Greetings,
United States: The Treasury market has been pricing in the debt ceiling risk. A technical default could occur in about three months when the US Treasury exhausts its sources of liquidity. Investors demand higher yields on T-bills maturing after that point.
![The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Tbills2108180434.png)
Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin miners are experiencing greater revenue as blockchain’s hashrate recovers from July lows. The hashrate refers to the total combined computational power that is being used to mine and process transactions.
![The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/BT-Miners2108180434.png)
Equities: What do US companies see as the greatest threats to sales?
![The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EQ-Top-Threats2108180434.png)
Global Developments: Dry bulk shipping costs continue to surge.
![The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/GL-Baltic2108180434.png)
China: Investors remain concerned about the Evergrande situation.
![The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-Evergrande-ST2108180434.png)
Here is the maturity profile of the company’s debt.
![The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-Evergr-Maturities2108180434.png)
Food for Thought: Marketing dollars earned by baseball stars:
![The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/VTB-Marketing-dollars-earned-by-baseball-stars2108180434.png)
Edited by Devon Lall
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