The Julia La Roche Show · Saturday, August 8, 2026
Chris Whalen anticipates the Federal Reserve will lower short-term interest rates as a form of quantitative easing, despite upward pressure on long-term yields from the bond market. He believes this strategy will be accompanied by the Treasury's actions to push down short-term rates.
“So, what I have told our subscribers is that I think the short end of the yield curve is going to go down. The Treasury is going to engage in some of its own quantitative easing by pushing down short-term rates.”
“And then the bond market is taking long-term yields up. And by the way, gold and silver, both rebounded strongly last week because we're now worried about fiscal issues again, right?”