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We find ourselves in a bit of a kerfuffle. The real estate market is showing strain, and businesses feel constrained by higher interest rates. Trump appears primed for an assault on the Federal Reserve.

We’ll admit it—some of us have been slow to fully grasp the contours of Trump’s economic policy decisions. But by now the playbook is clear: deregulation, friction with the judiciary, and policy decisions that sometimes seem aimed more at headlines than viable solutions.

We’ll admit it—some of us have been slow to fully grasp the contours of Trump’s economic policy decisions. But by now the playbook is clear: deregulation, friction with the judiciary, and policy decisions that sometimes seem aimed more at headlines than viable solutions.

We’ll admit it—some of us have been slow to fully grasp the contours of Trump’s economic policy decisions. But by now the playbook is clear: deregulation, friction with the judiciary, and policy decisions that sometimes seem aimed more at headlines than viable solutions.