5 Numbers That Tell the Story of Markets Right Now

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every day that protests continue and the stock market goes up, more people ask what the disconnect between markets and the real economy is. In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW peels back the story of today’s economy by looking at five numbers:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The growth of the S&P500 since the March 23 low</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Current unemployment stats and a Bloomberg Economics estimate of the number of jobs at risk</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The performance of the S&P500 in 1968, one of the most tumultuous years in American history</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The total percentage of the world’s debt denominated in dollar terms</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The number of flights between the US and China by Chinese airlines going forward</span></li> </ul>