Recession In 2023?
From Folkerts-Landau and Hooper at Deutsche Bank, yesterday:
…inflation in the US and Europe has now reached levels that have forced the Fed and
the ECB to pivot their monetary policy stances dramatically. As a result, we now
expect the US economy to be in outright recession by late next year, and the EA
in a growth recession in 2024…
(Click on image to enlarge)
Source: D. Folkerts-Landau and P. Hooper, World Outlook, 2022-24: Over the brink, Deutsche Bank, April 5, 2022.
This forecast is considerably more pessimistic than this December baseline, predicting a recession in 2023Q4:
Source: D. Folkerts-Landau and P. Hooper, World Outlook, 2022-24: Over the brink, Deutsche Bank, April 5, 2022.
The forecast is also considerably less optimistic than the Survey of Professional Forecaster’s February consensus. Of course, a lot has happened since the SPF forecasts were collected (in end-January).
(Click on image to enlarge)
Figure 1: GDP (black), Atlanta Fed nowcast of GDP(black +), Survey of Professional Forecasters February mean (red), and Deutsche Bank forecast (4/5), all in billions Ch.2012$ SAAR. NBER defined recession dates peak-to-trough shaded gray. Source: BEA, Atlanta Fed, Philadelphia Fed, Deutsche Bank, NBER, and author’s calculations.
While 10yr-3mo and 10yr-2yr indicators do not suggest a high probability of recession through March 2023 (the 10yr-2yr spread went positive yesterday), the DB forecast for recession in late 2023 pertains to a horizon more than a year out.
Disclosure: None.