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John Ryding

Weekly Macro Brief: Tax Reform, Hard vs. Soft Data, Capex Pickup

​In this week's Macro Brief we discuss the outlook for tax reform given the looming vote on health care. We refute the notion that only soft data (confidence measures, etc.) have shown improvement in recent months. Our chart of the week illustrates that capital goods shipments are tracking business capital spending expectations higher.

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RDQ Economics
RDQ Economics

RDQ Economics provides global macroeconomic consulting services with an emphasis on U.S. economic fundamentals and monetary policy.

Our views are driven by consistent application of classical economic and monetary principles and has generated superior anticipation of changes in the stance of monetary policy and of movements in economic growth and inflation.

The founders of RDQ Economics, John Ryding and Conrad DeQuadros, have a combined experience of 26 years on Wall Street, 12 years of experience in central banking at the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and nine years in the independent research space. John and Conrad have worked closely with fixed income, foreign exchange, and equity traders and portfolio managers, which has enabled their analysis and advice to be tailored to a clientele that is focused on trading and investment decisions.

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John Ryding

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