There is no question that the rapid spread of the COVID- • An inverted yield curve for long versus short term 19 (COVID) virus continues to disrupt economies in Asia, rates of return in financial markets indicates the US, Europe, and the rest of the world. The imbalance and risk aversion in the near-term magnitude of the effects of this disruption is likely to economy. grow and there is no short-term solution to fixing the problem. Since the disruption of global economies has • The end of a period of stimulatory deficit spending created by tax cuts in the US in particular that has kept a major impact on all the products and services covered the economy and capital markets thriving. by Strategy Analytics (SA), this analysis was created to provid