PART 01: Jay Powell has been nominated by President Biden to serve another term as the Federal Reserve chair. Though his nomination has not even been heard by the US Congress, another group of people has already passed judgement on the second term: the bond market (and they say it'll be a failure!).

PART 02: The Federal Reserve, and other central banks, buy tremendous amounts of government securities and this should impact bond prices. Should, but doesn't. That's because there's an even more powerful force than the Fed, the bond market itself. We review the 2007-19 evidence.

PART 03: The nominal value of Chinese imports of iron ore, German exports and Japanese exports all look pretty, pretty good. But the unit volume is pretty, pretty awful. There are fewer units being utilized! This is an economic warning that is presently hidden behind hire prices (value = unit * price).

----EP. 168 REFERENCES----
#continuity The Least Useful Person: https://bit.ly/3r4k8VN
Sorry Jay, Curve(s) #continuity Is Not A Good Thing: https://bit.ly/3DP5XYn
No, The Fed Does *Not* Rig The Bond Market And It Only Takes Five Seconds To Debunk This Myth: https://bit.ly/3CLJMRu
How the Fed Rigs the Bond Market: https://on.wsj.com/3p0eC3V
The ‘Growth Scare’ Keeps Growing Out Of The Macro (Money) Illusion: https://bit.ly/3cM2j5t
Alhambra Investments Blog: https://bit.ly/2VIC2wWlin
RealClear Markets Essays: https://bit.ly/38tL5a7

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Jeff Snider, Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investments. Illustrations by David Parkins, myth maker. Audio and video editor, The Terence. Logo design by pixelist Lisa Jiang. Master of ceremonies, Emil Kalinowski. Podcast intro/outro is "Turquoise Waves" by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist found at Epidemic Sound.

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