President Biden Points to the Wrong Curve

President Biden Points to the Wrong Curve
President Joe Biden speaks about inflation and the economy in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington on May 10, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) reported that its purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for the U.S. manufacturing sector rebounded slightly in May 2022 from April, rising to 56.1 from 55.4. These are still relatively low numbers, particularly for an economy that is supposed to be robustly booming, comparable to the global downturn in 2019.

Jeffrey Snider
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Jeff Snider is Chief Strategist for Atlas Financial and co-host of the popular Eurodollar University podcast. Jeff is one of the foremost experts on the global monetary system, specifically the Eurodollar reserve currency system and its grossly misunderstood intricacies and inner workings, in particular repo/securities lending markets.
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