Economic Overview – January 2023
Click Here to View Full PDF Summary: Figure 1. National Bureau of Economic Research – Six Determinates of Recession, 2019-2022
Economic Overview – November 2022
Click Here to View Full PDF Summary: Figure 1. Inflation
Economic Overview – July 2022
Click Here to View Full PDF GDP Returns to Trend, Surging Inflation, Open Jobs, and Consumer Confidence Wanes Summary: GDP had recovered from the COVID pandemic. However, current indicators – consumer confidence, surging interest rates, hiring slowdowns – may presage a recession. Watch out for high inflation and its effects on a generation that has […]
Economic Overview – April 2022
Click Here to View Full PDF Overview: High Inflation, Economic Slowdown, and Dissatisfied Workers As shown in the figure 1 chart below, US GDP is steadily returning to pre-COVID levels. Many industries are recovering from the impact of COVID, which shows that we are “coming back” from COVID-related dislocations – to some degree. There are, […]
Economic Overview – January 2022
Click Here to View PDF Overview: The past few years have tested the resilience of humanity. This test does not appear to be over, as evidenced by global GDP growth, which has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Figure 1. Real US GDP While normalcy has yet to return to most countries globally, it appears […]
Economic Overview – November 2021
Click Here to View PDF Overview: Price Inflation Creation COVID has caused worldwide economic upheaval since the pandemic began and continues to do so. Global economies have struggled to adjust to the many kinks COVID has created in supply chains, and virtually every industry has been affected. As shown in Figure 1, the inflation caused […]
Economic Overview – July 2021
Click Here To View PDF Overview – COVID Continues to Dominate COVID-19 remains the greatest threat to economic stability. This is due, in part, to the many dislocations COVID-19 has created socially and across the economy. Economic activity is returning to pre-pandemic levels across many sectors. As shown in the graph below, many US industries […]
Economic Commentary April 2021
To View PDF Click Here By Theresa Gusman, Alex Cote, and Kaitlyn Mitchell Overview – All Eyes on Global Economic Recovery The vaccination race has begun with nine countries already exceeding 25% of their population inoculated with at least one dose of vaccine.1 Traders are anticipating rate hikes enacted rate hikes to curtail impending inflation, […]
Economic Overview January 2021
Current Position Until achievement of herd immunity is realized, COVID-19 restrictions will continue to impede global economic growth. Further fiscal stimulus has grown increasingly likely after both Georgia senate seats flipped blue, solidifying Democratic majority in the senate, and curtailing the partisan hurdle to Biden’s agenda. To Read Full PDF Click Here
Economic Overview July 2020
By Holly Testa | Download the PDF Economic Overview Below is our compilation of the economic views expressed by First Affirmative’s key data providers. You may click on the links provided in the footnotes to access the complete report. “The COVID-19 shock altered the course of the global economy and ravaged financial markets, prompting policymakers to […]
