Key Takeaways:
- Fiscal policy, including trade and deregulation, is currently more impactful than monetary policy.
- Bond market concerns focus on Treasury issuance and supply/demand imbalances.
- Managing the deficit requires reducing government spending to pre-COVID levels.
- The Federal Reserve could still cut rates despite inflationary pressures from tariffs.
- The effect the current geopolitical trust deficit is having on U.S. assets is a concern.