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Still-high core inflation points to the Fed resuming raising rates in December.

Outpacing the earlier take-up of the internet, US business adoption of AI is booming, propelled by rapidly falling token prices.

Treasury buybacks face structural limits as Scott Bessent battles sticky inflation, robust economic growth, and market realities.

Adam Grotzinger says core inflation should be contained and rates on hold, and that's created opportunities across credit markets.

Tech prices having swung from consistently falling over recent decades to posting large gains, although non-tech inflation is also high.

Tariff revenue - which pays for most of the US government's tax cuts - is running behind forecasts in the near term.

AI will boost productivity, but the question is can companies will make an adequate return on their investment to justify lofty valuations.

Upside risks to global inflation from the energy shock have abated, but US inflation is still too high, pointing to higher interest rates.

The tech sector has accounted for the bulk of recent US economic growth, pointing to a speed limit for growth of about 2½%.

The Fed now narrowly expects one rate hike this year. Policy rules point to a peak in the funds rate of about 4½% (previously around 4%).