The Anxiety Index: 4 Fear Factors Shaping the Economy

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Skepticism around Powell’s inflation prognostications</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Tesla Stock Split Game</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">China’s COVID-19 vaccine maker presses countries for early adoption</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main discussion: The Anxiety Index</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We live in an economy organized around consumption and perpetual growth. In that context, factors that cause consumers to be fearful, reduce spending, increase savings, move less and generally slow down can wreak havoc. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, NLW discusses four factors shaping and driving consumer anxiety, including:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">COVID-19 related concerns, both health and economic</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Monetary policy questions </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">U.S.-China tensions </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Election insecurity </span></li> </ul>