Morgan Stanley Sees 30% GDP Contraction. Bullard Warns Of 30% Unemployment. Lawmakers Dither.
“Economic activity has come to a near standstill.”
Of Parachutes And Helicopters: Rates In The Time Of COVID
No one can see the end of the tunnel – or if they can, there’s little attention being paid to it.
More QE! RBNZ To Fire 30 Billion Bazooka At Virus
“The negative economic implications of the coronavirus outbreak have continued to intensify.”
$2 Billion Mutual Fund Drops 27% In Two Days, In Possible NAV ‘Catch-Down’
One plausible guess…
Goldman Just Spent $1 Billion To Prop Up Its Own Money Market Funds Amid Turmoil
“…providing liquidity to clients focused on the near-term implications of the current market environment.”
Global Crisis Rolls On: Nearly 1 In 4 Americans Locked Down, Italy Shuts Production, Bezos Says Amazon ‘Critical’
“This is the most difficult crisis in our post-war period”.
COVID Carte Blanche: Political Opposition To Trillion-Dollar Stimulus Crumbles In Pandemic
“Certainly the rapidity of the collapse in markets and the unfolding economic slump has accelerated the policy response”.
Distressed. Officially.
A “massive rush for liquidity”.
As Virus Deaths Climb, Equity Positioning Drops To All-Time Low. Cue Helicopter Money
“The package is coming in at about 10% of GDP. It’s very large”.
After ‘Great Liquidity Crisis,’ JPMorgan’s Kolanovic, Nomura’s McElligott Look Back And Ahead
“Many aspects of this crisis have played out in-line with our prediction”.
The Premise That Nothing Bad Happens
“So what happens next?”
New York, London On Lockdown. Deaths In Italy Surge. More Banks See ‘Severe’ Global Recession
“If this doesn’t work, we’re going to keep doing it until we get this going”.
The Fed’s Mini-Muni Bailout And Why It Matters
“Exigent circumstances”.
Goldman Sees Near Total Collapse: US Economy To Contract 24% In Q2, Jobless Claims To Hit 2.25 Million This Week
“A decline of this magnitude would be nearly two-and-a-half times the size of the largest quarterly decline in the history of modern GDP statistics”.
Restaurant Industry Flatlines, Jobless Claims Set For Exponential Spike As COVID Crisis Hits Home In America
“…do nothing more than ‘provide information using generalities”.
Any Dawn Will Do. Stocks Up, Dollar Down, Germany Mulls Nationalizations
False dawn? Maybe. But…
In Credit, A Swan Song
This was always the worry. But no one ever took it seriously.
Don’t Call It A Reprieve.
The underlying economic reality is stark.
Trump, Clearly Making It Up As He Goes Along, Jawbones Oil To Best Day In History
“They’re in a fight”.
Gamma Drop-Off Offers Hope, But Now We Know: The Babadook Is Real
You can’t get rid of the Babadook.
BOE Goes All In, Cuts Rates (Again), Ramps Up QE
“Bazooka Bailey”.
Fed Answers Market SOS, Expands Dollar Swap Lines In Crucial Move Amid FX Chaos
The new facilities will be in place for “at least six months”, the Fed said Thursday.
Ray Dalio: ‘We Have A Crisis. US Corporate Losses May Be $4 Trillion’
“What’s happening has not happened in our lifetime before”.
Mar-A-Lago Accord, Untradeable FX And The Dangers Of Shutting Markets
“FX remains untradeable”.
Fed Moves To Support Money Market Funds In Latest GFC Flashback
Are all the leaks plugged now? Somehow, I doubt it.
Australia Unveils Asset Purchases, Yield Targeting As Economy Set For First Recession In Three Decades
“The functioning of major government bond markets has been impaired”.
ECB Launches New €750 Billion ‘Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program’. Says ‘Won’t Tolerate’ Virus Anymore
“The Governing Council will do everything necessary.”
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