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Christopher HODGE

US September Macro Trip Report

Last week US Chief Economist Christopher Hodge and Head of US Rates Strategy John Briggs visited clients in Europe and the UK. In this piece we review the most common questions we received and present them in a Q&A format, with our answers to these questions included.

03/10/2025 1 EN

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RATES Weekly : US shutdown and Dutch pension funds

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