The Daily Shot Brief – June 14th, 2021

Greetings,

 

United Kingdom: Trade with the EU continues to improve:

Source: @lizzzburden, @bbgvisualdata Read full article

 

Eurozone: Separately, superforecasters once again expect CDU/CSU to remain in power after the next election.

Source: Good Judgment

 

China: Foreign currency deposits in Chinese commercial banks have surged over the past year.  By increasing the reserve requirements on foreign exchange deposits, the central bank forces commercial banks to hold forex on their balance sheet, which could ease upward pressure on the renminbi, according to Alpine Macro.

Source: Alpine Macro

 

Cryptocurrency: Elon isn’t completely giving up on bitcoin, …

Source: CNBC Read full article

 

… sending the largest crypto higher over the weekend.

Source: Daily Shot

 

Commodities: Commodities are not very correlated with consumer goods prices.

Source: @Johan_E_Lof

 

Food for Thought: The economic cost of fake news:

Source: CHEQ, University of Baltimore Read full article

Edited by Richard Holmes

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