Chief Economists' Outlook January 2026: reassuring resilience and a 'good' bubble?

The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting has set the global agenda for 2026. We ask leading figures from across the Forum to pick their highlights from Davos, and we hear clips from some of the most important speeches and discussions.  WEF26 sessions mentioned in this episode: Search for any session here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/programme/ Opening Concert, with Jon Batiste:  https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/opening-concert-0ba652f8a0/ Welcoming Remarks and Special Address, with Børge Brende: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/welcoming-remarks-and-special-address-f28dab9a1d/ The Day After AGI, with Demis Hassabis and Dario Amodei: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/the-day-after-agi/ Conversation with Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/conversation-with-jensen-huang-president-and-ceo-of-nvidia/ Conversation with Elon Musk: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/conversation-with-elon-musk/ Special Address by Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/special-address-by-donald-j-trump-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-49a709be7a/ Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada/ Global Economic Outlook: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/global-economic-outlook-af4fed3639/ Many Shapes of Trade: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/many-shapes-of-trade/ What Does Adaptation Look Like?: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/what-does-adaptation-look-like/ Rethinking Global Aid: The Time Is Now: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/rethinking-global-aid/ Town Hall: Dilemmas around Growth: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/town-hall-dilemmas-around-growth/ Who Is Winning on Energy Security?: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/who-is-winning-on-energy-security/ How Can We Build Prosperity within Planetary Boundaries?: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/how-can-we-build-prosperity-within-planetary-boundaries/ Water in the Balance: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/water-in-the-balance/ Selected links: Davos 2026 website: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/ Global Value Chains Outlook 2026: Orchestrating Corporate and National Agility: https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Value_Chains_Outlook_2026.pdf Reskilling Revolution: https://initiatives.weforum.org/reskilling-revolution/home CEO Alliance on Nature: https://initiatives.weforum.org/ceo-alliance/about Lumina: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-advanced-manufacturing-and-supply-chains/lumina SmartStart: https://initiatives.weforum.org/smartstart/home Yes/Cities: https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/yes-cities Related podcasts: Davos 2026: Day 1, with Francine Lacqua: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-1/ Davos 2026: Day 2, with Adam Grant: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-2/ Davos 2026: Day 3, with Katty Kay: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-3/ Davos 2026: Day 4, with Stacey Vanek Smith: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-4/ Davos 2026: Day 5, with Anne McElvoy: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-5/ Top global risks in 2026 and how the Davos 'spirit of dialogue' can help us face them: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2026/ IMF's Kristalina Georgieva: What's next for AI, skills and the global economy in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/ai-skills-global-economy-imf-kristalina-georgieva/ Chief Economists' Outlook January 2026: reassuring resilience and a 'good' bubble?:  https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-barclays-christian-keller/ Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/ Climate science is clearer than ever. How should companies respond?:  https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/climate-science-policy-business-response/ Davos 2026: Conversation with Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/davos-2026-jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-chase/ Davos 2026: Conversation with Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/conversation-with-jensen-huang-president-and-ceo-of-nvidia-5dd06ee82e/ Davos 2026: Conversation with Elon Musk: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/conversation-with-elon-musk-davos-2026/ Davos 2026: Global Economic Outlook: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/davos-2026-global-economic-outlook/ Davos 2026: How Can We Build Prosperity within Planetary Boundaries?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/davo-2026-build-prosperity-within-planetary-boundaries/ Davos 2026: Q&A with Larry Fink and André Hoffman: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/davos-2026-co-chairs-fink-hoffman/ Davos 2026: Scaling AI: Now Comes the Hard Part: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/scaling-ai-now-comes-the-hard-part/ Global Cooperation Barometer 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/global-cooperation-barometer-2026/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552  

