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Economics Weekly: Capacity Growth—It’s Different This Time
In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal looks at aggregate investment spending and the expansion in industrial capacity; he also compares the current cycle with the 1990s and discusses what those differences might mean for the Fed—and for a potential new Fed chair counting on a productivity boom to support lower interest rates.
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Monthly Macro: Geopolitical Shock, Inflation Risks, and a Market on Edge
William Blair macro analyst Richard de Chazal unpacks the market implications of the U.S.–Iran conflict, discussing how the war is reshaping inflation and growth risks and challenging central banks’ playbooks, and why markets may be underpricing the possibility of a more prolonged disruption. Richard also touches on emerging stress in private credit beneath the surface.
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Economics Weekly: Wobbles in Private Debt Market
One topic we have increasingly been receiving questions on over the last few weeks has been private credit, and in this Economics Weekly, we address concerns about whether recent emerging issues in the space pose a systemic threat to the banking system and the wider economy.
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