WEBVTT - Surveillance: Earnings Revision with Sheets

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Bloomberg's Surveillance Podcast. I'm Tom Keane, along

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<v Speaker 1>with Jonathan Ferrell and Lisa Brownwitz Jay Lee. We bring

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you the Sundgrights have people alongside us Andrew Sheets,

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<v Speaker 1>one of them just dropped by from malc and Stanley,

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<v Speaker 1>the chief cross assets strategist. Andrew, It's gonna say, Mr

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<v Speaker 1>Schats when camp by this equity market, Well, thanks, It's

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<v Speaker 1>nice to be with you. It's nice to be with

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<v Speaker 1>you in person. Look, this is an equity market that

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<v Speaker 1>I think, over the next month is still dealing with

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<v Speaker 1>a real crucible of challenges. We are into the thick

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<v Speaker 1>of what we think is going to be a disappointing

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<v Speaker 1>earnings revision lower. That's a key view of my colleague

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Wilson in the US, by colleagu Graham Secker. Here

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<v Speaker 1>in Europe, I think this is still a period where

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be very difficult for the Fed to

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<v Speaker 1>sound anything other than hawkish given these upside surprises to inflation.

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<v Speaker 1>And then on the geopolitical front, right, it's too soon

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<v Speaker 1>to get anything real developments in terms of changes in

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<v Speaker 1>China policy, and still a lot of uncertainty into European

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<v Speaker 1>energy policy heading into winter. So we think it's still

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<v Speaker 1>too soon, especially with rates rising, especially in the front end,

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<v Speaker 1>and think investors should stay cautious, and we think that

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<v Speaker 1>cash will outperform a lot of assets. There is at

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<v Speaker 1>Brown University a fabulous tradition of differential geometry. Cornellen Brown

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<v Speaker 1>on the high ground on that, and it all comes

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<v Speaker 1>down to calculus. Are you frightened by the rates of

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<v Speaker 1>change right now? And the second derivative as well well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think the biggest change that I think the market

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<v Speaker 1>is going to have to adjust to is you investors

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<v Speaker 1>over the last twelve years, which is a quite long

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<v Speaker 1>period of time, have known mostly rates of zero or

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<v Speaker 1>less than zero on cash, and so Tell said that's

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<v Speaker 1>out on Twitter yesterday he said, it's like physics without

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<v Speaker 1>are we going to use to gravity again? I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're getting used to gravity. I think we're seeing a

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<v Speaker 1>real large adjustment. And so if you think about the

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<v Speaker 1>SMP five having an earnings yield of about five point

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<v Speaker 1>nine percent, and you know one to five year corporate

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<v Speaker 1>bonds having a yield of four point nine percent, that

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<v Speaker 1>is an enormous convergence in ass cross asset yields and

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<v Speaker 1>so and that's a shift we haven't seen for twelve years.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that's an adjustment that is truly different

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<v Speaker 1>and that the market's going to have to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>make some make some adjustments. For there's a difference between

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<v Speaker 1>more downside and risk assets and something breaking and something

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<v Speaker 1>that becomes a systemic issue, that is a fissure, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is rapid when does something break As we take

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<v Speaker 1>a look at that pace of change, particularly with the

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<v Speaker 1>front end rate, Yes, at least I think that's such

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<v Speaker 1>a great point because I think ironically here the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff is good not breaking, means that the FED

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<v Speaker 1>can and likely will do more. You know, I think

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<v Speaker 1>we see banks with very healthy balance sheets. We see

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<v Speaker 1>consumers and corporates with healthy balance sheets. The low rates

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<v Speaker 1>of last two years allowed a lot of Americans to

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<v Speaker 1>refinance into low third year fixed rate mortgages, which means

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<v Speaker 1>their largest liability, their highest cost, is almost immune from

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<v Speaker 1>the rate hikes, and so that strength I think means

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<v Speaker 1>that the market is sending the Fed signals you can

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<v Speaker 1>keep going. We haven't yet hit that point where its disorderly.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is that point? I mean, can they get

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<v Speaker 1>up to the Deutsche Bank call of four point nine

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<v Speaker 1>percent on a FED funds rate and still have things

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<v Speaker 1>be sanguine enough to give them some confidence that they

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<v Speaker 1>can stay there for a while. Well, so we don't

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<v Speaker 1>think rates will get that high, but we do think

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<v Speaker 1>that the skew is that they will continue to press

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<v Speaker 1>higher and go for longer. And again, I think the

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<v Speaker 1>Fed is is having a real challenge right in in

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<v Speaker 1>hockey terms, they're trying to skate to the puck and

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't know exactly what the delay between you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a rate hike today and impact and the economy is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be. And so this is a real, real

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<v Speaker 1>uncertain I think the market was hopeful that we would

