Greetings,
United States: Holiday sales are expected to exceed $800 billion this year.
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Holiday-Sales-ST2110280438.png)
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Holiday-Sales2110280438.png)
Canada: The BoC struck a hawkish tone, ending QE and pulling forward rate hikes. This is exactly the type of move that is flattening yield curves around the world.
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CA-BoC-ST2110280438.png)
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CA-BoC2-ST2110280438.png)
China: The property developers’ deleveraging process is going to be painful.
• Kaisa’s bonds and shares continue to sink amid rating downgrades.
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-Kaisa2-ST2110280438.png)
• Modern Land is officially in default.
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-Modern-Land-ST2110280438.png)
Cryptocurrency: Shiba Inu (SHIB) token going to the moon? Why not.
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/BT-SHIB-ST2110280438.png)
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/BT-SHIB2110280438.png)
Energy: US crude oil inventories are low for this time of the year.
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EN-Cushing-Total-US2110280438.png)
Food for Thought: The divergence between corporate profits and corporate taxes (largely due to a shift toward pass-through businesses):
![The Daily Shot Brief – October 28th, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Corporate-profits-v-corp-tax2110280438.png)
Edited by Devon Lall
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