Short Selling

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Short Selling

This week's European Economic Experts Panel statements: A) Allowing short selling of financial securities, such as stocks and government bonds, leads to prices that, on average, are closer to their fundamental values. B) Requiring investors to disclose short positions in a stock at the equivalent threshold as they are required to do for long positions would result in significantly less short selling. C) Regulatory restrictions on short selling - such as no naked shorts, temporary bans in times of crisis - make it difficult for optimists and pessimists to have equal influence on asset prices.
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Coronavirus

This week’s IGM Economic Experts Panel statements: A) Even if the mortality of COVID-19 proves to be limited (similar to the number of flu deaths in a regular season), it is likely to cause a major recession. B) The economic effects of COVID-19 coming from reduced spending will be larger than those coming from disruptions to supply chains and illness-related workforce reductions.
Business Cycles, Recessions, & Crises
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Coronavirus

This week’s IGM European Economic Experts Panel statements: A) Even if the mortality of COVID-19 proves to be limited (similar to the number of flu deaths in a regular season), it is likely to cause a major recession. B) The economic effects of COVID-19 coming from reduced spending will be larger than those coming from disruptions to supply chains and illness-related workforce reductions. C) The economic policy institutions of the Eurozone are well equipped to ameliorate the potential economic damage from COVID-19.
Business Cycles, Recessions, & Crises
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