Odds of a recession in 2025:
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Doug Irwin: “…bigger than Smoot-Hawley”
From Bloomberg:
Further Inversion of the Treasury Yield Curve
As of close today:
Negative GDP Growth in Q1?
GDPNow as of today:
Forward Looking Implications of Consumption Behavior in the Trump 2.0 Era
Aggregate consumption drops as income ex-current transfers rises. The pattern of disaggregated consumption pattern suggests tariff-induced front-loading drove some of the support for consumption in December.
James Hamilton: “Are consumer sentiment studies a good measure of the economy?”
Jim Hamilton (with others) answers the question in the San Diego Union-Tribune:
Bordo-Siklos Central Bank Credibility, using Michigan Expectations
Using final March numbers:
Term Spreads, Yield Curves, 28 March 2025
Why 2025 is not 2022 (Short-Horizon Recession Forecasting-Wise)
Reader Bruce Hall comments on this post showing the implications of a short horizon probit model of recession likelihood.