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Question #1 for 2025: How much will the economy grow in 2025? Will there be a recession in 2025?

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How much will the economy grow in 2025? A year ago, I argued that "the economy will avoid recession" in 2024, and that a soft landing was the likely outcome. Here are the Ten Economic Questions for 2025 and a few predictions: Question #1 for 2025: How much will the economy grow in 2025? Or will the economy lose jobs?

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Recession Watch Metrics

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economy is very resilient and was on solid footing at the beginning of the year, the administration might reverse many of the tariffs (we've seen that before), and Congress might take back complete authority for tariffs. Also, perhaps these tariffs are not enough to topple the economy. I prefer single family starts to total starts).

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Question #2 for 2024: How much will job growth slow in 2024? Or will the economy lose jobs?

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2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 Or will the economy lose jobs? The bad news - for job growth - is that a combination of a slowing economy, demographics and a labor market near full employment suggests fewer jobs will be added in 2024. Or will the economy lose jobs? million jobs in 2023.

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Question #1 for 2023: How much will the economy grow in 2023? Will there be a recession in 2023?

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1) Economic growth: Economic growth was probably close to 1% in 2022 as the economy slowed following the economic rebound in 2021. How much will the economy grow in 2023? Defaulting on the debt with an already weak economy will likely push the economy into recession. Residential investment has also peaked.

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Predicting the Next Recession

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We did see negative real GDP growth in Q1 and in Q2 - but that didn't mean the US economy was in a recession (and this has never been the definition of a US recession). And other measures of the economy were also positive, especially employment. I disagreed and noted I wasn't even on recession watch! And guess what?

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History of Industries Listed on S&P 500

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Here is QAD from 2019: In business, change is inevitable , and those that fail to adapt and innovate are often doomed to failure. The S&P acts as a snapshot that illuminates which companies and industries are the largest in the economy at any given time.

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Recession Watch

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Two examples: not reaching a fiscal agreement and going off the "fiscal cliff" probably would have led to a recession, and Congress refusing to "pay the bills" would have been a policy error that would have taken the economy into recession. Note that Residential Investment is quarterly and single-family starts and new home sales are monthly.

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