US economy and stock market analysis: Chart of the week

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Buyback resurgence

Buyback announcements fell off a cliff in the months following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. But they have steadily recovered as business conditions have slowly improved. The chart below depicts the number of companies announcing buybacks on US exchanges since the beginning of 2020. More buyback announcements have been made in every quarter since the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, and the first quarter (Q1) of 2021 marked the highest number since the pandemic began. More recently, April got Q2 of 2021 off to a strong start, with 97 companies announcing stock repurchases thus far.

Source: Strategas, as of May 10, 2021.

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