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President Donald Trump said yesterday that he is open to the [extra spending]( contained in a compromise [$1.5 trillion proposal]( from a bipartisan group of House lawmakers. The president's comments were welcomed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who had previously called the package insufficient. The bigger struggle might be to win over Republican lawmakers, with many already [expressing opposition]( to the larger package. Sponsor Content by PIMCO The Role of Bonds in a New Era of Low Yields Resiliency and diversification potential remain critical in a world with meaningful uncertainty ahead. Here’s how the traditional appeal of core bonds stacks up today. [Read more](.  Also-rans While reaction to yesterday's Fed decision remains the main factor driving markets today, there is plenty of other central bank action to keep an eye on. The Bank of Japan [held interest rate and asset purchase policy unchanged](, while upgrading its domestic growth forecast. While the Bank of England's decision at 7:00 a.m. is also unlikely to hold any major surprises, investors will look for any signs officials are laying the [groundwork for future monetary stimulus](. The central banks [of Indonesia]( and [Taiwan]( also held rates unchanged in decisions earlier. The European Central Bank offered [more capital relief]( to commercial banks to help maintain the flow of credit to the virus-struck economy. Markets slip Global equity investors are taking some risk off the table as they react to Powell's comments on the uncertainty over the economic outlook. Overnight, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.8% while Japan's Topix index closed down 0.4%. In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index was trading 0.7% lower at 5:50 a.m. with banks and miners leading the losses in a broad-based selloff. S&P 500 [futures pointed to plenty of red at the open](, the 10-year Treasury yield was at 0.684% and gold slipped. Coming up... As well as claims data, U.S. housing starts for August and the September Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook are at 8:30 a.m. An OPEC and its allies committee [meets today]( to discuss if the group's cuts are enough to stave off a potential crude glut. President Trump is expected to get a briefing on the [Oracle-TikTok deal](. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks to the Economic Club of New York. What we've been reading This is what's caught our eye over the last 24 hours. - Odd Lots: How traders [use Google searches]( to see the economic recovery in real time. - Trump [rebuts doctors](, says vaccine will be given widely in October. - Biden warns of [Brexit impact]( on chances of a U.K.-U.S. trade deal. - U.S.-China [mutual investment slumps](. - When to stop working from home? [How about never](, workers say. - Whatever happened to China's giant piles of [abandoned bicycles](? - Spoiler alert: [No aliens](. And finally, here’s what Lorcan's interested in this morning In the last decade and a bit, central bank balance sheets have expanded massively -- along with shrill warnings on runaway inflation. The argument in the extremis generally runs something along the lines: Printing cash can cause Weimar hyperinflation. There are a couple of obvious problems with that. Firstly, there has been no uncontrolled inflation. Secondly, central banks aren't actually physically printing the money for asset purchases. But, there is something interesting going on in euro area when it comes to the cash the European Central Bank is really printing. It has no control over the amount of euro currency in circulation, that is purely a function of demand from banks -- in turn caused by consumer demand. It might seem logical that an increase in consumer cash needs might be inflationary, as people need more cash to spend it. However, from the chart below we can see that almost the exact opposite is the case. The green line is annual growth in cash in circulation, a weekly data series produced by the ECB. The red line is euro-area HICP inflation. There is a clear spike in cash in circulation in 2008, just as the Great Financial Crisis was gaining steam. That spike in cash foreshadowed a very rapid DROP in inflation over the subsequent 18 months. And the recovery in inflation was accompanied by a reduction in the growth rate for cash demand. There was a similar, if less pronounced, episode in 2014-2015. If you then shift forward to 2020, you can see a move that echoes the 2008 spike in cash demand and plunge in inflation. Source: ECB, Bloomberg Source: ECB, Bloomberg So, the data -- for the euro area anyway -- clearly shows that actual, accelerated money printing by the central bank is followed immediately by a slowdown in inflation. Which is possibly not an argument you have heard before. Usefully, the ECB publish cash in circulation numbers every Tuesday for the previous week, so it may be something worth keeping an eye on for anyone looking for a high-frequency indicator of disinflationary risks. Follow Bloomberg's Lorcan Roche Kelly on Twitter at [@LorcanRK]( Like Bloomberg's Five Things? [Subscribe for unlimited access]( to trusted, data-based journalism in 120 countries around the world and gain expert analysis from exclusive daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close.  Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](.  You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Five Things newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022