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From Hard Landing to Soft Landing to No Landing?

Investing Caffeine

However, with near record-low unemployment ( 3.4% ) and multi-trillion dollars in government stimulus still working its way through the system, others see an economic soft landing. More recently, economic data has been flying in at an accelerating pace, which could mean the economy will stay in the air and have no landing.

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Recession Storm Fears Reign Supreme as Stocks Gain Steam

Investing Caffeine

Commentators continue to shout the doom-and-gloom forecasts of a hard landing recession, but after an economic hurricane in 2022 there are some signs the financial clouds have begun to lift this year. Investors Waiting for Another Flood While the calls for a hard economic landing remain, healthy GDP growth ( +2.9% 1, 2023).

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How Does The Stock Market Affect The Economy?

Trade Brains

A stock is a type of security that represents an individual’s ownership in a company and a stock market is a place where an investor can buy and sell ownership of such assets. The stock market exists for two main reasons, the first is to provide a company with the opportunity to raise capital that can be used to expand and grow the business.

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Consumer Wallets Strong, Rate Hikes Long, What Could Go Wrong?

Investing Caffeine

Source: Trading Economics As long as consumers continue to hold a job, they will continue spending to buoy economic activity – remember, consumer spending accounts for roughly 70% of our country’s economic activity. rate (see chart below). Under this scenario, you are likely to stay put and not sell your home. for the month.

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A wave of fundamental data will drive the next move for markets

Nationwide Financial

Markets surged at the beginning of the week, with the first back-to-back gains of 2.5% since 2008 on hopes for a dovish pivot by the Fed, though that rally lost momentum by week’s end as those hopes faded. Recent Fedspeak was clear that neither financial market volatility nor slowing global growth will deter them from raising rates.

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Market Commentary: Volatility Is the Toll We Pay

Carson Wealth

Even bull markets see periods of volatility, a point that may help put this year in perspective. Credit markets continue to show very few signs of economic stress. Recent economic data from China show that the world’s second largest economy is in trouble. and financial markets. Any adverse impact on the U.S.

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Market Extra: ‘We are going to see parts of the economy break’: Recession fears move back to the forefront of markets

MarketWatch

That occurred as the 2-year Treasury yield experienced its biggest-monthly plunge since January 2008, and the 10-year BX:TMUBMUSD10Y had its largest monthly drop since March 2020. As Monday’s trading wore on, investors regarded higher oil prices as beneficial for some U.S.

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