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<v Speaker 1>get some relief that inflation would start heading in the

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<v Speaker 1>right direction and that would buy the Fed some time.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think it's quite clear with that sticky core inflation,

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<v Speaker 1>they just cannot pivot yet. And then the skew is

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<v Speaker 1>excu st Gretzky is that what that was like that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to tear up here, get the spelling right

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<v Speaker 1>on that banner. I mean, I saw Gretzky actually do

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<v Speaker 1>this is an absolutely where he does. He was playing

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<v Speaker 1>the Buffalo sabers in Pero, and Gretzky did exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>you said, Jerol, Jerol Powell is no way in Gretzky,

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<v Speaker 1>is he? Well. I do think what you're dealing with is,

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<v Speaker 1>if you ask a lot of economists, right, there's not

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<v Speaker 1>an agreement on what that delay between a rate hike

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<v Speaker 1>today is on the economy. And then I think there's

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<v Speaker 1>still very divergent camps theoretically, right, I think there's a

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<v Speaker 1>camp and we heard this last year the Fed can

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<v Speaker 1>never hike very much because there's so much debt in

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<v Speaker 1>the economy. They'll never hike more than one or two

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<v Speaker 1>percent versus well, actually, maybe companies and households have termed

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<v Speaker 1>out so much debt at super low rates that the

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<v Speaker 1>sensitivity is lower. And I think this is a real

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<v Speaker 1>question that you kind of don't really know until it

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<v Speaker 1>makes contact with the economy. So Andrew became out the

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<v Speaker 1>last crisis, and I oh nine, and you all remember

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<v Speaker 1>the projections for high yields every single year high yields

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<v Speaker 1>high yield, it's never materialized year it's went lower. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you sense it's that kind of story in reverse, that

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<v Speaker 1>we haven't quite fully capitulated on this view of a

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<v Speaker 1>low interest rate world, that we just seem to think

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<v Speaker 1>that this is an anomaly and we're going back to

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<v Speaker 1>where we were before. I think there's still some of that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And I think that the real rate is

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<v Speaker 1>a very interesting debate where real rates are still quite

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<v Speaker 1>low in the US, in the Eurozone, in the UK,

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<v Speaker 1>they have not yet gone back to kind of just

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<v Speaker 1>the PREGFC level, let alone kind of the higher levels

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<v Speaker 1>we saw in the nineties. So I think there's still

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<v Speaker 1>room for the market to readjust especially as you see

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<v Speaker 1>a healthy household, healthy corporate balance sheets, more capital expenditure

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<v Speaker 1>that again could point to kind of hire somewhat higher

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<v Speaker 1>neutral neutral levels of interest. I put out that Deutsche

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<v Speaker 1>Bank cool from Matt Lizette five fed funds next year.

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<v Speaker 1>The amount of pushback I got on that cool just

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<v Speaker 1>because people wonder whether we can actually live least when

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<v Speaker 1>you've spoken to this a few times in a five

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<v Speaker 1>percent interest rate world anymore. Yeah, And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>Andrew's Jesus point saying that basically people have turned it

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<v Speaker 1>out and the fact that they are coping with it

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<v Speaker 1>gives this uncertainty of maybe we have gotten less rate

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<v Speaker 1>sensitive and allows the FED to go further is really

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<v Speaker 1>underpinning the reality of what people are pressing in. You

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<v Speaker 1>know how you try and get me to explain football

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<v Speaker 1>to people who don't know? Can you explain? Can you

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<v Speaker 1>explain Gretzky to every world? This is where you think

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<v Speaker 1>the park is going to be. Everybody, I mean everybody

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<v Speaker 1>knows I know less about English football ice hockey? Are

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<v Speaker 1>you dazzling me? How do you know that Gretzky skated

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<v Speaker 1>to where the park wasn't because his daughter married a

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<v Speaker 1>very very good golfer. So a sort of reverse engineered

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<v Speaker 1>it from golf through his wife and back into ice hockey.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I did it. Does that work for you?

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<v Speaker 1>That word? Does that work for you? So sort of

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<v Speaker 1>reversed engineered it from golf to ice hockey and then Tom.

