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Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Election 2020: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
While voting in the seemingly endless 2020 election is finally over, it was clear by President Donald Trump’s early morning East Room speech that there is still a whole lot of electioneering going on.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise despite surging virus cases
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Longer U.S. Treasury rates rose last week, while shorter maturities were unchanged or slightly lower. Market expectations for growth and inflation have been rising on hopes of a large stimulus package early next year.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
One Week Out, Comparing 2016 To 2020
On Nov. 6, 2016, two days before the last presidential election, Politico reporter Katelyn Fossett outlined the 16 worst political predictions of that year.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise amid support for risk assets
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U.S. Treasury rates closed higher last week, led by longer maturities. A constructive market tone lifted rates and supported risk assets. Prospects for additional fiscal stimulus prior to the U.S. election dimmed, but rates rose nonetheless as the yield curve steepened.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Ballot Initiatives: Buyer Beware
While early voting lines might be much longer this year (multiple news outlets reported massive waits in Florida on Monday, for example, where it was the first day of early voting), voters’ actual ballots could be much shorter.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields fall due to rising coronavirus cases and stalled stimulus
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U.S. Treasury yields declined across the yield curve last week, led by longer maturities. Markets are concerned about rising COVID-19 case counts in the U.S. and Europe, stalemated U.S. fiscal stimulus negotiations and the pausing of several coronavirus drug and vaccine trials.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
The Fate of the Filibuster
The hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett have almost concluded and it is likely the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve her nomination later today.