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From the size of a second round of stimulus to COVID-19 litigation to reshoring, last week previewed some key issues for the months to come.
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On this week’s edition of The Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW argues the big story of the week was actually a set of smaller stories that preview the faultlines and economic debates likely to absorb us in the coming months.
These include:
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The Federal Reserve signaling that fiscal stimulus needs to do more
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The beginning of the battles on fiscal stimulus
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The introduction of the “not safe to vote” narrative
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The Big Tech vs. The World fight
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The beginning of coronavirus lawsuits
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Back to school
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Jobless claims getting worse
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Kodak and reshoring
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | SPACs 101: A Bubble, the Future or Both?
Tuesday | How Real Is Bitcoin’s Rally? 8 Interpretations of Bitcoin’s Massive Surge
Wednesday | How DeFi Could Disrupt Traditional Finance, Feat. Sergey Nazarov
Related: Bitcoin News Roundup for August 3, 2020
Thursday | The Bond Market Is the Truth Teller No One Heeds, Feat. George Goncalves
Friday | What a Professional Trader Thinks of the Fed, Robinhood and Real Estate, Feat. Tony Greer
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