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US Flow of Funds:Mad Dash forCash In 2020

Yardeni Research, Inc.

February 26, 2021

Dr. Edward Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Debbie Johnson480-664-1333

[email protected]

Mali Quintana480-664-1333

[email protected]

Please visit our sites atwww.yardeni.comblog.yardeni.com

thinking outside the box

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Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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S&P 500 1Net Cash Flow 2Liquid Assets 3-5C&I Loans 6S&P 500 7S&P 500 Volatility 8Sentiment 9Credit Spreads 10Fed 11ECB 12BOJ 13

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White House15-Days

White House30-Days

First Casein US

Chinese VisitorsBanned

First Deathin US

WHO DeclaresPandemic

European VisitorsBanned

RecordHigh

Trump RaisesDeath Estimate

Lower DeathEstimate

S&P 500 HEALTH FRONT2020

Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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QE4ever,THE Low?

No AssetLeft Behind

S&P 500 FINANCIAL FRONT2020

Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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S&P 500

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BOND MUTUAL FUNDS & EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS:ICI ESTIMATED WEEKLY NET NEW CASH FLOW*(billion dollars, 4-week sum)

Total Bond Funds (87.2)

* ICI’s weekly cash flows are estimated while actual net new cash flows are collected on a monthly basis.Source: Investment Company Institute.

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EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS & EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS: ICI ESTIMATED WEEKLY NET NEW CASH FLOW*(billion dollars, 4-week sum)

Total Equity Funds (15.3)

* ICI’s weekly cash flows are estimated while actual net new cash flows are collected on a monthly basis.Source: Investment Company Institute.

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Figure 4.

Net Cash Flow

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LIQUID ASSETS*(trillion dollars, sa, ratio scale)

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Latest (15.8)

* Total savings deposits (including money market deposit accounts), small time deposits, and total money market mutual funds held by individuals &institutions.Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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LIQUID ASSETS*(billion dollars, sa, 4-week change)

Latest (953.2)

* Total savings deposits (including money market deposit accounts), small time deposits, and total money market mutual funds held by individuals &institutions.Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Figure 6.

Liquid Assets

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Savings Deposits (includingMoney Market Deposit Accounts)*

Total Small TimeDeposits**

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

* Included in M2.** Included in M2. IRA and Keogh account balances are excluded.

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MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS(trillion dollars, sa, ratio scale)

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Retail** (1.1)Institutions* (2.8)

** Included in M2. IRA and Keogh account balances are excluded.* Included in MZM, but not in M1 or M2.

Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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Figure 8.

Liquid Assets

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MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS HELD BY INSTITUTIONS

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* Total savings deposits (including money market deposit accounts). Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Liquid Assets

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COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL LOANS(trillion dollars, nsa, ratio scale)

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Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL LOANS(billion dollars, 4-week change, nsa)

Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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C&I Loans

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-56.8% (517)

-16.0% (70)

-19.4% (157)

-9.8% (28)

-9.9% (60)

-7.7% (62)

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-12.4% (96)

-13.3% (100)

-10.2% (13)

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-33.9% (33)

-9.6% (21)

Note: Corrections are declines of 10% or more, but less than 20%, while minor ones are 5%-10% (all in blue shades). Bear markets are declines of 20%or more (in red shades). Number of calendar days in parentheses.Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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Latest (21.5)

* Time-weighted average of consensus S&P 500 operating earnings estimates for current year and next year.Note: Numbers above time line show corrections (declines of 10% or more in the S&P 500) and minor selloffs (declines of 5%-10%). Bear markets aredeclines of 20% or more. Number of calendar days in parenthesesSource: Standard & Poor’s.

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Figure 13.

S&P 500

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Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: Chicago Board Options Exchange.

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S&P 500 VIX & INVESTORS INTELLIGENCE BEARS

Investors Intelligence Bears(percent) (18.5)

S&P 500 VIX (28.0)

Source: Investors Intelligence and Chicago Board Options Exchange.

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Figure 15.

S&P 500 Volatility

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Sentiment

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Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Federal Reserve Board.

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Spread (-24)

Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: Merrill Lynch and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Figure 18.

Credit Spreads

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FED ASSETS*(trillion dollars, weekly)

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Fed AssetsTotal (7.6)Securities* (7.0)

* Averages of daily figures for weeks ending Wednesday. Securities held by Fed include US Treasuries, Agency debt, and mortgage-backed securities.Note: QE1 (11/25/08-3/31/10) = $1.24tn in mortgage securities; expanded (3/16/09-3/31/10) = $300bn in Treasuries. QE2 (11/3/10-6/30/11) = $600bnin Treasuries. QE3 (9/13/12-10/29/14) = $40bn/month in mortgage securities (open ended); expanded (12/12/12-10/1/14) = $45bn/month in Treasuries.QT (10/1/17-7/31/19) = balance sheet pared by $675bn. RM (11/1/19-3/15/20) = reserve management, $60bn/month in Treasury bills. QE4 (3/16/20-infinity).Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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Fed AssetsTotal LessSecurities* (0.5)

* Averages of daily figures for weeks ending Wednesday. Securities held by Fed include US Treasuries, Agency debt, and mortgage-backed securities.Note: QE1 (11/25/08-3/31/10) = $1.24tn in mortgage securities; expanded (3/16/09-3/31/10) = $300bn in Treasuries. QE2 (11/3/10-6/30/11) = $600bnin Treasuries. QE3 (9/13/12-10/29/14) = $40bn/month in mortgage securities (open ended); expanded (12/12/12-10/1/14) = $45bn/month in Treasuries.QT (10/1/17-7/31/19) = balance sheet pared by $675bn. RM (11/1/19-3/15/20) = reserve management, $60bn/month in Treasury bills. QE4 (3/16/20-infinity).Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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Figure 20.

Fed

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ECB ASSETS(trillion euros, weekly)

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ECB AssetsTotal (7.1)Securities Held forMonetary PolicyPurposes (3.8)

D = ECB President Mario Draghi pledged to do "whatever it takes" to defend the euro (7/26/12). NIRP = negative interest-rate policy (6/5/2014).QE (1/22/15). QEE = expansion and extension of QE (3/10/16, corporate bond purchases started 6/1/16). QT (12/31/18). QE2 (11/1/19).PEPP (3/18/20) 750 billion euros open-ended asset purchases. PEPP+ (6/4/20) expanded by 600 billion euros.Source: European Central Bank.

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D = ECB President Mario Draghi pledged to do "whatever it takes" to defend the euro (7/26/12). NIRP = negative interest-rate policy (6/5/2014).QE (1/22/15). QEE = expansion and extension of QE (3/10/16, corporate bond purchases started 6/1/16). QT (12/31/18). QE2 (11/1/19).PEPP (3/18/20) 750 billion euros open-ended asset purchases.

* LTROs provide an injection of low interest rate funding to eurozone banks with sovereign debt as collateral on the loans. The loans are offered monthlyand are typically repaid in three months, six months, or one year.Source: European Central Bank.

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Figure 22.

ECB

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* Adjusted for change in reserve requirements.

Source: Bank of Japan.

Note: Z (2/12/99) = Zero interest rate policy. A = (10/12/12) = Markets start to anticipate Abenomics. QQE (4/4/13) = Quantitative and QualitativeEasing. QQEE (10/31/14) = expanded and extended version of QQE. NIRP = (1/29/16) = Negative interest rate policy. YC (9/21/16) = Yield curve targeting.

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Total Assets ofFed, ECB, & BOJ (22.8)

Source: Haver Analytics.

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Figure 24.

BOJ

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