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<v Speaker 1>You know it takes a lot of work. Andrew sheets

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<v Speaker 1>and more? Can Stanley Andrew think it's good to see it? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we get on for the next two hours. We will

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<v Speaker 1>get along with Jane Foley, I can guarantee you that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of effect strategy at Rubber Bank. Jane. The significance

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<v Speaker 1>of a one thirteen on sterling, can we start there, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very significant. As Leasta talked about Nino and Sterling

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<v Speaker 1>being fuced out of the e RM, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about that story this morning, the first thing that

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<v Speaker 1>came to my mind was the current account position of

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<v Speaker 1>the UK, because if you've got a current account deficit,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't forget the UK deficit as in the center

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<v Speaker 1>of GDP is right now at record levels. It's much

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<v Speaker 1>worse than it was. But if you have a deficit,

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<v Speaker 1>really you're you're exposing your country to more of the

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<v Speaker 1>whims of of of non domestic investors. And if they

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<v Speaker 1>do not like the fundamentals that they see, your currency

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<v Speaker 1>is going to adjust lower now right now. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's something which has been happening to the pound. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>for a while. The market doesn't like the growth story,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't like the Brexit story, and and it doesn't like

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<v Speaker 1>that the fact that the tax cuts that are coming

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<v Speaker 1>from the new Prime Minister could really push the public finance.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't it to numbers that people just don't like, so

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<v Speaker 1>Sterling is vulnerable and that current account position really exposes

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<v Speaker 1>the UK. Now, of course a lot of the story

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<v Speaker 1>is Donna strength, but there was certainly Sterling weakness in here.

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<v Speaker 1>And one thing that we did see earlier in the

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<v Speaker 1>years interest rate pikes couldn't it couldn't pull the band

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<v Speaker 1>out of the whole. Less point to Lisa's point, does

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<v Speaker 1>it will a seventy five basis points move offer that

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<v Speaker 1>much protection? Some maybe, but not all. Chris Gerles the too,

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<v Speaker 1>with a brilliant short essay pulling the United Kingdom back

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<v Speaker 1>to I believe nineteen seventy four and Mr Barber the

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<v Speaker 1>complete failed plan. Then is this Chancellor of the Exchequer

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<v Speaker 1>going down in flames with a growth model that's undoable? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>certainly the market is extremely skeptical. I mean he's he's

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about a growth target for the UK to

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<v Speaker 1>two and a half percent. Nobody really expects that can happen.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're talking about tax cuts which will give it

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a boost, But actually what investors will

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<v Speaker 1>to see our measures that I'm going to prove you know,

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<v Speaker 1>productivity and growth and and and potential app but not

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<v Speaker 1>just a quick from text cuts. So investors a skeptical

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<v Speaker 1>and that is what the government is facing, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is what the government today appears to be ignoring. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a sterling story, it's a Chinese u N story. There

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<v Speaker 1>are specific stories about weakness. But on the other side,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very much a dollar story, especially as we're pricing

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<v Speaker 1>in such high potential FED funds rates next year. What

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<v Speaker 1>is your sense of when things break of, when at

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<v Speaker 1>the stronger dollar creates weakness that becomes hard for all

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<v Speaker 1>of these other central banks and these economies to get

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<v Speaker 1>out from under. I think you could probably already argue

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<v Speaker 1>that the the the the strength of the dollar is

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<v Speaker 1>already pushing half of the economy, half the world economy

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<v Speaker 1>under the bus. You know, it is very, very difficult,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think we see this already for a long

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<v Speaker 1>time in emerging market so many interstrate hikes there to

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<v Speaker 1>try and protect their currencies. Look at just care a well,

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<v Speaker 1>you see it's I don't think that's a particularly logical.

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<v Speaker 1>But because if you have a central bank putting up

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<v Speaker 1>interest rates, you know you've got to say, well, a

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<v Speaker 1>strong dollar is a byproduct that policy, So why then

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<v Speaker 1>come in On the other hand, and say, well, we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to weaken this country. It's not logical. So maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we were talking about some sort of plaza thing maybe

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<v Speaker 1>next year when the FED is confident that it has

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<v Speaker 1>got inflation under control. But a negative feedback loop that

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<v Speaker 1>you can think of, from the rest of the world

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<v Speaker 1>into the US economy for the FED has to respond to. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know whether the FED has to

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<v Speaker 1>respond to it, because after all that the FEDS in

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<v Speaker 1>a primary object is domestic inflation and domestic employment. Should

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<v Speaker 1>it address it? You know, I don't know. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's another question. But certainly there is a feedback loop

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<v Speaker 1>into the US dollar because as the rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>world weakens, is emerging markets weaken, people tend to buy

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<v Speaker 1>the dollar. And so if you're if you're buying the

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<v Speaker 1>dollar because the strong dollar is worsening the environment for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the world. Is you've got this, You've

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<v Speaker 1>got this absolutely, So you know what is going to

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<v Speaker 1>break it? I think it's it's only going to break maybe,

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<v Speaker 1>you know next year when when the FED things, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, we can come down and this we we've

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<v Speaker 1>got to handle on medium term inflation. Expect Until then,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about some levels and squeeze this in cable

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<v Speaker 1>stirring against the US dollar one thirteen. You're a dollar

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<v Speaker 1>in and around parity dollar China through seven. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think there's some big moves from here or is this

