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Coronavirus-Related Unemployment Filings Soar By 70K

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Economists have forecast that layoffs would escalate in response to the pandemic and associated efforts to contain the spread. . economist at Capital Economics. “The economist at Capital Economics. Industry experts are estimating negative economic growth in the April-June quarter.

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Coronavirus Triggers Job Losses, Reduced Hours

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Most of the losses were in the entertainment and leisure sectors. . “We The unemployment rate hinges on an economic stimulus bill getting passed, U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin said. He forecasts 20 percent of the population will be jobless if the package fails. “It

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Transcript: Greg Davis, CIO Vanguard

Barry Ritholtz

So a variety of risk meetings, a variety of economic meetings. And when you think about translating the S&P 500 PE to an implied equity risk premium by looking at the 10 year treasury yield, you’re 200 basis points below what it’s been for the last 10 years. DAVIS: So on the bond side, we have both.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

But since you mentioned getting return on the risk you take, how do you think about duration when the three-month Treasury is more or less the same or better than the 10-year? RIEDER: And all of a sudden, you change the economic paradigm so darn fast. RITHOLTZ: We’ll talk a little bit about the inverted yield curve later.

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Transcript: Armen Panossian

Barry Ritholtz

So you have almost a doubling of the interest coupon paid by some of these businesses against the backdrop of c ovid 19 inflation and some of the economic pressures that come with, with those factors. First time in decades, treasuries and investment grade corporates, it’s, it’s an attractive yield at five 5.5%.

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Transcript: Sean Dobson, Amherst Holdings

Barry Ritholtz

We participated in that with treasury and FHFA and the regulators, the White House. So that was the, that was the sort of the thing that we built that people hadn’t thought through is how do you stochastically forecast a range of outcomes for the asset price? Then how does it affect the repayment risk on the loan?

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Transcript: Liz Hoffman

Barry Ritholtz

The economic dislocation, the health risks, just the mayhem that took place, but from the perspective of a number of corporate CEOs, Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, the hedge fund that had a couple of amazing trades based on this. HOFFMAN: So obviously, I’ve — you know, economically minded from the jump.