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Where the U.S. retail blooms are and are not. Also, The Fed is addicted to propping up the markets.

edited June 2020 in Other Investing
The first article provides a short visual look at how various retail business sectors performed in May. Relatedly, the second article takes a look at the Feds role in the massive and prompt fiscal and monetary policy actions that supported this May's rebound during this first phase of the pandemic. I am left wondering how the virus will bend this short term retail rebound, the economy in general, and the stock market over the next several months. It won't be dull.

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In essence, the Fed has adopted a strategy that works like a one-way ratchet, providing a floor for stock and bond prices but never a ceiling.
https://reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-retail-graphics/may-flowers-where-the-u-s-retail-blooms-are-and-are-not-idUSKBN23O1HG

https://washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/17/fed-is-addicted-propping-up-market-whether-it-needs-help-or-not/





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