The scenario “most likely to occur under a Democratic blue wave” is one of “overly easy” fiscal policy, eventually eliciting a response from the Fed, Deutsche Bank Chief International Strategist Alan Ruskin wrote last week in a report. A weaker U.S. dollar could result, Ruskin wrote, which could be good for bitcoin prices.
Even if Trump’s Republican party holds the Senate and fiscal policy were “inappropriately too tight,” then the “burden of responsibility” would fall on the Fed to pursue additional money printing to keep markets from convulsing.
Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s managing director, noted in published remarks that governments had allocated $12 trillion of extra aid this year and central banks had expanded their balance sheets by about $7.5 trillion. She said she expects debt levels in 2021 to rise to about 125% of gross domestic product in “advanced economies.”
The on-chain activity has cooled due to the comatose price action. Bitcoin’s blockchain processed 231,437 transactions on Oct. 18, the lowest since May 24, according to data provided by the blockchain analytics firm Glassnode.
The combination of low volatility consolidation and pullback in transaction count often creates bullish conditions. That’s because, exchanges earn fewer BTC in fees with the slide in transaction count. As such, supply of BTC from exchanges drops, putting floor under prices.
That, coupled with record institutional bullish positioning suggests the path of least resistance is to the higher side. At press time, bitcoin is trading near $10,480.
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