Welcome to Mid-Week Macro for Wednesday 18th March 2026.

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* Private credit issues looking like they are spreading to consumer credit

* Commodities and equities markets

* And much more!

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Mid-week Polymarket market

Thank you Polymarket for sponsoring the mid-week macro, and today’s market looks at how many Fed rate cuts there will be in 2026. Difficult to tell at the moment but I do think that there will be 2 this year. What do you think?

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