Today’s Editorial mentions that the current bull market has become the longest in history. However, there are storm clouds gathering.
CNBC reported that St. Louis Fed economist William Emmons stated in a recent central bank report that declining home sales are “consistent with the possibility of a late 2019 or early 2020 recession.” The analysis looks at the trends in 4 US markets and overlays the previous three recessions and home sales over prior periods.
You can access the CNBC Editorial at the following link: … CNBC_070219JM
Bob Weir has over 50 years of investment research and analytical experience in both the equity and fixed-income sectors, and in the commercial real estate industry. He joined eResearch in 2004 and was its President, CEO, and Managing Director, Research Services until December 2018. Prior to joining eResearch, Bob was at Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS).
There was a sharp rise in interest rates in the final two days of last week. This moved key yield curve ratios away from Inversion levels and resulted in the Recession Barometer in the USA falling to 8.0x from 9.0x. Canada went on a recession Count-Down as of August 8. [more]