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  • Economics Weekly: Wobbles in Private Debt Market

    One topic we have increasingly been receiving questions on over the last few weeks has been private credit, and in this Economics Weekly, we address concerns about whether recent emerging issues in the space pose a systemic threat to the banking system and the wider economy.

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  • Economics Weekly: Inflation Regime Shifts and the Return of Quality GARP Investing

    In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal lays out the details of what we think this new inflation regime will mean for investors.

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  • Economics Weekly: Iran, Energy, and the New Rules of Global Power

    In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal lays out our view of the conflict, how this fits into the global geopolitical framework, and what this might mean for financial markets.

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  • Monthly Macro: AI Anxiety, Software Selloffs, and the Search for Winners

    In this episode of Monthly Macro, macro analyst Richard de Chazal and William Blair’s co-head of technology, media, and communications research, Jason Ader, unpack the sharp selloff in software stocks and the growing fear around AI-driven disruption.

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  • Economics Weekly: Modern Day Engels’ Pause Is Not the Inevitable Outcome of AI

    In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal constructs a few scenarios around the current AI revolution and why we should not view that outcome as an unfortunate accident, but rather as a result of the decisions we make today.

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  • Economics Weekly: The Industrial Rotation

    In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal looks at what the financial market and real economic data are telling us about the durability of the rotation toward industrials as well as where this recovery could hit major roadblocks.

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  • Economics Weekly: A Look Ahead at the 2026 Midterms

    In this Economics Weekly, we examine the key issues shaping voters’ views as the November midterm elections approach, assess which parties are most likely to control the House and Senate, and consider the potential ramifications for the remainder of the Trump presidency.

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