VoxEU Talk COVID-19 Financial Markets

Main Street’s pain, Wall Street’s gain.

During Covid, America waited every Thursday for the release of the Initial Jobless Claims numbers at 8.30am. What happened next? Nancy Xu tells Tim Phillips that asset price movements may reflect expectations of government intervention as well as sentiment about the economy.

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Explaining the Wall/Main Street disconnect

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  • Financial Markets
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  • Monetary Policy