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Strategies & Market Trends : The Aristocrats (tm)
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From: sense3/11/2020 3:42:02 AM
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Wuhan Flu Updates:

1. Italy on lock-down... the whole country... but the government is promising to cover mortgage payments for EVERYONE in the country for the duration of the lock-down ? But... rent payments ? Hmmm.

2. Gigging the Gig Economy: Coronavirus Threatens To Crash The Gig Economy

As cases and deaths soar in Seattle this week, the first views of the gig economy and services sector grinding to a halt is in downtown Seattle. The area has transformed into a ghost town, as the lack of tourists and people quarantined at home has created a demand shock for the local economy. Seattle is rapidly approaching post apocalyptic ghost town levels. Pike Place and Westlake are the emptiest I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/XRPCTL5t3F

— Kate: my steam buns bring Lu Bu to the yard (@ArmyOfMeat) March 3, 2020 Lakshman Achuthan, the co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, told CBS This Morning that further virus impacts on American cities could put a squeeze on household budgets and lead to a decline in discretionary spending.

ECRI comments on CBS: If there are mass school closings many household budgets will feel a squeeze, hurting discretionary spending. t.co

— Lakshman Achuthan (@businesscycle) March 5, 2020

3. Understatement surging to record highs ? Read in an article today (linked below): Italy shutting down the entire economy in a nationwide lock-down "could result in a recession". But, beyond understatement: Wikipedia Slashes Spanish Flu Death Rate There is also outright manipulation of well established facts, including solidly proven history. Fake news is getting faker... working harder now at revising inconvenient history.

4. Looking for a way to contain the virus ? Maybe consider a Gucci bag ?
Orders Plunge For Italy's Luxury Suppliers Amid Nationwide Lockdown
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