The Anxiety Index: 4 Fear Factors Shaping the Economy

From COVID-19 relapses to election insecurity, these factors drive defensiveness up and demand down.

AccessTimeIconAug 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Updated Aug 19, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. UTC

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From COVID-19 relapses to election insecurity, these factors drive defensiveness up and demand down.

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    • The Tesla Stock Split Game
    • China’s COVID-19 vaccine maker presses countries for early adoption

    Our main discussion: The Anxiety Index

    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. 

    In this episode, NLW discusses four factors shaping and driving consumer anxiety, including:

    • COVID-19 related concerns, both health and economic
    • Monetary policy questions 
    • U.S.-China tensions 
    • Election insecurity 

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