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<v Speaker 1>kind of it? I don't think it's it yet. And

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<v Speaker 1>we're thinking on your a dollar. I mean, we've got

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<v Speaker 1>a horrible winter to come for for Europe, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>energy price crisis, you know, rationing? Is that all priced

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<v Speaker 1>in up? I think perhaps not. Are we going an

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<v Speaker 1>enter turn your election? You know, will the far right

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<v Speaker 1>get in? You know that's that's perhaps you know the

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<v Speaker 1>next potential trigger for the for the euro in just

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<v Speaker 1>a few weeks time on cable. Our target now is

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<v Speaker 1>one oh nine. People are out there talking about parity

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<v Speaker 1>and we dismiss that, you know, no, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>we can dismiss it's not our target. But you know

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<v Speaker 1>it depends very much on the US dollar. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>these are are still nasty numbers to come and and

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<v Speaker 1>right now, you know, I think the dollar strength will

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<v Speaker 1>will sustain until you can honestly answer the question, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>what else are you going to buy? For the best

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<v Speaker 1>part of ten years, I think it's fantasize. The phone

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<v Speaker 1>exchange was kind of boring, and it's not boring anymore,

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<v Speaker 1>no at so Jank writes a catch shop, James Rabbit

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<v Speaker 1>Bank right now with your most important brief of the

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<v Speaker 1>day and fixed income. Sobrato Rijapa joins us head of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States rate strategy at the French Bank Society General.

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<v Speaker 1>Their history of math derivative dynamics is world class, Sobrata,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for joining us. When you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>derivative mathematics of what we've seen in the last two

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<v Speaker 1>days or even the last two weeks, what is the

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<v Speaker 1>telling story about the rates of change in fixed income?

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<v Speaker 1>It's stunning. I mean we were looking at if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at a chart I think John was showing the

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<v Speaker 1>chart earlier the two years, we've gone somewhere between twenty

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<v Speaker 1>basis points last year this time to close to four

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<v Speaker 1>percent right now. So the rate of change has been

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<v Speaker 1>just absolutely stunning. You know. To me, what I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at is the message that you're getting from the barn market,

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<v Speaker 1>which is, you know, to take a page from you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think Facebook's you know, um motto, it's like move

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<v Speaker 1>fast and break things. That's kind of what the FED

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<v Speaker 1>is it's about to do, which is, if they do

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<v Speaker 1>go along the path that the market has laid out,

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to have to break things ultimately, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>what the curve is really suggesting to us. I got

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<v Speaker 1>eight ways to go here, I'm going to go pro

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<v Speaker 1>on your right now, Sabadre. And that's of all the

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<v Speaker 1>different spreads, there's that one across all the yield curve.

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<v Speaker 1>The two years you go to three months, but let's

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<v Speaker 1>take the two years the former benchmark thirty year bond.

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<v Speaker 1>It isn't a place we literally haven't seen almost in

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<v Speaker 1>a lifetime two thousand. What is the importance of the

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<v Speaker 1>level of inversion of the two thirty spread? Absolutely the

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<v Speaker 1>five thirties a two thirty spread is Juliet levels we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen in two decades. So so to me, what

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<v Speaker 1>the message there is at the market ultimately, if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at ten years and beyond, is looking at the

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<v Speaker 1>potential for a meaningful slow down and growth and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps a hard landing, especially if the FED high strates

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<v Speaker 1>as aggressively as what's placed in the market. You're looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the term FED fund strate right now around four

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<v Speaker 1>and a half percent I mean that level was at

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<v Speaker 1>four percent or below just before the CPI print this week.

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<v Speaker 1>So the move and the repricing higher of the term

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<v Speaker 1>I fed fund strates quite dramatic in a very short

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<v Speaker 1>amount of time. So that would mean that there's a potential,

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<v Speaker 1>much higher potential for hard landing at LISA. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to tear up here what a control room we have?

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<v Speaker 1>Quantas in the crew they throw up a two thirty

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<v Speaker 1>spread chart. No one else in financial media does you

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<v Speaker 1>stop referring to our Australia to see there on radio.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just it's just active, definitely know he rejected be

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit ago. Let's get back to the bottom market.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's a safer place for us to sit

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<v Speaker 1>on maybe, although maybe not. The question is where do

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<v Speaker 1>we stop right and where do we stop not only

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<v Speaker 1>with twos but also with tens, given that people are

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<v Speaker 1>wondering are we going to break something? And what does

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<v Speaker 1>the post breakage look like? Are we still looking at

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<v Speaker 1>a higher inflation rate, at a higher uh real interest

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<v Speaker 1>rate in an era where we're not talking about zero

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<v Speaker 1>yields anymore? Yeah? I know I think that really at

