Covid 19 Response Short and Long Run Implications

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Covid 19 Response – Short and Long Run Implications

June 26th, 2020

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Agenda

• Covid 19 policy response in context

• Budget implications and other near term costs

• Will monetary and fiscal policy be inflationary?

• Capital market impact of Fed programs

• Long run implications

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Covid 19 Policy Response-Go Big or Go Home


Policy Response – Firing the Big Guns

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Photos of Mnuchin, Trump, Lagarde and Powell from Wikimedia Commons.


Policy Response – Monetary Policy – Interest Rates

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Policy Response – Monetary Policy - QE

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Policy Response – Fiscal Policy

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Covid Crisis Forecast

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U.S. Fiscal Response Roughly $3 Trillion (and Counting) in Rescue Funds

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Sources: Congressional Budget Office, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Where Nearly $3 Trillion in Stimulus Funds Will Go

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Near Term Costs


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U.S Budget Deficit Estimated at $3.7 Trillion for 2020

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Budget Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See

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Source: Congressional Budget Office

U.S. Debt to GDP

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Will Enormous Policy Response Cause Inflation?


Answer…It Depends on What Kind of Inflation

• General Price Inflation (CPI)

• Short to intermediate term – NO

• Longer Term (3 years +) – Possible , more likely with “structural” changes

• Financial Asset Inflation

• Short to intermediate term – Absolutely

• Longer Term (3 years +) - Absolutely

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Year Over Year Change in Consumer Price Index

• Average 1930-Current 3.1%

• 1960-1994 4.8%

• 1995-2008 2.7%

• 2009-2020 1.6%

• Fed Target 2.0% sustained

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Drivers of Lower Inflation

• Demographics• Aging populations consume less

• High Debt Levels• Higher Debt levels “crowd out” other beneficial spending

• Globalization• For the last 25 years, globalization of supply chains and labor has driven down costs

• Income/Wealth Disparities• Each dollar of income and wealth has a lower economic “multiplier” as one moves up the

income spectrum

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Globalization

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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; NEAM

Globalization Has Exerted Downward Pressure On Consumer Prices

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The Pandemic Will Likely Disrupt the Status Quo

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Mind the Gap….Income and Wealth Metrics are Disinflationary

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Source: Pew Research Foundation

Wider Income Gaps Hurt Consumption and End Demand

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Source: Pew Research Foundation

Wealth Metrics Tell an Even More Extreme Story

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As Interest Rates Plummet, Savings Rates Rise

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Savings Rate as % of Disposable Income 5 Yr. UST Yield

Source: Bloomberg; NEAM

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Covid 19 Rescue -Capital Markets Impact


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Source: Bloomberg; NEAM

Long Rates are Rising, Curve is SteepeningInflation Breakevens Back Above 1%

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Fed Balance Sheet Has ExplodedStock Investors Riding the Wave, But Will The Rally Be Durable?

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Bottom Fishing No Longer AllowedSigned, the Fed

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Source: U.S. Federal Reserve; European Central Bank; BoJ; Bloomberg; NEAM

QE Infinity – There’s No Way Out

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Source: Bloomberg; S&P; NEAM

Are Equity Markets Too Optimistic?History Implies the Answer is Probably “Yes” BUT if a PE of 20X is the New 15X, then the Answer Might be NO

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What’s Next?


• Bankruptcies

• Restructurings

• Mergers

• Spin offs

• Roll ups

• Divestitures

Defaults and Bankruptcies Are Rising

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Source: Bloomberg, NEAM

Interest Rates Will Remain Exceptionally Low

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Longer Term Considerations for Investors

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• Potential for Higher Savings Rates vis a vis Consumption

• Larger Fiscal Deficits/ Sovereign Debt Levels• Weaker U.S. Dollar could spark inflation in the longer term

• Higher Tax Rates• Corporations have been massive beneficiaries of Fed’s credit programs

• Supply Chain Re-ordering / Peak Globalization

• “Not-So-Free Markets” Featuring Low Interest Rates and Tight Credit Spreads • Central bankers with their thumbs on the scale

• Changes in Consumer and Company Behavior

Thank You

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