The Daily Shot Brief – August 11th, 2020

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United States: This chart shows the COVID policy response (authorized vs. deployed).

Source: ANZ Research, CRFB

 

And here are the components of government support for households.

Source: Morgan Stanley Research

 

United Kingdom: While the headline policy rate has stayed flat, unconventional policy measures have pushed the shadow rate to deeply negative levels, according to Longview Economics. (Shadow rates are methods to estimate interest rates based off of benchmarks when the rates are near the “zero-lower bound”)

Source: Longview Economics

 

Equities: Fund flows have diverged from market performance (2 charts).

Source: @markets Read full article
Source: @Callum_Thomas, @topdowncharts

 

Also important to note, short interest in S&P 500 stocks has been declining.

Source: @themarketear

 

Credit: Sub-investment-grade companies are borrowing at record-low rates.

Source: @markets Read full article
Source: @tracyalloway, @PSeligson, @gowrinyc Read full article

 

Global Developments: How do businesses view growth prospects?

Source: Oxford Economics

 

Food For Thought: Vaccine developers:

Source: @adam_tooze, @NAR Read full article

Edited by Devon Lall

Contact the Daily Shot Editor: Editor@DailyShotLetter.com

 

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