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Roger Altman

Founder & Senior Chairman, Evercore

Search every verified Roger Altman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Roger Altman, founder and senior chairman of Evercore, appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on August 3, 2026, to discuss market conditions, the economy, and Federal Reserve policy. He described the market as resilient, stating that it was "shrugging off" headwinds such as the Iran war, energy costs, and rising interest rates, and he said he did not believe those headwinds were enough to destabilize the market. Regarding artificial intelligence, Altman said he considered it "revolutionary" and predicted there would be "some big winners," while also noting widespread concern over the amount of spending on AI and whether it would earn a satisfactory return, adding that "there's no way to know yet." Altman also commented on Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, expressing approval of his leadership and describing him as an "inflation hawk" who would likely address current pressures as a "blip." On the topic of government intervention in currency markets, he noted that coordinated intervention was common during his earlier government service, citing past actions in the Deutsche Mark and Swiss Franc markets, and suggested that Treasury Secretary Bessant would not want to see "real dislocations" in currency markets.

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“It's hard to see how this ends. But I think the good news is the US economy is a huge and very resilient thing; it's not particularly oil sensitive and we're a net exporter.”

“The Strait of Hormuz is essentially closed; 20% of the world's oil exports passed through it, and it seems to me that it's going to be hard to reopen it.”

“If you step way back to day one of this administration and announce an all‑out economic war between the two biggest economies — the United States and China — why would markets think that's a good idea? Of course they wouldn't.”

“In private, there's almost universal disaffection toward the tariff policy; the premise that if one country runs a trade deficit with another it means the other country is 'ripping us off' is simply fallacious and ignores many legitimate reasons for trade deficits.”

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