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Tracking TV’s Coverage of Coronavirus
March 13, 2020
Cable news channels' coverage of the coronavirus has picked up considerably as the virus spreads in the U.S.
Cable news channels' coverage of the coronavirus has picked up considerably as the virus spreads in the U.S.
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A look at the S&P 500's P/E ratio since 1881
We offer some tables and graphs to put the markets in perspective.
Today's topics include the Fed expands repo operations, Treasury market liquidity issues, zombie companies' cause for concern, Japanese pension funds buying foreign bonds, ECB stimulus, another call for cutting rates to zero, crude oil supply, and bear market territory.
The U.S. stock market continues to exhibit record volatility. What happens next? The answer depends on how many more near-record days are to come.
The number of cases of coronavirus surpassed 1,000 in the U.S.
Sanders lost his last opportunity to turn the tide in the Democrat race. Barring a catastrophic event, Biden will be the nominee. Now voters will begin to focus on the presidential election.
In February, sticky core CPI hit its highest 12-month annualized rate since 2008. We will have to wait another month to see any possible effects from the coronavirus.
Today's topics include the long bond's wild swings, Lagarde talks about the ECB's options, cutting GDP forecasts, Treasuries' decreasing utility as a hedge, gauging the odds of recession around the world, housing's waning effect on GDP, Saudi Arabia's game of chicken, and an extension to the U.S. tax deadline?