A credit-allocation problem is complicating the Fed’s dual mandate, with current policy restrictive for many consumers and weaker borrowers, but less so for large corporates, higher-quality issuers, and borrowers with access to private credit. This uneven transmission increases the risk that the Fed must tolerate tighter financial conditions and more volatility before policy can ease without extending pro-cyclical leverage.

To refresh, the new playbook refers to strategies that we believe can prosper in the environment we expect of higher inflation and interest rates, dollar weakness and increased volatility.

In this Q&A, Kathleen Gaffney and Henry Peabody share their outlooks for the bond market and the impact of stronger global growth, and how they seek to position the Multisector Income strategy.