# Macro

Rates, inflation, debt cycles, currencies and the weekly economic calendar, with the positioning that actually follows from the data.

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The weather system every position sits inside. Central bank policy, the path of rates, inflation mechanics, sovereign debt, currencies, and the weekly economic calendar with the positioning that follows from it.

Corresponding Live Trading News centre: https://www.livetradingnews.com/center/macro

## Essays on this desk

- [Weekly Market Outlook: Fed Minutes, Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs, Gold, Bitcoin, FX](https://www.livetradingnews.com/weekly-market-outlook-fed-minutes-anthropic-and-openai-ipos-gold-bitcoin-fx) — 2026-10-05
- [The Week the Discount Rate Gets a Vote](https://www.livetradingnews.com/the-week-the-discount-rate-gets-a-vote) — 2026-09-28
- [Wall Street Week Ahead: Rates, Oil, AI, Quantum, Defense, Metals and Bitcoin](https://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-street-week-ahead-rates-oil-ai-quantum-defense-metals-and-bitcoin) — 2026-09-21
- [Earnings, the Economic Calendar and Trading Strategies: September 8 to 12, 2026](https://www.livetradingnews.com/earnings-the-economic-calendar-and-trading-strategies-september-8-to-12-2026) — 2026-09-08
- [Weekly Market Outlook: Gold, Bitcoin, Oil, Silver and the AI Quantum Cycle](https://www.livetradingnews.com/weekly-market-outlook-gold-bitcoin-oil-silver-and-the-ai-quantum-cycle) — 2026-08-31
- [Economic Calendar Trading Strategy](https://www.livetradingnews.com/monday-research-a-33percent-core-a-527percent-long-bond-and-nvidia-on-wednesday) — 2026-08-23
- [Grading the AI Trade in Public: 30 Days of the KXCO Ontology](https://www.livetradingnews.com/grading-the-ai-trade-in-public-30-days-of-the-kxco-ontology) — 2026-08-22
- [Economic Calendar and Trading Strategy This Week: August 17 to 21, 2026](https://www.livetradingnews.com/economic-calendar-and-trading-strategy-this-week-august-17-to-21-2026) — 2026-08-16
- [Economic Calendar and Trading Strategy This Week](https://www.livetradingnews.com/economic-calendar-and-trading-strategy-this-week) — 2026-08-09
- [KXCO's Top 5 AI Sector Picks Right Now, and Where the Value Still Sits](https://www.livetradingnews.com/kxco-s-top-5-ai-sector-picks-right-now-and-the-three-week-scorecard-on-the-last-) — 2026-08-05
- [The AI-Quantum Convergence Hits Critical Mass](https://www.livetradingnews.com/the-ai-quantum-convergence-hits-critical-mass) — 2026-08-03
- [GLOBAL MACRO & MULTI-ASSET WEEKLY OUTLOOK](https://www.livetradingnews.com/global-macro-and-multi-asset-weekly-outlook) — 2026-08-02
- [Big Tech Earnings, the Fed and $100 Oil. Trading Strategies for Every Sector](https://www.livetradingnews.com/week-ahead-big-tech-earnings-the-fed-and-dollar100-oil-trading-strategies-for-ev) — 2026-07-27
- [Economic Calendar and Trading Strategies for the Week Ahead: July 20–24, 2026](https://www.livetradingnews.com/economic-calendar-and-trading-strategies-for-the-week-ahead-july-20-24-2026) — 2026-07-20
- [Earnings Season Kicks Off](https://www.livetradingnews.com/earnings-season-kicks-off) — 2026-07-14
- [Economic Calendar and Trading Strategies for the Week Ahead: July 14–18, 2026](https://www.livetradingnews.com/economic-calendar-and-trading-strategies-for-the-week-ahead-july-14-18-2026) — 2026-07-12
- [Economic Calendar and Trading Strategies for July 7–11, 2026](https://www.livetradingnews.com/the-week-ahead-economic-calendar-and-trading-strategies-for-july-7-11-2026) — 2026-07-06
- [Economic Calendar and Trading Strategies](https://www.livetradingnews.com/economic-calendar-and-trading-strategies) — 2026-06-29
- [Is the Iran War Back?](https://www.livetradingnews.com/is-the-iran-war-back) — 2026-06-27
- [Time to Buy Gold and Bitcoin](https://www.livetradingnews.com/time-to-buy-gold-and-bitcoin) — 2026-06-25
- [Wall Street Outlook: Stocks, AI, Oil and Bitcoin (June 22-26)](https://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-street-outlook-the-week-ahead-for-stocks-ai-oil-and-bitcoin-june-22-26) — 2026-06-21
- [5 Stocks to Buy as Rate Fears Return](https://www.livetradingnews.com/5-stocks-to-buy-as-rate-fears-return) — 2026-06-19
- [Oil Prices, Donald Trump and Iran](https://www.livetradingnews.com/oil-prices-donald-trump-and-iran) — 2026-06-15
- [Hong Kong’s Tech Resurgence](https://www.livetradingnews.com/hong-kongs-tech-resurgence) — 2026-06-15

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