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<v Speaker 1>this you know, next meeting, given how dramatically yields have risen.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be looking to hear from share Powell on what

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<v Speaker 1>they think that policy path is going to be. And

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<v Speaker 1>in my view, at least, I feel like the market

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<v Speaker 1>has gotten a little bit ahead of itself and and

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<v Speaker 1>Powell might have to thread the needle and try to

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<v Speaker 1>sort of talk the market away from the ledge, if

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<v Speaker 1>you will, Because yes, they do want to frontal rate heights.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes they do want to get to four percent and

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<v Speaker 1>a rush, but I think that they're going to take

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<v Speaker 1>a much more measured approach beyond four percent to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that they're not breaking things as they're raising. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's gonna be balancing act between what's happening on

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<v Speaker 1>the employment front. You know you you spoke about FedEx earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll be looking at a variety of metrics see what

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<v Speaker 1>the impact of high interest rates are on the broader economy.

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<v Speaker 1>They know that Monterrey policy acts with lags, so they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have to figure out what that lag is and

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<v Speaker 1>how to act now so that the Montrey policy transmission

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<v Speaker 1>is effective and doesn't break things over the longer run. Sabad,

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<v Speaker 1>does that mean the area they're buying too? Your bonds,

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<v Speaker 1>buying two your bonds, um, you know, not necessarily. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I think the FED is not going to be you know,

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<v Speaker 1>buying bonds anytime soon. I'm saying, sorry, excuse me. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just wondering whether it's a good opportunity, whether we basically

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<v Speaker 1>have seen a peak, if you're gonna expect a FED

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<v Speaker 1>to push back and give the market a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of ashore as that perhaps they've got ahead of themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Does this mean there's an opportunity and short term death, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there might be. The question is whether you want to

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<v Speaker 1>enter to that trade now, perhaps Legan, if you start

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<v Speaker 1>getting you know, closer to four percent and twoes, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll start looking very, very attractive. I think you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to see perhaps a little bit of a tactical steepening

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<v Speaker 1>between say the three year and the tenure part of

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<v Speaker 1>the curve. I'm still afraid to ted to year part

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<v Speaker 1>of the curve because it's it's peggy fat expectations that

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<v Speaker 1>has the potential to move higher. But I would say

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<v Speaker 1>tactically position for a three year ten year steepening makes

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<v Speaker 1>sense to me, at least over the short term, so

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<v Speaker 1>broad it's away from your Remit. When I'm going there,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a Friday, no one's listening or watching. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you do with the sixty forty allocations and bonds? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>come on, in this world where these rates have changed.

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<v Speaker 1>I look at the Bloomberg Total Return Index and sixty

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<v Speaker 1>forty is getting absolutely crushed. Absolutely. I think that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>all assets are very collated. Right now, you're seeing you know,

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<v Speaker 1>bond sell off, equity sell off, the daughter continue to tighten.

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<v Speaker 1>At some point when you've seen a significant move and

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<v Speaker 1>risky assets, you're the best place you want to be

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be in bonds because yields are looking very,

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<v Speaker 1>very attractive across the curve. You know, even in the

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<v Speaker 1>long end, even though yields haven't risen as much as

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<v Speaker 1>they've done in the very front end, you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>still see pretty consistent demand from mass and liability managers

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<v Speaker 1>and pension funds for the very long end. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think that that's sort of trade is here to stay,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's going to keep long and yields you know

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat you know, pegged, and you know it makes sense

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<v Speaker 1>because if you're looking at a much longer term horizon,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably want to be long bonds, especially at a

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<v Speaker 1>time when equities are performing very poorly. So Patra, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna leave it there, thank you, So Padra Jaffa there

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<v Speaker 1>of sock gem on the like market. Jose Antonio Ocounvo

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<v Speaker 1>joins us now Minister of Finance and Public Credit for

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<v Speaker 1>his Columbia or thrilled that he could join us this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so much to talk about, minister, but I have

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<v Speaker 1>to go larger. After reach back to stan Fisher in

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<v Speaker 1>do you, through the prism of Colombia economics and foreign exchange,

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<v Speaker 1>see anything like an international upset that we witnessed in

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<v Speaker 1>and frankly before that in well, thank you, I'm delighted

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<v Speaker 1>to be with you. Let me say on that that

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think the same kind of crisis. It was

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<v Speaker 1>very much an emerging market crisis. This is a global crisis, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>both the slowdown, particularly the inflation on the increasing interest rate,

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<v Speaker 1>which is affecting all very heavily, very importantly, Sir, I

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<v Speaker 1>look at the caps, the limitation of price increase. We

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<v Speaker 1>see it on India and their channel just with Rice.

