US: Warning signs of a recession? - Natixis
|The developments that have announced all recessions since the 1980s in advance (with a sufficient lead) in the United States are present at the moment, suggests Patrick Artus, Research Analyst at Natixis.
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“Among the list of variables that potentially are leading indicators of recessions, we see that three developments have announced all the recessions since the 1980s. They are:
- A decline in profitability;
- A decline in share buybacks;
- A flattening of the yield curve.”
“If we look at the present period, we should note that these three developments are present.”
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