Doug Kirkpatrick, CFA January 11, 2018 Politics, Quarterly Commentary, United States, International, Environment, Tax, Investments 4Q17 CIO Commentary Doug Kirkpatrick, CFA January 11, 2018 Politics, Quarterly Commentary, United States, International, Environment, Tax, Investments In this quarter's CIO commentary, we discuss tax cuts, international equity outperformance, the flattening yield curve, full employment, and the disappearance of the economic output gap.