Q3 2024 Economic outlook: The summer before the election
Momentum and optimism are both driving markets. But election-related policy uncertainty could impact investors.
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Q2 2024 Economic outlook: Balancing optimism with challenges
Optimism is stretching markets to new heights, but inflation is proving stubborn, limiting the scope of Fed rate cuts and putting upward pressure on rates.
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Q1 2024 Economic outlook: Landing coordinates
We look at risks to three key assumptions driving the rosy market outlook, including the coordinates of a soft landing, the pace of inflation and rate cut prospects.
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Chief U.S. Economist Lara Rhame’s 10 for ’24
Chief U.S. Economist Lara Rhame offers her predictions for the 10 essential macro and market trends facing investors in 2024.
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Q4 2023 Economic outlook: Dodged or delayed?
Looking into 2024, we examine whether an economic slowdown has been dodged—or merely delayed.
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Q3 2023 Economic outlook: Sailing into the slowdown
Concerns of a recession may feel far-fetched but headwinds are gathering. How can investors plan ahead?
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