The Daily Shot Brief – August 29th, 2019

Greetings,

 

The United States: The Federal government will be limited in its ability to stimulate the economy in the next recession because the fiscal policy is already extraordinarily loose. Given the current economic expansion, the level of government stimulus is unprecedented.

Source: @tracyalloway

 

Eurozone: Will slower economic growth put pressure on bank lending?

Source: Pantheon Macroeconomics

 

China: Here is how Beijing wins against Vietnam, as US importers try to shift supply chains out of China.

Source: Yan Wang, Alpine Macro

 

Global Developments: This chart shows the changes in speculative bets.

Source: IIF

 


Food for Thought: The most admired people in the UK:

Source: Statista

 

 


Edited by Joseph N Cohen

 

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