How Currencies Fluctuate in Value | ITK with Cathie Wood

On episode LV of "In the Know," (May 3, 2024) ARK CEO/CIO, Cathie Wood discusses the bitcoin halving with ARK Director of Digital Assets Yassine Elmandjra, how interest rates impact innovation, and weighs in on the federal budget deficit, M2 money supply, employment growth, and more.

This month we’re again responding to a few requests by supplementing this episode with charts and data to help illustrate ARK’s perspective on and outlook for the global economy.

As always, Cathie discusses fiscal policy, monetary policy, market signals, economic indicators, and innovation. We hope you find this monthly series useful, especially during periods of heightened volatility. Stay Healthy. Stay Innovative.

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:55 Bitcoin
0:03:10 Bitcoin Inflation Rate and Percent of Supply Mined
0:05:29 M2 Money Supply 4 Year Annualized Percent Change
0:10:53 Bitcoin Inflation Rate and Percent of Supply Mined
0:17:34 Monetary Policy
0:17:38 M2 Money Supply vs. CPI Inflation
0:20:45 Yield Curve 10 Year Treasury Yield Minus 2 Year
0:22:38 Real Federal Funds Target Rate
0:23:31 The Fed Is Keeping Interest Rates Higher For Longer Than Normal
0:24:41 Fiscal Policy
0:24:45 Federal Budget Deficit Or Surplus Percent of Nominal GDP
0:27:58 Economic Indicators
0:28:02 Consumer Sentiment vs Expectations
0:29:05 Restaurants Same Store Sales YOY Percent Change
0:30:38 Nonfarm vs Household Employment Growth
0:34:23 Temporary Help Employment vs. Total Employment
0:34:53 Quits Rate Leads Employment Costs
0:35:32 US Personal Saving Rate
0:36:56 US Existing Home Sales (SAAR)
0:37:19 US New One Family Houses Sold (SAAR)
0:37:46 US Auto Sales (SAAR)
0:38:46 Small Business Optimism Index (NFIB)
0:39:34 Chicago Business Barometer (Market News International)
0:40:15 Market Signals
0:40:18 USD Index (DXY)
0:41:10 USDJPY Spot Exchange Rate
0:42:29 Bloomberg Commodity Index
0:44:44 Metals/Gold Ratio vs. US 10 Year Treasury
0:48:30 Investment Grade And High Yield Index Credit Default Swaps
0:49:42 Common Holdings and Active Share
0:51:13 Weight of the Top 10 Stocks in the S&P 500 Index
0:52:31 Market Cap of the Largest Stock Relative to the 75th Percentile Stock
0:56:38 Outro

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