The Institutional Risk Analyst

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Extension Risk Threatens US Banks

There are literally dozens of banks in the US made insolvent by the policy moves of the FOMC over the past year.

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Terminal Rates & Conflicted Economists

The cult of ever falling interest rates goes back 50 years and spans the terms of Fed chairs back to Alan Greenspan and Paul Volcker...

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Inflation, Politics & Fed Chairmen

As the scale of Fed open market operations grew since 2008, volatility has increased, rendering the adjustment from QE to QT problematic

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Deflation, Not Inflation, is the Threat

Xi Jinping in China and Putin in Russia have turned their backs on the global economy to retain power

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The Curse of Humphrey Hawkins

If you consider QE “stimulus” inflationary, then Fed policy actually accelerated inflation in the November-January period.

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Powell Reappointment Still Likely

Amidst the yelling and screaming of Elizabeth Warren, we suspect that Jay Powell will survive the crisis

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Debt Ceilings & Interest Rate Floors

When Treasury market yields trade and stay negative, look for the Federal Reserve Board to come to the rescue of MM funds and banks.

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