Economist (US Macro), RDQ Economics

Conrad DeQuadros

Economist (US Macro)

RDQ Economics

RDQ Economics provides global macroeconomic consulting services with an emphasis on U.S. economic fundamentals and monetary policy.  
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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.
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The founders of RDQ Economics—John Ryding and Conrad DeQuadros—worked together on Wall Street for a decade, in the independent research space for nine years, and have experience in central banking at the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England.  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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<p>In the last week there has been commentary and media articles questioning why the Fed would hike rates on Wednesday given the latest U.S. jobs and inflation data.  Resistance to a further small step to normalize monetary policy is unsurprising to us given that taking away the punch bowl is rarely popular.  When former Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin used the <a href="https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/scribd/?item_id=7800&amp;filepath=/files/docs/historical/martin/martin55_1019.pdf" target="_blank">punch bowl analogy in 1955</a>, he also said “Those who have the task of making such policy don’t expect you to applaud.”  Previously in…</p>

In the last week there has been commentary and media articles questioning why the Fed would hike rates on Wednesday given the latest U.S. jobs and inflation data.  Resistance to a further small step to normalize monetary policy is unsurprising to us given that taking away the punch bowl is rarely popular.  When former Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin used the punch bowl analogy in 1955, he also said “Those who have the task of making such policy don’t expect you to applaud.”  Previously in…

Doubts About the Appropriateness of a Fed Rate Hike Next Week Are Misplaced

US Treasury (10 Yr Generic)

Doubts About the Appropriateness of a Fed Rate Hike Next Week Are Misplaced