Economist (US Macro), RDQ Economics

Conrad DeQuadros

Economist (US Macro)

RDQ Economics

RDQ Economics provides global macroeconomic consulting services with an emphasis on U.S. economic fundamentals and monetary policy.  
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Our views are driven by consistent application of classical economic and monetary principles and has generated superior anticipation of changes in the stance of monetary policy and of movements in economic growth and inflation.
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The founders of RDQ Economics—John Ryding and Conrad DeQuadros—worked together on Wall Street for a decade, in the independent research space for nine years, and have experience in central banking at the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England.  John and Conrad have worked closely with fixed income, foreign exchange, and equity traders and portfolio managers, which has enabled their analysis and advice to be tailored to a clientele that is focused on trading and investment decisions.

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<p>This week brought both positive and negative signals on U.S. economic policy.  On the positive side, the shift to a less economist-centric Fed Board of Governors appears to have led to an improvement in monetary policy communications.  For example, Fed Governor Quarles—after saying last week that “a deviation from our target of a few tenths of 1 percentage point, especially one I expect to fade, does not cause me great concern”—said at an economic policy conference this week that recent…</p>

This week brought both positive and negative signals on U.S. economic policy.  On the positive side, the shift to a less economist-centric Fed Board of Governors appears to have led to an improvement in monetary policy communications.  For example, Fed Governor Quarles—after saying last week that “a deviation from our target of a few tenths of 1 percentage point, especially one I expect to fade, does not cause me great concern”—said at an economic policy conference this week that recent…

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