Money Markets - May 2024

Inflation, interest and interventions.

“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”
- Roger Bannister

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Macro

The past week brought mixed economic signals and another challenging situation for Wall Street traders attempting to anticipate the Federal Reserve’s data-dependent actions. After pulling money out of credit and crypto on inflation fears while easing up on stocks, bears just took a hit as the S&P 500 and Treasuries notched their first in-tandem weekly gain in a month.