by SVN | CAG | Oct 21, 2019
Plenty of Headwinds Still Pose Risk “By 2020, tariffs already imposed or announced would shrink global GDP by 0.8%. That is equivalent to the whole economy of Switzerland.” – New IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, as the IMF further cut its global...
by SVN | CAG | Oct 7, 2019
“Economists are really good at saying we just had a recession. They are not so good at expecting a recession.” –NY Fed President John Williams The trade war left its bruises all over the latest data reports. The ISM Manufacturing Index, an index of business...
by SVN | CAG | Aug 26, 2019
CoStar Analysis: Message That Fed Will Sustain Recovery Lost in Tweet Storm Markets were roiled by new tariffs imposed on U.S. goods announced by China, a much-anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and President Trump’s reaction to both. The...
by SVN | CAG | Aug 7, 2019
CoStar Analysts Take Stock of Recent Headlines It appears that U.S. financial market is finally waking up to the reality of the intended and unintended consequences of the trade war. The main unintended result as been the uncertainty among businesses about future...
