The growing sense in Washington is that the latest government funding fight between Republicans and Democrats is shaping up differently.
The possibility of a renewed inflation surge—something that most of Wall Street views a fringe risk—is firmly on the radar of one macro research firm.
Market euphoria could carry U.S. stocks another 20% higher before giving way to a collapse on the scale of the 1929 crash.
Today, many investors and professionals are wrestling with the paradox of an economy that has continuously avoided the worst-case scenarios.