S&P 500 continues to selloff, pricing the anticipated Fed-induced growth recession. The Fed Chair Powell stated at the Jackson Hole Symposium on Aug 26th that the Fed intends to increase interest rates to a restrictive level and keep them there for “some time”, which is likely to produce a sub-trend growth for “some time”. This “growth recession” requires the downgrade of corporate earnings and increases the probability of a real recession, or a negative growth. The outlook for S&P500 is bearish as long as this theme holds. Here is the full report:

Damir,
Thank you for the report. It helps quite a bit in navigating through the macro environment.
A data question:
When you talk about a Fed rate of 3.67 for Jan 23, is this based on the Fed 30 day futures for Jan 23 as of the time of your report? Why not use the median from the FOMC?
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