The current index of economic policy uncertainty is like nothing we have ever seen before and we have to say that in a strong sense: not like 2008, not like 9/11, not like 1997/8 or 87. @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/jI162Fm0hn
— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) March 27, 2020
2008 – but all at once
MBS/CMBS#MortgageCrisis https://t.co/BaQhWcxehe
— Samantha LaDuc (@SamanthaLaDuc) March 27, 2020
Yields are negative all the way out to 6 months. pic.twitter.com/UJVPkKYACM
— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) March 26, 2020
Outflows from bond funds continue and every week there's a new record. As of March 25, investors had yanked $38 billion from investment-grade funds over the past 7 days, surpassing the previous week's record outflow of $36 billion.https://t.co/Sox4juqCzT pic.twitter.com/mFoMAyxz7y
— Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) March 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/VolatilityQ/status/1243517965062078464
Total Fed swap line take-up is around $200 billion currently: pic.twitter.com/kbH6Cxd5pa
— Nick Reece, CFA (@nicholastreece) March 27, 2020
We Continue To Be Headed Towards Great Depression Unemployment Numbers
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