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Mar 2025
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The Other Policy Choices That Matter

MORGAN STANLEY
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While tariffs continue to dominate headlines, our Global Head of Fixed Income Research and Public Policy Strategy Michael Zezas suggests investors should also focus on the sectoral impacts of additional U.S. policy choices. 
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