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Robin Brooks

Economist and Brookings Institution senior fellow who comments on currency markets, central bank policy, and global macro trends via Substack and social media.

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Current stories

investConfirmed13 publishers

Crypto liquidations hit $948 million as Bitcoin dips under $80,000 after hot PPI data, 90.6% of them longs

Bitcoin dropped below $80,000 on Thursday after September PPI came in at 6.3% annually, a day after a hot CPI report. CoinGlass counted $948.22 million of liquidations, 90.6% of them longs, and Nexo says US spot ETF holders are back underwater.

Perspective Coverage

13 publishers
Builder
Builder 1%
Operator
Operator 35%
Investor
Investor 64%

Reality

Evidence66
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence68
investOne report1 publisher

Galbraith reads the global bond rout as a forecast of Fed hikes

James Galbraith says long yields are the current short rate plus the expected path of short rates and very little else, so the bond rout is a hike forecast, and because one-and-done is rare the smallest sequence worth pricing is 50 basis points.

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+28
Incentives58
Confidence38
investOne report1 publisher

Yardeni sees 10-year yield settling in 4%-5% range consistent with a healthy economy

Robin Brooks says a month of soft activity data failed to pull long yields down, and reads that as thin demand for Treasury paper. Scott Bessent is doubling debt buybacks rather than waiting for the data to help.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives55
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Five sovereign bond markets moved as one, and duration became the position to re-check

A synchronized surge to two-decade-high yields has made the term premium, rather than AI concentration, the exposure worth re-examining this quarter.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+24
Incentives58
Confidence36
investOne report1 publisher

Seven yen, then a giveback: Washington and Tokyo bought time, not a fix

The first joint US-Japan yen intervention in three decades moved the rate about seven yen and handed much of it back, leaving the carry trade as the live risk.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+32
Incentives55
Confidence44