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I look forward to these every Friday!!

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NICE !

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Brent has best commentary on markets for a weekend preparation for the week ahead, having read Brent’s excellent books, the amfx newsletter and the Friday speed run, altogether is like being mentored and coached by Brent, thanks Brent 🤜🤛

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thku !!!

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To Cathie and the jelly beans!

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I think debt service cost as % of tax revenue is mote relevant

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Good point I’ll run that and see how it looks thanks !

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Great stuff. Thank you.

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Love how balanced you are about the US fiscal situation Brent; I've just finished reading 'The Creature from Jeckyll Island', so it feels refreshing.

A lot of broken head & shoulder necklines on US indices, Just NASDAQ left to break.

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Ok, now that I've collected my 8 karmic jelly beans, it's time to give something back, no matter how uninteresting: I didn't know about the CZ fake tweet, but what gave it away for me is that it's written in correct English (ok, maybe just missing a period). ;-) Thanks for my favorite weekly digest!

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These doomsday people are difficult to avoid because it sounds often more intuitive.

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Interesting, I often watch out for the positives, especially in the political realm. However, in economics I have a first–best solution in mind, whereas the feasible solution often falls short, and, is at best a third–best solution with clear welfare losses. But still, in trading certain outcomes are honored that are clearly not holistically maximizing welfare gains for the longterm.

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Same here!

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I think debt service cost as % of tax revenue is mote relevant

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Using GDP to compare interest payments is universal and allows for easy cross-country comparisons. Contrasting interest payments with revenues offers a clearer view of a country's fiscal sustainability.

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