Welcome to Radio Davos coming to you on Day 5 of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026. Anne McElvoy, Executive Editor at POLITICO and co-host of the podcast Politics at Sam and Anne's, joins us to look ahead at the final day and give her assessment of the week, and what might happen next. Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026 at wef.ch/wef26 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF26. Follow our live blog on Day 5:  https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/live-from-davos-2026-day-5-what-to-know Related podcasts: Day 4's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-4/ Day 3's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-3/ Day 2's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-23/ Day 1's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-1/ Top global risks in 2026 and how the Davos 'spirit of dialogue' can help us face them: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2026/ Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/ Global Cooperation Barometer 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/global-cooperation-barometer-2026/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Welcome to Radio Davos coming to you on Day 4 of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026. Stacey Vanek Smith, co-host of the podcast Everybody's Business from Bloomberg Businessweek, joins us to look ahead at the day's highlights. Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026 at wef.ch/wef26 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF26. Follow our live blog on Day 4:  https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/live-from-davos-2026-day-4-what-to-know Related podcasts: Day 3's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-3/ Day 2's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-23/ Day 1's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-1/ Top global risks in 2026 and how the Davos 'spirit of dialogue' can help us face them: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2026/ Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/ Global Cooperation Barometer 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/global-cooperation-barometer-2026/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Welcome to Radio Davos coming to you on Day 3 of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026.  Katty Kay, who co-hosts The Rest Is Politics US with Anthony Scaramucci, joins us to look at the day's highlights, which includes an address by U.S. President Donald Trump. Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026 at wef.ch/wef26 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF26. Follow our live blog on Day 3: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/live-from-davos-2026-day-3-what-to-know Related podcasts: Day 2's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-23/ Day 1's episode: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-1/ Top global risks in 2026 and how the Davos 'spirit of dialogue' can help us face them: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2026/ Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/ Global Cooperation Barometer 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/global-cooperation-barometer-2026/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Welcome to Radio Davos coming to you on Day 2 of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026. It's Tuesday the 20th of January. Give us a few minutes and we'll give you the rundown of what's happening in Davos today. Adam Grant, organisational psychologist, best-selling author and podcaster, joins us to look at the highlights. Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026 at wef.ch/wef26 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF26. Follow our live blog on Day 2: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/live-from-davos-2026-day-2-what-to-know Radio Davos is published weekly throughout the year, looking at the world's biggest challenges - the economy, geopolitics, the environment, tech, and much more - follow it wherever you get podcasts: https://pod.link/1504682164 Related podcasts: Davos 2026: Day 1, with Francine Lacqua: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/radio-davos-daily-wef26-day-1/ Top global risks in 2026 and how the Davos 'spirit of dialogue' can help us face them:  https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2026/ Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/ Chief Economists' Outlook January 2026: reassuring resilience and a 'good' bubble?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-barclays-christian-keller/ Global Cooperation Barometer 2026:  https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/global-cooperation-barometer-2026/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Francine Lacqua, anchor and editor-at-large at Bloomberg TV, and host of a new podcast, Leaders, joins us to look ahead at Day 1 and the rest of the week, as the Annual Meeting 2026 opens in Davos.   Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026 at wef.ch/wef26 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF26. Follow our live blog on Day 1:  https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/live-from-davos-2026-day-1-what-to-know Radio Davos is published weekly throughout the year, looking at the world's biggest challenges - the economy, geopolitics, the environment, tech, and much more - follow it wherever you get podcasts: https://pod.link/1504682164 Related podcasts: Top global risks in 2026 and how the Davos 'spirit of dialogue' can help us face them: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2026/ Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/ Global Cooperation Barometer 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/global-cooperation-barometer-2026/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Coming soon: Radio Davos Daily - a look ahead to all the action at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos. Every morning from 19 January: give us a few minutes and we'll give you an audio rundown of the coming highlights. Episode will be available wherever you get podcasts and on the Forum Live app from 0600 CET. Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

