Is The U.S. Headed For Recession?

via Chris Arnold  The economic tea leaves right now are getting hard to read. The latest measure of economic growth showed the economy expanded at a lackluster 2 percent rate in the first quarter. Estimates for second-quarter growth are much …

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The Top Is In. And They Know It. Recession Imminent.

2018 Returns… JP Morgan: -1% Bank of America: -2.8% Morgan Stanley: -7.8% Citigroup: -10.9% Goldman Sachs: -12.5% All closed at year-to-date low today. 2018 Returns…JP Morgan: -1%Bank of America: -2.8%Morgan Stanley: -7.8%Citigroup: -10.9%Goldman Sachs: -12.5%All closed at year-to-date low today. …

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Got to hike until something breaks — and have rates up before next recession to then slam it down

got to hike until something breaks — and have rates up b4 next recession to then slam it down pic.twitter.com/vhqY7RR2sv — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1006045092799533056 Consumer loan rates have diverged, with credit cards outpacing other types of debt …

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Recession 2020?

via Econbrowser Goldman Sachs (Hatzius et al., May 24): Ongoing rate hikes are likely to tighten financial conditions, at least gradually, and we expect growth to slow to a trend pace through 2019 even with fiscal stimulus still helping. From 2020, …

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Stocks safe from recession

In theory, WMT and MCD get as much boost in a recession from people switching from higher cost competitors, as they lose from their regular customers having less to spend. In any given recession, the market may or may not …

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