 of Guilded News breaks down the most concentrated week of central bank decisions in recent memory, seven banks in 72 hours, all answering the same question about the oil shock. We trace the 15-day paper trail of an AI chip export rule that appeared on OIRA, then vanished before Nvidia's GTC keynote. And we surface China's weekend economic data that beat every estimate, industrial output, retail sales, and investment, all measured before the war started. Primary sources: S&P Global, OIRA, Reuters, Bloomberg, NY Fed, NBS via SCMP. Follow @RealGuildedNews on X. Episode 16: "Super Week: Seven Banks, One Question" Release: Tuesday, March 17, 2026

15. Collision Week

Guilded News EP15 Description: Jensen Huang keynotes GTC today. The Fed meets tomorrow with $100 oil on the table. And $18.8 trillion in household debt connects both stories. Three collisions, one week — and the analytical framework to navigate it. SHOW NOTES (PRIMARY SOURCES) 1) NVIDIA — GTC 2026 keynote (March 16, 11 AM – 1 PM PT): https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2026/NVIDIA-CEO-Jensen-Huang-and-Global-Technology-Leaders-to-Showcase-Age-of-AI-at-GTC-2026/default.aspx [https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2026/NVIDIA-CEO-Jensen-Huang-and-Global-Technology-Leaders-to-Showcase-Age-of-AI-at-GTC-2026/default.aspx] 2) NVIDIA — GTC sovereign AI sessions: https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/sessions/sovereign-ai/ [https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/sessions/sovereign-ai/] 3) Federal Reserve — FOMC calendar (March 17–18 meeting): https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm [https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm] 4) U.S. Energy Information Administration — Short-Term Energy Outlook (March 10): https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/ [https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/] 5) New York Fed — Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, Q4 2025: https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2026/20260210 [https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2026/20260210] 6) New York Fed — Full Q4 2025 PDF: https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/interactives/householdcredit/data/pdf/HHDC_2025Q4 [https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/interactives/householdcredit/data/pdf/HHDC_2025Q4] 7) U.S. Census Bureau — Advance Monthly Retail Sales (January 2026): https://www.census.gov/retail/sales.html [https://www.census.gov/retail/sales.html] 8) Fortune — Oil price tracker (Brent $99.84, March 13): https://fortune.com/article/price-of-oil-03-13-2026/ [https://fortune.com/article/price-of-oil-03-13-2026/] 9) TechCrunch — GTC keynote preview (NemoClaw, Groq): https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote/ [https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote/] 10) S&P Global — Week Ahead Economic Preview (March 16): https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/week-ahead-economic-preview-week-of-16-march-2026.html [https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/week-ahead-economic-preview-week-of-16-march-2026.html] 11) TheStreet — FOMC preview, SEP, rate cut forecasts: https://www.thestreet.com/fed/looming-federal-reserve-meeting-shifts-bets-for-2026-interest-rate-cuts-due-to-oil-shock-from-iran-war [https://www.thestreet.com/fed/looming-federal-reserve-meeting-shifts-bets-for-2026-interest-rate-cuts-due-to-oil-shock-from-iran-war] 12) CNBC — Fed rate cut expectations fading: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/markets-hopes-for-fed-interest-rate-cuts-are-rapidly-fading-away.html [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/markets-hopes-for-fed-interest-rate-cuts-are-rapidly-fading-away.html]