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Feb 2023
57m 19s

Recession, Soft Landing or Higher For Lo...

Alfonso Peccatiello & Brent Donnelly
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On today's episode of The Macro Trading Floor, Andreas and Alfonso welcome Kevin Flanagan Head of Fixed Income Strategy at WisdomTree for a discussion on everything happening in global bond markets. Since 2022, the consensus has flip flopped from recession, to soft landing as markets have rallied, the labor market has remained strong, credit has be ... Show More
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