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Learn more at Bloomberg New Economy.com. Hello and welcome to another episodeaway. So Tracy we are recording this episode. I'm Joe Eisenthal.

And I'm Tracy Allaway.

So Tracy, we are recording this episode. I think just six days,

actually I know just six days before the election.

I think by the time people listen to it,

the election will have been passed. But nonetheless, we are in a period either. to it's

Nonetheless, we're in a period either way in which there is just an extraordinary amount of attention

paid to what's going on in Washington DC.

Yeah, less than six days to go. It's time to start making predictions about the outcome of the election. So everyone who listens to this after it actually

happens can tell us we were wrong. Perfect timing. Yeah, that's exactly that's the perfect way. Also of all of our

predictions are off we just want to air the episode. No I'm just kidding but I mean I do feel like a I don't I'm not going to stick my neck out and make any predictions.

And B, election aside.

And of course, the election is sucking all the oxygen out of the room in terms of people's attention,

just paying attention to what's going on in DC has been increasing

and importance for markets. It seems like for a long time now. Yeah, I think that's right and I mean 2020 has basically taken everything to an extreme all these long-term economic

and business trends that have been in play for many years now seem to have accelerated this year.

But I think you can argue that there was more of a focus on politics after the financial crisis.

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