The US economy is heading for recession

Happy Sunday. This week I returned to the US economy.

The recession of the recession in America has increased this week. Nevertheless, this is not the base case of most analysts for this year. Thus, the opposite of Sunday’s transit to the free lunch, why the world’s largest economy here will commit suicide in the recession in 2025.

There are two elements of logic. First, even before the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, the US economy was weaker than much praise. Outline on why I Opinion column In August and in the previous version of this newsletter, ”Debank the American exceptionalism“.

Second, “Trumponomics” has made more outlook damp by introducing the risks of stagnant forces and the financial market. This is the focus of today’s newsletter.

Let’s get started with consumers. A reminder: High cost by Debt and expenses has been encouraged to require food, accommodation and healthcare. Serious offenses in credit card balance reached the height of 13 years at the end of last year, steady interest rates shrinking families.

The Agenda of the White House will add a tax to the top and add insult to the injury. Mexico and Canada’s proposed responsibilities (now breaks), and those who are already in China will rise to the highest rate of effective tariffs in the United States from the 5th, according to the maximum Yale Budget LabThe It calculates that higher prices can spend up to $ 2,000 for the family.

This is just a tester; Further tariffs are being expected. Although there is a designer to restore the President’s deadline, the impact on the feeling is already complete.

The confidence is submerged. Customers’ inflation and unemployment expectations have increased. This is an ominous triple. Families are still trying to get 20 percent of the post-pandemic growth at the price level. Significantly, for the first time in January, the real cost was for the first time in almost two years. Warning expenditure behavior is even higher now.

Next, business. On-off-off-tariffs and customs rules, policy-making and disturbing customers are a strong mixture of broad curiosity. Import tariffs have been set to raise costs and retaliate systems will suppress international sales. However, radical uncertainty also hinders the ability to plan and adapt the business.

The effects are already displayed on business activities indicators. Goldman Shutch Analyst Index points to the sale, new order, export and employment contraction at manufacturing and service companies in February. Production Spend – which has grown under the Act of Reduction Reduction and Chips Act – It is also slow, Scheme Unclear under the new administration.

Corporate outlook has also faded. BCA Research’s Capex Intensions Index is in the area of ​​contraction. ICally tihassically, it has indicated a recession.

Small business recruitment plans are also getting thinner, in accordance with the latest NFIB surveyThe The Challenger tracker The planned job cut is 245 percent stunned in February.

A reminder: Before the arrival of Trump, many emphasized the importance of the “powerful” labor market in the private sector. Two-thirds of the new action (and half of the 151,000 non-Farm pay rolls in February) have been created in the government, health care and social support accounts. Immigration employment has also increased from the epidemic.

Then comes the purpose of the new administration. Beyond the influence of policy uncertainty in the private sector, Evco’s ISI assumes that Elon Kasturi’s government sector spending efforts could stop a total of half a million US jobs this year. In an extreme scene, it can reach more than 1.4mn.

A planned crackdown on unpredictable immigrants, who is responsible for at least 5 percent of the employees, will increase the loss of this work.

Subsequently, this administration has put more pressure on the stock market.

Before the arrival of Trump, the S&P 500 was already at the Histor high evaluation level at the level of multiplication and density-including the market capitalization of the largest 10 companies at the height of the decade.

However, as an example of returning to the pre-elections executed by recent amendments to the US stock market, the markets were less priced at how far the President would go ahead with his policy agenda.

In the last one year, analysts suggested that the expanded evaluations of S&P 500 were not too related, as they reflect the higher income estimate and the promise of artificial intelligence. However, optimism around the income will now decrease. Sales and investment plans have been cloudy by AI and otherwise uncertainty. Many US agencies achieve significant amounts abroad, can lead a trade war against Trump in countries. In other words, there is a place to read the share price.

If the President is really “barely starting” about his plans, then his tolerance may be very high for the weakness of the more stock market. Nevertheless, the threat of a falling market has the real economic impact: the family’s equity holdings are on the record as their total asset ratio.

Finally, broad financial risks appear to be more likely (even if their chances are still low) and can strengthen the financial situations.

Matt King, the founder of Satori insights, points to potential triggers that can reverse the “safe shelter” status of America (where flight-to-save is involved in a strong dollar and lower treasury yield). “A combination of anxiety around financial responsibility, freedom of feeding and some other extreme proposals. The The Marca-Lago can only do the trick as part of the Accord, “he said.

The administration plans to plug the deficit with the income of the duty (especially if they are stop-start) and the so-called department of government skills are highly questionable. The cost of receiving US orrow is already high; Adds the revenue relaxation yield. US Treasury Demand faces other potential headwinds, such as growing in the German Bund. It is now easy to imagine being caught in a vicious cycle of high yields and greater debt assumptions in the United States.

Then Trump’s plans are at risk: Crypto’s institutionalization, Hafzard financial control and potential manipulation of the dollar.

Markets do not know how The value of uncertaintyJust when Trump was in the last office. Political risk can run a rapid re-pricing bond and sales dynamics in the equity market. Then fluency can trigger problems.

It is also unclear how Fed will respond. Last year, giving transparent signs of a cool economy, the interest rate was very limited to Trump’s second term.

Now, the rates are in the holding pattern. The aspect of weak growth is increasing expectations for cuts. However, with the recent memories of inflation and high prices of the sky, Fed may be careful and keep the rate high. In that case, the outlook of growth will fade further. In fact, it is more difficult for the Fed to stop the inflation-growth trade, increasing the risk of an error.

Upshot? Many analysts are cutting their GDP forecasts for this quarter, the traders are driven by importing imports in anticipation of tariffs. Most expect the second trimester to be exposed (though Trump’s stop-start tariffs will continue to encourage the storage). Nevertheless, it is difficult to see what can increase mood and enthusiasm, with slow-moving activities and feelings, increasing financial risk and already less progressive economy.

Perhaps Trump’s Pro-Groth Tax Cut and Control? First, they have not started yet. Second, they will offset by its policy agenda anti-group elements. Tax cuts will increase profits, but the efficiency of the companies to do something with the profit will be limited to uncertainty and higher import expenditure. Red tape slash can support investment, but monitoring various new duty systems and engraving-outes itself is a huge additional controller.

It is possible that a recess can be avoided. However, Trump will have to bring back his import duty plans significantly and prevent his shoot from the hip-hip style. How much is it likely?

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