US Stock Market Predicts Trump’s Re-Election

2020 is full of surprises. We’re following suit with free access passes to Knoema! In the spirit of standing by data first, we’re excited to announce the launch of our Media Access Program to ensure journalists have the resources necessary to help us all stay informed this election season. Ready. Set. Data! We look forward to seeing you soon over on [Knoema.com]( Get involved! Send us your feedback at [DataDriven@knoema.com](mailto:datadriven@knoema.com). Knoema Media Access Program Knoema is providing journalists with the necessary data, visualization, and workflow tools to support fact-based reporting and analysis ahead of and following the [2020 US General Election](. Access to Knoema Professional for accredited journalists is available now through November 30, 2020. Accredited journalists and media professionals can gain immediate access to more than 3.1b+ data time series from over 4.1k data sources, including: - Socio-economic indicators - Energy and commodities data - COVID-19 data insights and health indicators - Statistics on crime and poverty - US presidential election coverage, including latest poll results, campaign financing and more. Register for [complimentary access]( on our site using your official email account, and sign up for our [onboarding webinar]( today, Thursday, August 27, 10:00 AM ET. If you’re unable to join, please register and we’ll send you the replay. New Data at Knoema Household Debt and Credit Report for U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York The drop-off in US consumer spending led to an unprecedented approx. $0.1 trillion QoQ decrease in credit card debt in Q2. [More data]( GDP of Japan Cabinet Office, Economic and Social Research Institute, Japan Japan’s GDP plunged 7.8% QoQ in Q2, the worst ever decrease since the government started publishing GDP data. [More data]( From the Headlines [Malaysia's Economy Plunged 17% in Q2 2020]( [FiveThirtyEight | Biden Carries the Lead, For Now]( [Gold Prices Spurred by Low Interest Rates and COVID-19]( Data Driven Stories Did you know that the stock market has correctly predicted who would win each of the US presidential elections since 1984? More specifically, the performance of the S&P 500 Index on the eve of the election compared to its value three months prior has aligned 100% with each election outcome for the last nine presidential elections. [Read more](. Interested in what Knoema can do for your organization? [Get on a call]( Insights Around the Web Russia vaccinated stock markets against the coronavirus. The potential for a vaccine proved a bearish factor for gold, a precious metal that thrives on uncertainty, causing an overnight 4.5% price slump after the vaccine was announced. [KITCO]( The Global Trade Barometer hit a record low as global merchandise trade registered a historic fall in the second quarter of 2020. The barometer reading of 84.5 is 15.5 points below the baseline value of 100 for the index and 18.6 points down from the same period last year, suggesting that the volume of merchandise trade will contract by 13% in 2020 compared to 2019. [WTO]( Japan may be the most expensive place on the planet to die. The cost of burial and cremation in the country is more than two thirds (68.3%) of a worker’s average annual salary. Dying in Russia may be as cheap as it gets - slightly above 1% of the average annual salary. [SunLife]( Coronavirus is making employees participate in more meetings and send more emails. The length of the average workday has increased by 8.2%, which is 48.5 minutes per day or an additional 8 working days per year. [Harvard Business School]( Alt Data “Fundamentals” Interested in learning more about tracking social media engagement trends across various social media platforms? [SensorTower]( case example [👇 Finger Pointing Down Emoji Meaning with Pictures: from A to Z] Stay well. Charles Poliacof CEO, Knoema [knoema.com]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( Copyright © 2020 Knoema. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a registered Knoema user. Our mailing address is: Knoema 31 East 32nd Street 4th FloorNew York, NY 10016 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.