Greetings,
The United States: To begin, let’s take a look at a comparison between today’s inflation trends and previous inflation spikes.
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Peak-inflation2204050441.png)
Europe: Amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, European nations are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate their dependency on Russian oil. This chart shows Europe’s energy burden relative to the U.S.
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EU-Energy-burden2204050441.png)
China: While the authorities are denying it, the Shanghai Port is facing increasing logistics bottlenecks.
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-SHips-ST2204050441.png)
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-Ships22204050441.png)
Also, following fears of stock delistings in US exchanges for not complying with audit rules, Chinese equity valuations are at their lowest level since 2018.
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-EQ-Valuations2204050441.png)
Commodities: Commodity ETF flows surged in March following spikes in prices.
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CO-FLows2204050441.png)
Equities: In equity markets, the maximum drawdown in the S&P 500 tends to occur over a year after the yield curve flattens/inverts.
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EQ-Yld-curve-inversion2204050441.png)
Food for Thought: Lastly, let’s look at where married households have stood as a share of total households.
![The Daily Shot Brief – April 5th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/VTD-Married-households-as-a-share-of-total-households2204050441.png)
Edited by William Villacis
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