Max from @UNFTR breaks down the Supreme Court decision striking down Trump’s tariffs and the administration’s response. This edition of Macro Take also digs into a slew of catastrophic economic data releases that piled up over the week from inflation and jobs to slowing GDP and flashing red lights in the financial markets.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction
01:09 – Tariff Ruling
09:14 – Inflation Data
11:30 – Jobs Report
14:30 – Q4 GDP
18:12 – Repo Stress
22:59 – TIC Data
25:24 – Closing Thoughts

EPISODE RESOURCES
Trade
https://www.bea.gov/news/2026/us-international-trade-goods-and-services-december-and-annual-2025
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html
Initial Jobless Claims
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf
Trump Inheritance
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2021/10/11/its-official-trump-would-be-richer-if-he-had-just-invested-his-inheritance-into-the-sp500/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
Repo Markets
https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/repo
TIC Data
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0396
GDP
https://www.bea.gov/news/2026/gdp-advance-estimate-4th-quarter-and-year-2025

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