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One of the most highly debated topics over the past few months has been the rise of Modern Monetary Theory ((MMT)). The economic theory has been around for quite some time but was shoved into prominence recently by Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "New Green Deal" which ...

What do you expect economic growth to be in the United States for the next four or five years? Do you see the economy moving ahead at a fairly rapid pace or do you see it proceeding along at a rather tepid speed, something more in line with the overall economic growth of the past ten years? ...

Equities have wobbled a bit at the start of the month, but unless they lose the plot in coming weeks, it is fair to say that Q1 will be everything that Q4 wasn’t - decent and calm. Indeed, the finer details reveal an even more striking dichotomy with the calamity that culminated in the ...

This is a solo cast with me Chris D. As a quantitative systematic trader, I look at price action to come up with a repeatable approach to trading the global macro space. Generally speaking the markets don’t line up all together in a way that is easy to identify, but this last w...

In last week's missive , we discussed a critical point concerning the bull run so far. "Despite the underlying economic and fundamental data, the markets have surged back to extremely overbought, extended, and deviated levels. You will note that with the exception of bond prices,...

Two months ago, Fed Chair Jerome Powell set off a market panic. He suggested the FOMC would do what it thinks is right and let asset prices go where they may. They promised at least two if not three more rate hikes in 2019. The stock market fell out of bed. Fast forward to now. The Fed...

By Rob Waldner, Chief Strategist and Head of Multi-Sector on Mar 8, 2019, in Fixed Income Invesco Fixed Income shares its views on rates around the world. US: Underweight Global interest rates are close to their recent lows, despite our view that growth risks are fading. In add...

The explanation for the sudden halt in global economic growth is found in the coincidence of peak credit combining with trade protectionism. The history of economic downturns points to a rerun of the 1929-32 period, but with fiat currencies substituted for a gold standard. Government finances...

We have a big economic calendar with some reporting still catching up from the government shutdown. Inflation data, small business and consumer confidence, and retail sales lead the list. In addition to the U.S. economic data, there is increasing concern about China. Pundits are wondering: ...

Aggressive monetary ease may stem the global economic slowdown while boosting the value of financial assets, but we really need widespread structural financial and regulatory reforms, as well as trade deals, to meaningfully re-accelerate global growth. We were not surprised to see the OECD las...