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New Macro; Gold, Stocks & Debt

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The new macro features real assets over paper/digital assets

I have harped upon the symbolic picture of the new macro since 2022. That was the year that the trend in long-term Treasury bond yields was broken in a fierce rebellion by a bond market that had enough of the previous decades of monetary and fiscal chicanery.

It’s over folks. What was – a disinflationary continuum in declining yields permitting the Fed and government alike to print/bailout/inflate at will – no longer is. Period.

Line graph depicting the 30-Year US Treasury Yield Index with annotations highlighting key economic events and figures, including monthly exponential moving averages and a commentary on inflation trends.
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