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Our weekly review of macro/market news and data. Filtering signal from noise with fresh analysis and insight.

Norms! Say "Cheers" to Fed Independence (as we know it)

Report for the week ending Dec 13, 2025

Powell positions himself to go out with a pause, Aerospace and Defense enters a new phase, a tale of two markets, … and the implications of declining Fed autonomy

Dec 13 2025
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How to stop worrying and start living with uncertainty

Report for the week ending December 05, 2025

Hassett the hatchet, Japan’s rude awakening, the Fed steps up to the plate… and the age of ambiguity is upon us.

Dec 6 2025
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Inflation Outlook: Tariffs, Trade, Treasury, and the Return of the Transitory Debate

Report for the week ending November 28, 2025

Stocks roar back to life, the UK Government survives a budget, rising inflation risk… and should the Fed “look through” tariffs?

Nov 29 2025
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Indecisions, indecisions...

Report for the week ending November 22, 2025

A week of inconclusive developments, AI jitters signal market top(?), Fed speak oblique … and a “K-shaped” M&A recovery leaves middle markets behind.

Nov 22 2025
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A Mental Model for AI's Monumental Rise

Report for the week ending November 14, 2025

Shutdown ends (but data drought lingers), debasement trade re-starts, how to think about AI… and does the “wartime economy” analogy still add value?

Nov 15 2025
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The G7's next "exceptional" story(?)

Report for the week ending November 07, 2025

AI skepticism resurfaces, a shutdown deal comes into focus, ISM flashes stagflation… and could Canada be the G7’s next star performer?

Nov 8 2025
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The AI Economy vs. the Real Economy

Report for the week ending October 31 2025

A symmetric dissent, QT ends, earnings trend… and is the Fed setting itself up for another Dotcom bubble?

Nov 1 2025
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Is the Fed Sleepwalking into a Stagflation?

Report for the week ending October 24 2025

Official data return, commodities reverse course, a warning on private credit… and the Fed cuts against a backdrop of easy financial conditions.

Oct 25 2025
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A Vibe Shift with No Backing (Yet)

Report for the week ending October 17th, 2025

Bubble warnings multiply, sentiment sours, safe havens shift… and why more credit defaults aren’t a systemic risk.

Oct 17 2025
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Trump reminds us that the U.S. economy could be booming (but it's not)

Report for the week ending October 10, 2025

A tariff escalation, inflation and stagnation, a golden ovation … and Japan’s transformation

Oct 10 2025
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Real/Financial Divergence Creating a Sweet Spot for PE

Report for the week ending October 03, 2025

The outlook for private markets improves, what consumers are actually buying, notes on the “two-speed economy” …and why you can ignore the shutdown.

Oct 5 2025
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Private Equity Doesn't Need the Fed

Report for the week ending September 26, 2025

The U.S. Economy at a crossroads, B2C booming but B2B “GO”ing broke, why the Fed’s dilemma isn’t PE’s problem… and are we all goldbugs now?

Oct 1 2025
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