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“In this new global environment, policymakers, even those previously in the ‘lower forever’ camp…”

Interest rates drive everything, and they are as volatile and directionally uncertain as they’ve ever been. So are the global macroeconomics driving them. Global fund managers are required to make bets on outcomes for stocks, currencies, and commodities based on the cost of money. If perspectives on rates are so dispersed, how can we judge the value of the things that are driven by them?

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“There’s no money. There’s no money.  If we don’t make a fiscal adjustment, we’re headed for hyperinflation…”

Markets need to figure out a normalized level of interest rates appropriate to this volatile new era of De-globalization, rising military engagement, heightened Geopolitical tensions, excessive indebtedness, and the irrational rise in deficit spending.

“There’s no money. There’s no money.  If we don’t make a fiscal adjustment, we’re headed for hyperinflation…” Read More »