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Of the 186 claims in Economy with evidence either way, 91% held up.
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Rebalancing rules must account for the heightened volatility of digital assets.
Cryptocurrency-specific stress testing must be embedded in risk models.
Every allocation must include a planned exit strategy.
Reason Foundation published a study finding digital assets to be a promising but high-risk asset class.
Digital assets is used as an umbrella term for blockchain-based technologies that enable secure transferable digital ownership.
Bitcoin is the first and most widely adopted digital asset.
Enhanced due diligence is required for custody audit quality counterparty risk and regulatory compliance.
Public pension systems have shown increased interest in investing in digital assets such as Bitcoin Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies.
Inflation surged in June amid tariffs
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June compared to a year ago
Financial markets will not be watching how this person votes
Doubling of tariffs will add to another increase in prices squeeze profit margins and mean cost-cutting or layoffs
Tariffs historically tend to be one and done a bump-up and one time increase in price levels
It is possible that we could be in a recession and not even know it
U S economy entered recession in January of 2008
Inflation is expected to pick up to about 3.5 percent by year-end
50000 to 80000 jobs is all we need each month to keep unemployment rate stable
Share of long-term unemployed has picked up
Labor market is starting to show some fault lines and stagnating
U.S. import duties are soaring to highest levels in nearly a century
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Some price increases stemmed from tariffs other factors like housing and food costs played a larger role
June inflation highest since February Trump's tariffs increased prices
Prices are rising because of tariffs
Risk is that investors begin to doubt United States will pay back its debts and start demanding higher interest rates
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Country is still on track to borrow an alarming amount of money in coming years
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