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<v Speaker 1>Here in the United Kingdom we see it, and indeed

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<v Speaker 1>Colombia and others talk about it given a more global economy,

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<v Speaker 1>the speed of information, the transfer of finance can caps

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<v Speaker 1>be effective in two thousand twenty three. But let me

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<v Speaker 1>say that the major problem that we're getting from the

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<v Speaker 1>global economy is the inflation, but particularly defect it has

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<v Speaker 1>had on interest rates. So both domestic interest rates in

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<v Speaker 1>Colombia as well as the interest rate in in double

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<v Speaker 1>capital markets are very high, and that the major specifically effect.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, inflation is hard to fight due to the

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<v Speaker 1>international dimensions of inflation. So for a specific country, it

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<v Speaker 1>is very tough to to fight that inflation, which you

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<v Speaker 1>can say it's a supply inflation, right, and the man inflation.

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<v Speaker 1>Central banks are good at managing the man inflation. But

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<v Speaker 1>let's so in imagining supply inflation. There's a great concern

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<v Speaker 1>that when the FED hikes rates by as much as

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<v Speaker 1>the market is currently pricing administer that it will create

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<v Speaker 1>some real problems for the rest of the world. And

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder from your Columbia, whether you're taking a look

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<v Speaker 1>at the dollar market and saying we cannot raise money

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<v Speaker 1>in that right now at affordable rates? Is that really

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<v Speaker 1>the situation as you look at your financing needs looking out, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>private capital markets are very expensive for emerging economies today,

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<v Speaker 1>including the Fort Columbia. So for the time being, our

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<v Speaker 1>international financing is coming from multilatal development banks and official institutions.

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<v Speaker 1>But so far we have not gone this year into

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<v Speaker 1>the private capital markets. We hope things that normaliza, I

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<v Speaker 1>think in the near future, and we'll go back to

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<v Speaker 1>the market. We're expecting to raise about one half billion

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<v Speaker 1>dollars in the private capital markets next year. What does

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<v Speaker 1>it mean for things to stabilize, Minister? Does it mean

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<v Speaker 1>that the dollar stabilizes. Does it mean that the Fed

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<v Speaker 1>star ups raising rates. Does it mean that inflation stops accelerating.

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<v Speaker 1>But it really means that the the long term interest

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<v Speaker 1>rates of the US start to fall. They were falling

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<v Speaker 1>actually before the the recent announcement of the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>they would likely increase interest rates again in the next meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>But before that they were falling, and and also the

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<v Speaker 1>risk markets for emerging markets were also falling. But the

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<v Speaker 1>situation has changed again, but we helped the At one point,

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<v Speaker 1>when the inflation stabilizes in the United States, UH, the

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<v Speaker 1>interest rates of the US effectively long term interest rate,

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<v Speaker 1>which is irrelevant for for US to start to fall.

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<v Speaker 1>Dr Campo. You have been one of the great voices

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<v Speaker 1>of Columbia through time, and the stereotype in America is

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<v Speaker 1>of true civil unrest. In Colombia, you've moved beyond that

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<v Speaker 1>with a new government. In your participation as well, can

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<v Speaker 1>you describe the stability in Colombia and what it means

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<v Speaker 1>for your tourism. So many people have go on to

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<v Speaker 1>Cartoner and the rest of it. Describe the tourism future

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<v Speaker 1>for Colombia after decades of real unrest. Well, let me

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<v Speaker 1>say that the peace process that took place UH five

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<v Speaker 1>years ago has been fairly successful in in generating UH

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<v Speaker 1>peace in several parts of the country. The current government

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<v Speaker 1>is involved in UH in other negotiations that we hope

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<v Speaker 1>would be successful and and let's say they returned to

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<v Speaker 1>peace in many parts of the country. Has generated UH

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<v Speaker 1>effectively what you say, UH actually a boom of tourism.

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<v Speaker 1>We hope that it will come back when the what

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<v Speaker 1>economy is fully recovers, because the tourism in the world

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<v Speaker 1>is still a bit depressed. Let's say UH oh tho

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<v Speaker 1>it's recovering, and in Columbia, WILL would hope to have

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<v Speaker 1>a boom tourism and then step. We appreciate you time today.

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<v Speaker 1>It's lucky to catch up with you. We're lucky to

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<v Speaker 1>catch up with you. How's the antonio, I'll campo that

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<v Speaker 1>general equilibrium theory and in the middle of all that

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<v Speaker 1>is stochastic. And what that means is things are moving rapidly.

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<v Speaker 1>And Seth Carpenter's chief global economis at Morgan Stanley and

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<v Speaker 1>those decidedly it is a stochastic two thousand twenty two. Seth,

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<v Speaker 1>what is the process or path to get to calmer times,

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<v Speaker 1>a calmer economy and calmer markets. I think that prospect

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<v Speaker 1>will require a fair amount of luck. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>challenge here, especially you started off talking about the Fed.

