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In a midyear assessment, we look at the current situation from the angles of inflation and labor, Federal Reserve activity, key benchmarks, and risk indicators and the funding environment.

Behavioral economics describes how human error can upend statistical or logical expectations. This may have serious implications for the Fed’s efforts to control inflation.

Capital markets are fueled by translating data into perception, and narratives have always been important in shaping this process. The question today is whether the Fed is losing control over the inflation narrative.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon recently warned of a coming economic storm. There are specific actions you can take to brace your organization against what might be a tropical storm or a Category 5 hurricane.

With increasing turbulence in the markets, different parts of the capital structure playbook may need to change. Funding channels, return on risk, and credit-liquidity cost are all topics to watch.

As the operating, financing, and investing activities of every health system face significant headwinds, it will be important to continuously reassess what type of external capital you should access and how you should access it.

The market environment remains challenging given sharply higher benchmark rates and continued uncertainty around credit spreads. Transactions are moving through the process but each one...

The current Treasury yield curve seems to be communicating that we have both a “short-term” inflation problem and a long-term growth concern.

Risk appetites and risk pricing are recalibrating in response to macroeconomic, geopolitical factors and changes in Fed policy. Eric Jordahl offers three observations from the early days of the risk recalibration journey.

Financial markets are reacting to a whirlwind of competing pressures: COVID-19, inflation, and a war in Europe. Learn more about the emerging issues and opportunities for hospitals during a complex market moment.

As organizations consider how to respond to rising rates, one option is introducing capital structure risk: using floating rate products, put bonds, or other structures that move debt to a lower cost point on the yield curve in exchange for assuming risk.