Macro / Misc.


June 5, 2025

(CRCL) Stablecoin Legislation Update

By Joe Lieber

In light of the successful—at least so far— Circle Internet Group (CRCL) IPO today, we wanted to offer an update on stablecoin legislation (S. 394, the GENIUS Act), which benefits CRCL and which we believe…

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June 2, 2025

Capitol Policy Weekly-June 2-6: Reconciliation, Stablecoins, Trade, Russian Sanctions, FY26 Spending Kicks Off and Rescissions

By Joe Lieber

Congress returns this week after its weeklong Memorial Day recess, and the Senate will work on the House-passed reconciliation bill in earnest behind the scenes while the stablecoin legislation, the GENIUS Act, will probably reach…

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May 29, 2025

Trade Update: What’s Next after Reciprocal Tariffs?

By Joe Lieber

We have the following thoughts about the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruling against President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement the reciprocal tariffs and how it might…

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May 28, 2025

T-Bill Demand, Credit Card Regulation and Stablecoins

By Joe Lieber

 We continue to believe that stablecoin legislation, known as the GENIUS Act (S. 1582) in the Senate, is likely to pass in that chamber in the next couple of weeks, creating a regulatory framework for…

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May 23, 2025

Trade Update: EU, Apple, Japan and Sectoral Tariffs

By Joe Lieber

Given Trump’s trade pronouncement on the EU and Apple (AAPL) today, we want to provide an update on trade and tariffs. We see a real potential for EU tariffs to go into effect at least…

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May 19, 2025

Capitol Policy Weekly –May 19-23: Reconciliation, U.S. Debt Downgrade, and Trade

By Joe Lieber

We think Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is likely to pull off passing the reconciliation / tax bill this week before Congress goes out on its Memorial Day recess, though getting there is going to take…

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May 13, 2025

Reconciliation Bill Moving Forward: House Business Tax Provisions

By Joe Lieber

We continue to assign high odds that the reconciliation / tax bill will pass by late July / early August. The bill included many corporate and individual tax provisions. We focus on the corporate provisions…

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May 13, 2025

Trade Update: Reciprocal Tariffs in the Courts

By Joe Lieber

We continue to believe that President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs face a real risk from the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) case, V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, which will be heard today. In what might…

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May 12, 2025

Capitol Policy Weekly—May 12 through May 16: Reconciliation, Medicare MFN, and Trade

By Joe Lieber

This week is an important week for the reconciliation / tax bill as three important committees plan to mark up their versions of the bill. In addition, President Trump is scheduled to sign an executive…

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May 8, 2025

Trade Update: China Trade Talks, Reciprocal Tariffs and Semiconductors

By Joe Lieber

On the heels of the UK trade deal announced this morning, we have the following updates on: China trade talks; The U.S. Court of International Trade reciprocal trade case; and Potential semiconductor tariffs. On trade…

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