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<v Speaker 1>They are feeling their way to how far they have

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<v Speaker 1>to raise the federal funds. Right. They want to be restrictive,

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<v Speaker 1>They want to get demand to slow down a lot

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<v Speaker 1>so that that underlying inflationary pressure starts to EBB. But

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<v Speaker 1>what they don't want to do is intentionally cause a

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<v Speaker 1>recession and one and getting to that point I think

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<v Speaker 1>will require a bit of luck. How do you respond

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<v Speaker 1>to the idea that the inflation impulse has a certain

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<v Speaker 1>effect on the public, but the jobless impulse has a

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<v Speaker 1>much greater effect. Oh, I think they're I think they're

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<v Speaker 1>both very very important. Clearly for people who have lost

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<v Speaker 1>their jobs, that's that's just very very difficult. And crimps

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<v Speaker 1>they're spending a great deal. We don't have in our

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<v Speaker 1>forecast any meaningful rise in in in layoffs. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>if you look at the last jobs report, that was

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<v Speaker 1>super strong and over three hundred thousands of so far,

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<v Speaker 1>that's been okay. Uh. The inflationary side of things, though,

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<v Speaker 1>very much hits the pocketbooks of everyday people. The rise

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<v Speaker 1>in gas prices that we saw a few months ago

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<v Speaker 1>was painful. That's starting to come off now. Think the

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<v Speaker 1>challenge for the FED then will be if gas prices

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<v Speaker 1>come down to people go back to spending more or

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<v Speaker 1>or have they been hit hard enough in the wall

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<v Speaker 1>in the pocketbook it seth We spend the whole of

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<v Speaker 1>summer trying to work out what the threshold would be

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<v Speaker 1>for a pivot, a pause, maybe even right cuts next year.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got right cuts out in. I just wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>is it about where you think this threshold is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be breached and the FETE starts cutting. So I

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<v Speaker 1>will I will just own up front the uncertainty here

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<v Speaker 1>is huge um of what we've been for many many years.

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<v Speaker 1>Lower for longer was what central banks are doing. Now

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<v Speaker 1>it is higher for longer. And again I think what

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<v Speaker 1>the FED is trying to do is feel their way

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<v Speaker 1>to where they can rain in the economy without actually

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<v Speaker 1>causing an outright recession. And that's the reason why they

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<v Speaker 1>go to what they call restrictive territory, but then not

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<v Speaker 1>so much that things actually crashed, and then hang out

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<v Speaker 1>there as the economy slows down. So that's what we

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<v Speaker 1>have as our baseline, is getting some traction and then

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<v Speaker 1>they just wait for things to slow down. John, I

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<v Speaker 1>just want to point out equity futures just moved to

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<v Speaker 1>new lows for the morning. And that's the story so far, Seth.

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<v Speaker 1>And the story many people are grappling with for participants

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<v Speaker 1>in markets at the moment is whether these are sufficiently

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<v Speaker 1>type financial conditions for this FED to achieve its objective.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think they are right now sufficiently tight? Very

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<v Speaker 1>hard to say. I will say one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>typically sensitive sectors is housing, and we have seen a

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<v Speaker 1>very strong roll over there in housing. On the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>consumer durable good spending is actually still holding up to

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<v Speaker 1>some degree, so it's not clear that things have actually

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<v Speaker 1>been yet. That said, you were talking about equities. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>my colleague Mike Wilson always points out that this probably

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<v Speaker 1>needs to be a lower and earnings projections, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that makes sense. If the economy is going to

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<v Speaker 1>slow down enough to get inflationary pressures under control, you

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<v Speaker 1>just have to expect earnings across the board to be

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<v Speaker 1>lower than they are now, and we're just not there yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I like your call for holding it at four percent

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<v Speaker 1>though for almost a year for the Fed funds rate,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wonder if people are underestimating the pain of

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<v Speaker 1>holding rates at a level like that, rather than just

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<v Speaker 1>missing the boat raising too far and then quickly cutting again,

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<v Speaker 1>which seems to be the projection in markets. I think

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<v Speaker 1>there probably is a bit of underestimation there. But I

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<v Speaker 1>suspect the even greater underestimation is is what happens if

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<v Speaker 1>getting hiking rates to four percent isn't enough. What happens

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<v Speaker 1>if they hike to four percent, wait there for a

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<v Speaker 1>quarter or two and the economy just proves to be

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<v Speaker 1>strong enough that demand is there and inflation doesn't come down,

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<v Speaker 1>then the Fed's just going to keep hiking, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that point that there's not really an upside economic

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<v Speaker 1>growth right now. It is either things slow down and

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<v Speaker 1>inflation comes under control, or they don't slow down and

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<v Speaker 1>the FED just hikes more until they do slow down.

