Macroeconomic Insights: Iran’s Oil Shock Fuels Inflation

It’s been more than 2 weeks since the US-Israel joint combat mission against Iran began and the conflict doesn’t look like its going to end any time soon. Iran is doing everything it can to resist U.S.–Israeli forces, including using military force and causing...

Macroeconomic Insights: Energy Price Pass-Through to Inflation

Brent crude has surged from ~$70 to above $100 following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz (Figure 1). Dutch TTF natural gas has jumped from the low $30s to above $55/MWh in a parallel move (Figure 2). Contemporaneous (0) and...

Macroeconomic Insights: Trump’s Tariff War – The Sequel

On Feb 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump) that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the U.S. President to impose tariffs, a power the Constitution assigns to Congress. Between our Feb 20,...

Macroeconomic Insights: Gold’s New Inflation Playbook

Gold has stopped trading as a clean derivative of US real yields and now reflects a broader external pricing regime. Since 2022, the real-yield anchor has weakened, gold has lined up more consistently with broad-dollar moves, and episodes of dollar tightening have...
TradeTech FX USA 2026

TradeTech FX USA 2026

Over recent years, the finance community in Miami has grown, given that a number of hedge funds have opened up large offices there. Every February, the FX community from New York, and from other parts of the world meets in Miami at the TradeTech FX USA conference....