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Things are changing

Things are changing: the Beige Book, waning Fed jawbone, and the first Fed cut The Atlanta Federal Reserve prepares what they call the “Beige Book” to summarize anecdotal economic activity in the 12 geographic Federal Reserve districts two weeks before each Fed meeting. The most…

Wars and Treasury Bonds

With the Israel-Hamas conflict escalating along with the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war, there is concern of wider war. War is inflationary, but Treasury yields don’t necessarily rise during them because there are often bigger forces at play such as the business cycle, secular trends in inflation,…