Can the FOMC engineer a soft landing for the U.S. economy? Our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, John Blank, says that depends on the housing market.

1. Will housing be the sole determining factor given all the other economic headwinds?

2. What exactly about housing do you consider to be the benchmark here?

3. What conclusions can we draw from housing data you’ve analyzed?

4. What does all this say about your outlook for the U.S. housing market for this year?

5. How much will the Treasury yield curve impact housing?

6. What about other factors affecting our economy such as employment data, inflation and Fed interest rate policy, especially the Fed Chief’s recent comments on interest rate hikes that shocked the market?

7. Against this backdrop what’s your current GDP outlook?

8. What do you see as the main concerns over global economic growth?

9. Three large cap stocks that are not too interest rate sensitive that you’ve flagged are AutoNation (AN Quick QuoteAN - Free Report) , Marriott International (MAR Quick QuoteMAR - Free Report) and Target (TGT Quick QuoteTGT - Free Report) .

Our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, Looking at housing’s impact on our economy. With John, I’m Terry Ruffolo.