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Joining us now, former Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern. Uh, Evercore ISI wrote to its clients that asset markets are not properly priced for what increasingly seems like a rupture in Fed independence. How concerned are you.>> Well, it's a very serious issue. There's no doubt about it. uh and and the bottom line from my perspective is that we want to maintain the objectivity and the integrity of the monetary policy process and a Federal Reserve decisionmaking. And this current controversy over the Feder ...

today unemployment rate in the low fours full employment uh the inflation rate still elevated but coming down you know I think the reality is is that the bite on the economy is a lot in a small medium-sized business area and and the reason why that happens is they borrow on their floating rate lines of credit and that rate went up substantially and it's come down a bit but it's up substantially and that slows down economic activity and you couple that with them with our commercial clients trying to figure o ...

Market Anomalies - Historically, the dollar index increases when the S&P 500 declines by more than 10%, but recently the dollar decreased while the S&P 500 fell almost 20% [1] - Typically, the 10-year Treasury yield decreases following the first Federal Reserve rate cut, but this time it increased, and the yield curve is steepening [2] US Treasury Market & Debt - The US faces an unsustainable interest expense due to a $21 trillion budget deficit and persistent interest rates [3] - The average coupon on Treasuries has risen from below 2% to nearly 4% [3][4] - Maturing bonds issued in 2008, 2009, and even 2019 with coupons as low as 025% are being replaced with bonds at 425%, a 400 basis points increase [4][5] - The long-term Treasury bond is losing its status as a reliable flight to quality asset, not responding as expected to lower interest rates or the current 25% inflation rate [5] Inflation Outlook - Near-term inflation is likely to rise, as the cumulative headline CPI rolling off from a year ago was 01%, while the most recent CPI was 018% [6] US National Debt Concerns - The US national debt is rapidly approaching $37 trillion, requiring innovative solutions [7]