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Previewing the Economic Showdowns Coming This Fall
From the size of a second round of stimulus to COVID-19 litigation to reshoring, last week previewed some key economic issues for the months to come.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:39 a.m. Published Aug 1, 2020, 6:00 p.m.
From the size of a second round of stimulus to COVID-19 litigation to reshoring, last week previewed some key issues for the months to come.
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On this week’s edition of The Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW argues the big story of the week was actually a set of smaller stories that preview the faultlines and economic debates likely to absorb us in the coming months.
These include:
- The Federal Reserve signaling that fiscal stimulus needs to do more
- The beginning of the battles on fiscal stimulus
- The introduction of the “not safe to vote” narrative
- The Big Tech vs. The World fight
- The beginning of coronavirus lawsuits
- Back to school
- Jobless claims getting worse
- Kodak and reshoring
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | SPACs 101: A Bubble, the Future or Both?
Tuesday | How Real Is Bitcoin’s Rally? 8 Interpretations of Bitcoin’s Massive Surge
Wednesday | How DeFi Could Disrupt Traditional Finance, Feat. Sergey Nazarov
Thursday | The Bond Market Is the Truth Teller No One Heeds, Feat. George Goncalves
Friday | What a Professional Trader Thinks of the Fed, Robinhood and Real Estate, Feat. Tony Greer
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