Jason Purcell joins Bob to discuss his historical analysis of yield curves (in both UK and US) going back to the 1870s, which shows that central banks do indeed manipulate short-term interest rates.
Jason Purcell
Jason is an associate in the capital markets division of a major non-bank financial institution. His team is responsible for managing several hundred billion dollars of positions in Financial Derivatives, Fixed Income, and Repurchase Agreements. He’s also a former professional Irish Dancer and occasionally posts that type of material online.
His analysis on financial markets and macroeconomics can be found on Twitter and Substack. He has a podcast series breaking down the history of global reserve currencies on the Monica Perez Show, which can be found at jpurcell.me.
