The Daily Shot Brief – February 20th, 2024

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The United States: The World Economics SMI report signals an acceleration in US business activity this month. Price pressures appear to be easing.

Source: World Economics

 

China: Beijing unexpectedly instructed the banks to cut the benchmark mortgage rates by 25 bps.

Source: The Daily Shot
Source: Nikkei Asia  Read full article

 

Emerging Markets: EM real policy rates are still substantially higher than developed markets. There is much greater room for further EM rate cuts.

Source: Alpine Macro

 

Equities: The S&P 500 is increasingly tech-heavy.

Source: @liamdenning, @opinion  Read full article

 

Most S&P 500 sector valuations are running above their 25-year averages.

Source: @FactSet  Read full article

 

Rates: BofA’s private clients are getting back into TIPS.

Source: BofA Global Research

 

Food for Thought: Issues that are underreported by the national media:

Source: @YouGovAmerica  Read full article

Edited by William Villacis

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