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.

FX & Rates

<p>G7 monetary winds began to shift with the Fed’s December 2013 tapering of its bond purchases.  This was followed by additional Fed actions and moves by other major central banks: the Fed has delivered four quarter-point rate hikes since December 2015 and launched a very gradual wind down of its balance sheet this month, the Bank of Canada raised rates in September, and the Bank of England has guided toward a rate hike at its November 2 MPC meeting.  Even the Bank of Japan has slowed the…</p>

G7 monetary winds began to shift with the Fed’s December 2013 tapering of its bond purchases.  This was followed by additional Fed actions and moves by other major central banks: the Fed has delivered four quarter-point rate hikes since December 2015 and launched a very gradual wind down of its balance sheet this month, the Bank of Canada raised rates in September, and the Bank of England has guided toward a rate hike at its November 2 MPC meeting.  Even the Bank of Japan has slowed the…

ECB Belatedly Joining The Shifting Monetary Winds

Euro

ECB Belatedly Joining The Shifting Monetary Winds