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Can the Fed Pull Off a Soft Landing?

The yield curve is inverted, implying an imminent recession, but the stock market is at or near record highs. What can we make of these contradictory signals?

A Mixed Outlook? The Banking Sector and Its Three Key Drivers

To understand the mid- to long-term outlook for the banking sector, we need to understand the key drivers at work in the industry today.

Project Finance: Beware Interest Rate Miscalculations

To navigate the storms of interest rate variability, we need foresight and flexibility.

Splitting the Risk: How to Manage Interest Rate Risk in Project Finance

How can the two primary stakeholders in project finance best allocate interest rate risk?

Will They, or Won’t They? The Risk of Betting on the Fed

Recent market volatility has been driven by speculation about what the Fed will do next.

Strong or Volcker? The Fed and Global Financial Stability

The impact of Fed policy on the global financial system is yet another feature of the COVID-19 pandemic that caught investors off guard.

Powell Prescribes More Economic Pain: Three Financial History Lessons Support His Diagnosis

“The first lesson is that central banks can and should take responsibility for delivering low and stable inflation,”

Economic Value of Equity (EVE): Protection from Rising Interest Rates

Economic value of equity (EVE) can help determine how well a company can weather interest rate hikes.

Book Review: The Price of Time

Almost unique among serious finance books, Edward Chancellor’s The Price of Time serves well as bedtime reading.