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<v Speaker 1>John and Tom both make fun of me because at

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<v Speaker 1>four thirty pm on Thursdays I take a look at

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<v Speaker 1>the Fed's balance sheet to see where it is and

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's coming down as they promised quantitative tightening. Over

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<v Speaker 1>the past week, it actually rose. It became bigger, even

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<v Speaker 1>though they insensibly we're supposed to be accelerating quantitative tightening.

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<v Speaker 1>When do we start to feel the effects of this,

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<v Speaker 1>When does it start to matter for markets? That's a

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<v Speaker 1>great question, and you and I can can sort of

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<v Speaker 1>bond on Thursday afternoons. That was a big part of

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<v Speaker 1>my job at was in charge of the H four

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<v Speaker 1>one statistical release nerd alert. Um. Yeah. The challenge I

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<v Speaker 1>think with with getting QT to actually show up on

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<v Speaker 1>the balance sheet, and large part is, you know, some

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<v Speaker 1>of the way they're settling their mortgage back securities holdings

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<v Speaker 1>on a forward basis, and so it really hasn't shown up.

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<v Speaker 1>Just give it a couple more months. The treasuries are

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<v Speaker 1>coming off their balanty. Over time, the mortgage backed securities

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<v Speaker 1>will prepay and go away, but it does take a

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<v Speaker 1>long time. So if I look at the d X,

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<v Speaker 1>Y is a bundled Pacific rim thermometer. If you would

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<v Speaker 1>I look at Korean one unraveling through the week, help

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<v Speaker 1>us in the week and into the Asia morning. What

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<v Speaker 1>is the gamesmanship Morgan Stanley season, You've got Robbie Feldman

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<v Speaker 1>in Tokyo, who's iconic, But what is the gamesmanship you

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<v Speaker 1>see of the Bank of Japan and the Ministry of

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<v Speaker 1>Finance into their Monday morning our Sunday evening. Are we

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<v Speaker 1>close to action? That is a great question. So our

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<v Speaker 1>baseline view is no. Not from the Bank of Japan.

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<v Speaker 1>You have Governor Corona in place. His term is up

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<v Speaker 1>in the first half of next year. He has been

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<v Speaker 1>committed for so long to be easy with policy, to

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<v Speaker 1>try to get inflation up. Now it is working, clearly.

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<v Speaker 1>The end has gone on a on a tear, going

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<v Speaker 1>lower and lower and lower against the dollar um but

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<v Speaker 1>finally they're starting to get some traction with inflation. So

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<v Speaker 1>very importantly, what do you read and listen to from

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<v Speaker 1>Robbie Feldman? You have the advantage of Dr Feldman in Tokyo,

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<v Speaker 1>who's absolutely kind of on this. What is Robbie's twist

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<v Speaker 1>on this? No, Robbie is fantastic, and I think everybody

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<v Speaker 1>should get the opportunity to read his work. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the key really is here all about legacy and the

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<v Speaker 1>amount of time and effort that has been put into

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<v Speaker 1>this very easy policy to try to get inflation of

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<v Speaker 1>Japan has had lost decades plural now when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to the deflationary spiral, and I think there really is

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<v Speaker 1>a sense, at least with Governor Krota, that it's critical

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<v Speaker 1>to to stay the course to get inflation of Seth.

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<v Speaker 1>Can we just wrap things up with FedEx. It's such

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<v Speaker 1>a big story for everyone this morning, guess, arguably contributing

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<v Speaker 1>to some of the nervous that's around the equity market

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<v Speaker 1>as well. The stocks down almost in the pre market.

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<v Speaker 1>We all know this is not a small company. It

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<v Speaker 1>was something like a fifty sixty billion dollar company. It

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<v Speaker 1>won't be if we close here a little bit later, Seth.

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<v Speaker 1>They're talking about speed that things have slowed down really

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<v Speaker 1>really quickly. Is there anything that you look at on

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<v Speaker 1>your dashboard that would perhaps resonate with what FedEx rexperiencing.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you see anything like this? Well, I think one

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<v Speaker 1>of the key points with companies like fed X in

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<v Speaker 1>the shipping business is we did see this massive, massive

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<v Speaker 1>surge in good spending. Yesterday's retail sales report didn't really

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<v Speaker 1>make you feel like it has unwound completely yet, but

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<v Speaker 1>it does seem that at some point we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have to see that consumer pull back from as much

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<v Speaker 1>consumer spending as had been going on on physical goods,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's going to have ripple effects across the economy.

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<v Speaker 1>Two retailers, but also two companies that do a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of shipping. Seth comment of Morgus Stanley Seth. Thank you, Seth.

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