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Chief Economist (US), RDQ Economics

John Ryding

Chief Economist (US)

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>Fed Chairman Jay Powell presents his semiannual monetary policy testimony before the Senate on Tuesday February 26 and the House on Wednesday February 27.  Fed policy has taken a marked dovish turn between December 19 and January 30 in changes to both forward guidance and the outlook for the balance sheet yet the Fed's central forecast of solid growth, strong employment gains, and price inflation near target has not changed.  We offer three questions that we would ask the Mr Powell if we could and our thoughts on why these questions are important.  We suspect that the bond market, which is leaning in the direction that the Fed eases later in 2019, has been set up for a fall.</p>

Fed Chairman Jay Powell presents his semiannual monetary policy testimony before the Senate on Tuesday February 26 and the House on Wednesday February 27.  Fed policy has taken a marked dovish turn between December 19 and January 30 in changes to both forward guidance and the outlook for the balance sheet yet the Fed's central forecast of solid growth, strong employment gains, and price inflation near target has not changed.  We offer three questions that we would ask the Mr Powell if we could and our thoughts on why these questions are important.  We suspect that the bond market, which is leaning in the direction that the Fed eases later in 2019, has been set up for a fall.

Three Questions for Chairman Powell on Monetary Policy

US Treasury (10 Yr Generic)

Three Questions for Chairman Powell on Monetary Policy