The latest Chief Economists' Outlook is a revealing pulse-check of the global economy based on a survey of leading chief economists from a variety of organizations. Christian Keller, Head of Economics Research at Barclays Investment Bank, joins to flesh out the key parts of the latest outlook – and helps us understand why tariffs haven't proven to be quite the disaster economists feared (yet), and why people are saying that even if this is an AI bubble, it might in some ways be a good one. Follow all the action from Davos at wef.ch/wef26 or across social media using the hashtag #WEF26. Links: Chief Economists' Outlook January 2026: wef.ch/chiefeconjan26   Related podcasts: Top global risks in 2026 and how the Davos 'spirit of dialogue' can help us face them: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2026 We have entered the age of "persistent disruption" - Visa's Wayne Best on the Chief Economists Outlook:  https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-visa-wayne-best/ Superpower rivalry and geopolitics in Trump 2.0: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/geopolitics-lynn-kuok-the-national/ "New era, new mood, new challenges" - historian Adam Tooze on why things will never be the same again: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/adam-tooze-cnbc-china-us-history/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

The Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum's annual snapshot of the biggest risks facing the world in the near, medium and long terms, shows geopolitical and economic risks on the rise in the new 'age of competition'.   The report is published just days before the Forum's Annual Meeting and is a good indicator of what the 3,000 leaders convening in Davos, Switzerland will be talking about. Gayle Markovitz is joined by a co-host, Forum Managing Director Saadia Zahidi, and two expert guests, Peter Giger, Group Chief Risk Officer at Zurich Insurance, and Andrew George, Global President of Specialties at Marsh. The Global Risks Report, available here, was compiled by Mark Elsner and Grace Atkinson of the Forum's Global Risks Initiative. Catch up on all the action from the Annual Meeting at wef.ch/wef26 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF26. And follow Radio Davos wherever you get podcasts to get our daily morning shows every day of the Davos week, starting Monday, 19 January. Links: Global Risks Report 2026: https://wef.ch/risks26 Global Risks Initiative: https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-risks/home Peter Giger's blog "Critical infrastructure is at critical risk: It's time to treat it as such": https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/12/business-executives-most-worried-about-risks/  Andrew George's blog: How can businesses navigate technology risks and opportunities in a competitive age?: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/businesses-navigate-technology-risks-global-risks-2026-mars…  Marl Elsner's blog: These are the top 10 risks in 2026:  Geoeconomic confrontation ranks highest in 'age of competition': https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/global-risks-2026-top-10-two-and-ten-year-horizon/  Grace Atkinson's blog: Global risks in 2026 and over the past 5 years: What's changed and what hasn't?: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/global-risks-over-the-past-5-years-what-s-changed-and-what-…  Related podcasts: Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/ Global Risks Report: the big issues facing the world at Davos 2025:  https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-2025/ Making sense of geopolitics in 2025: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/war-peace-geopolitics/ Superpower rivalry and geopolitics in Trump 2.0: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/geopolitics-lynn-kuok-the-national/ We have entered the age of "persistent disruption" - Visa's Wayne Best on the Chief Economists Outlook: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-visa-wayne-best/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

The Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 is an essential report on the state of cyber threats facing the world, and what can be done to tackle them. Akshay Joshi, head of the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity joins as co-host as we speak to Interpol Director for Cybercrime Neal Jetton, and Robert Lee, CEO and co-founder of Dragos, a company that specialises in protecting 'OT' - the operational technology that companies rely on. Links: Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026/ Cybercrime Atlas: https://initiatives.weforum.org/cybercrime-atlas/home Centre for Cybersecurity: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-cybersecurity/home Partnership against Cybercrime: https://initiatives.weforum.org/partnership-against-cybercrime/home Interpol on cybercrime: https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Cybercrime Dragos: https://www.dragos.com/ Related podcasts: Understanding today's cyber readiness risks: Key questions to stay ahead of the next attack: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/cybersecurity-vinod-bange-baker-mckenzie/ Superpower rivalry and geopolitics in Trump 2.0:  https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/geopolitics-lynn-kuok-the-national/ Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025: the risks we all face and how to fight back: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/cybersecurity-outlook-2025/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552