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The Investment Implications of a Mutating Economy
Episode 147

The Investment Implications of a Mutating Economy

Notes on the Week Ahead

August 9, 20218m 21s

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Show Notes

Much has been written about the mutating virus and how its more contagious Delta variant has spurred a surge in cases, hospitalizations and fatalities.

However, the economy is also mutating and adapting. These adaptations are reducing the ability of pandemic waves to slow the economy. They are also boosting productivity and profits. However, a failure to recognize this resilience is promoting inappropriately easy monetary and fiscal policy, potentially setting the stage for higher inflation and interest rates and a significant rotations in asset class performance.