Ep 96 - The Final Innings of Economic Slow-Down: Recession, Depression, or New Growth?
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The next phase of higher interest rates is starting and it’s a combination of the Federal Reserve selling many $billions of its bond portfolio plus the U.S. government ramping up its sales of new debt securities. Both short- and long-term interest rates can be expected to increase another one or more percent by year-end choking off business borrowing and creating more bank crises. Bad news aside it may be time to start planning for a recovery starting in 2025 or, possibly, later.
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