The Big Picture

OCTOBER 24, 2022

So I leave the Bureau of Labor Statistics and I move into economic consulting. NORTON: So in 2008, I just received my CFA charter, and I was beginning to look around and think about, you know, where else would I want to go in this company or outside the company. And so I tossed my hat in the ring and moved over in October 15, 2008.

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James Hendries

JUNE 20, 2023

That’s not suggesting another 2008 is coming, but rather highlights how fast the economic environment can change. Along with the statement, the Committee updated the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), which is arguably more important than the brief monetary policy statement.

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James Hendries

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The challenges are many, with intense cost pressures and slowing economic growth at the top of the list. These headwinds include slower economic growth, cost pressures amid high inflation, ongoing supply chain issues, geopolitical instability in Europe and Asia, and significant currency drag from a very strong U.S. Numerous Headwinds.

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James Hendries

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Memories of 2008-2009 are still vivid even though global banks, overall, are in much healthier shape due to stringent regulations put in place following the crisis. The British pound had been weakening for some time amid a backdrop of dollar strength and a poor economic outlook as the U.K. has been wracked by rising energy costs.

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James Hendries

JUNE 26, 2023

The median performance, at 25.4%, is a better representation of where stocks might normally be at this stage because it takes out the ferocious V-shaped rebounds coming out of the 2008-2009 Great Financial Crisis and the early stages of the pandemic in March 2020. At the same time, the resilience of the U.S. All index data from FactSet.

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James Hendries

AUGUST 23, 2022

At this rate, home sales will likely continue to slow and residential investment could turn out to be a drag on Q3 economic growth. Outside of the pandemic, the rate of sales were close to sales rates in 2007 and 2008, when the economy was in the depths of a housing crisis [Figure 3]. Regional differences are profound.

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James Hendries

JANUARY 26, 2023

falls into recession, the chances are it would occur during the first half of 2023 and will not likely be as deep as the 2008 recession, which was initiated by a fundamentally flawed financial market. Much depends on China’s growth path now that it has largely abandoned its overzealous Zero-COVID-19 policy. If the U.S.

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