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Overheating job market 'has raised the risk of recession meaningfully': Goldman
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Overheating job market 'has raised the risk of recession meaningfully': Goldman
Brian Sozzi · Anchor, Editor-at-Large
Tue, April 12, 2022, 7:15 AM
Goldman Sachs isn't yet ready to join the chorus of its peers in calling a U.S. recession, but it sure appears to be inching closer to that frenzied camp. ... "We do put some weight on the historical patterns [of the labor market] and believe that the overheating of the labor market has raised the risk of recession meaningfully. The yield curve seems to discount a recession probability in 2023 of about one in three, roughly double the unconditional average, and we would broadly concur with this assessment," warned Goldman Sachs Chief economist Jan Hatzius in a new client note on Tuesday.
Without question, talk of a looming recession has intensified on Wall Street amid hot reads on inflation, an inversion of the yield curve and elevated energy costs for households. ... This week has already brought another worrying signal on inflation.
Expectations about inflation over the next 12 months for U.S. consumers hit a record 6.6% in March, according to new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In February, those expectations stood at a still bloated 6%. ... Tuesday's closely watched Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to hit more than 8% on the headline, underscoring the findings in the New York Fed survey.
Keep in mind, the latest jobs report for March only showed average hourly earnings rising 5.6% over the past 12 months. In other words, consumer purchasing power is being eroded at the same time interest rates are heading higher.
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Overheating job market 'has raised the risk of recession meaningfully': Goldman
Brian Sozzi · Anchor, Editor-at-Large
Tue, April 12, 2022, 7:15 AM
Goldman Sachs isn't yet ready to join the chorus of its peers in calling a U.S. recession, but it sure appears to be inching closer to that frenzied camp. ... "We do put some weight on the historical patterns [of the labor market] and believe that the overheating of the labor market has raised the risk of recession meaningfully. The yield curve seems to discount a recession probability in 2023 of about one in three, roughly double the unconditional average, and we would broadly concur with this assessment," warned Goldman Sachs Chief economist Jan Hatzius in a new client note on Tuesday.
Without question, talk of a looming recession has intensified on Wall Street amid hot reads on inflation, an inversion of the yield curve and elevated energy costs for households. ... This week has already brought another worrying signal on inflation.
Expectations about inflation over the next 12 months for U.S. consumers hit a record 6.6% in March, according to new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In February, those expectations stood at a still bloated 6%. ... Tuesday's closely watched Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to hit more than 8% on the headline, underscoring the findings in the New York Fed survey.
Keep in mind, the latest jobs report for March only showed average hourly earnings rising 5.6% over the past 12 months. In other words, consumer purchasing power is being eroded at the same time interest rates are heading higher.
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