★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Monetary PolicyPolitics & Policy Relentless US Fiscal Spend Risks Undermining Restrictive Monetary Policy, Supersizing Deficits Dueling IMF publications released this week cast the US as an economic juggernaut in terms of growth, doubling up on…McAlinden Research PartnersApril 18, 2024
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)CommoditiesMonetary PolicyPolitics & Policy Gold Rally Potentially the Result of Bullish Catalysts Underlying Both Dovish and Hawkish Scenarios at Fed A surge in precious metals prices has pushed gold to record highs in recent days, defying a subsequent jump in…McAlinden Research PartnersApril 11, 2024
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinancePolitics & Policy US TIC Data Shows Foreign Official Treasury Holders are Cutting Exposure, Potentially Pushing up Yields Though total foreign holdings of US Treasuries have risen throughout the past several months, the latest Treasury International Capital (TIC)…McAlinden Research PartnersOctober 19, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMarketsMonetary Policy US Banking Sector Slammed by Spate of Downgrades as Dependence on Liquidity Assistance Looms Ten banks faced credit rating downgrades from Moody's this morning, along with six more prominent depositories being put on watch…McAlinden Research PartnersAugust 8, 2023
⚑ Joe Mac's ViewpointsEconomics & TradeMarketsMonetary Policy Tightening Approaches a Tipping Point After more than a year of fighting breakout inflation, the Fed appears to have finally gotten a firm grip on…McAlinden Research PartnersAugust 4, 2023
⚑ Joe Mac's ViewpointsEconomics & TradeManufacturing & LogisticsMarketsMonetary Policy A Tough and Tighter Year Ahead An equities rally at the start of the year hit a brick wall in February. That was largely due to…McAlinden Research PartnersMarch 3, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMonetary Policy Booming Credit Growth Could Bolster US Banks, but Risks are Also on the Rise Unsurprisingly, bank profits headed lower in Q2 of this year, largely due to banks preparing provisions for future losses. Deposits…McAlinden Research PartnersSeptember 22, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)CommoditiesEconomics & TradeFinancePolitics & Policy Russian Default Remains Insignificant for Global Economy, Could Raise Risks for Emerging Markets Unable to access the majority of its foreign exchange reserves and locked out of global financial infrastructure, Russia's central bank appears…McAlinden Research PartnersMarch 15, 2022
⚑ Joe Mac's Viewpoints⦁ Theme TrackerCommoditiesEconomics & TradeMarketsMonetary Policy Inflation & Valuation Traditionally, multiples like price to earnings ratios (P/Es) run inverse to inflation data. That balance has been completely upended over…McAlinden Research PartnersSeptember 2, 2021
⚑ Joe Mac's Viewpoints⦁ Theme TrackerMonetary PolicyPolitics & Policy Jay’s Jedi Mind Trick Despite being consistently wrong on inflation throughout all of 2021, Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other policymakers at the Fed…McAlinden Research PartnersJuly 30, 2021