Warsh's Measurement Problem

Category: Macro & Portfolio Strategy

Published: 2026-06-03

How the Fed's switch to trimmed-mean PCE could reshape monetary policy, and where it breaks down.

Read the full Icarus Asia research note at https://icarusasia.com/research/warsh-measurement.

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