The Daily Shot Brief – December 12th, 2019

Greetings,

 

The United States: 13 of the 17 FOMC members expect rates to remain unchanged in 2020. The median “dot plot” has moved lower for both the 2020 and 2021 forecasts in each of the last five meetings.

Source: @TheTerminal

 

United Kingdom: It’s election day. Here are the latest predictions.

Source: Statista

The spread has tightened (as it usually does).

Source: YouGov; Read full article

 

Europe: European growth shares are trading at an extreme premium to value stocks.

Source: @jessefelder; Read full article

 

Equites: Mutual fund outflows have exceeded $261 billion over the past 12 months, while ETFs continue to see inflows.

Source: Arbor Research & Trading

 

Global Developments:  Analysts expect central bank balance sheets to keep growing in 2020.

Source: @markets; Read full article

 

Food for Thought: Americans’ views on Russia:

Source: @pewresearch; Read full article

Edited by Daniel Moskovits

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