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May 29, 2025
Today's topics include managing the debt ceiling, weak demand for this morning's JGB auction, tracking prices after the Chinese tariff pause, port update, tariffs take time to take hold, uncertainty's effect on stock returns, social media & sentiment, past inflation may be indicative of current inflation, Fedspeak, and should companies own crypto?
There is growing alarm about Treasury yields exceeding 5%. However, many market indicators do not suggest alarm and point to these levels as "normal."
The Commitments of Traders report allows investors to gauge position changes for different groups of traders/investors.
Today's topics include countries look to shorten duration on debt, the case for Eurozone common debt issuance, Germany now holds title of world's largest creditor nation, a look at the Fed's interest payments, Fedspeak, global shipping, and the housing market
Today's topics include the latest tariff headlines, an eye on the debt ceiling proceedings, Waller gets specific on tariffs & rate cuts, Collins less sure about rate cuts, don't expect a return to QE as yields rise, sentiment swings from one extreme to the other, the stock market shrugs off tariff concerns, the yen carry trade is becoming less enticing, potential fallout from the U.S. downgrade, and critiquing the trade policy uncertainty index
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Today's topics include rising concerns over deficit, charting yesterday's poor treasury auction, Dudley backs Bernanke's call for more robust Fed forecasts, the latest on the tax bill, DOGE & the labor market, hedge funds' short interest, the case against lowering the supplementary leverage ratio, and import volumes on the rise