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Economic Outlook: Archive

John Blank

Making Sense of Trade Wars

U.S. trade with Mexico, Canada, and China in 2024 accounted for around 40% of America's total commerce in goods around the world.

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John Blank

FEB 2025 Update: On U.S. Job Openings and Job Postings

In this piece, Zacks Chief Strategist John Blank will pull together the St. Louis Fed's (FRED) set of Job Opening and Job Posting indicators for your review.

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Anup Sadhu

Conclusions on JUNE Economic Outlook

We score two points for the equity market Bulls this month, and two points for the Bears

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John Blank

Putting the U.S. and World Economies Together

Real potential GDP is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO's) estimate of the output the U.S. economy would produce, with a high rate of use of its capital and labor resources.

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Anup Sadhu

The U.S. Experience with Supply Shock Inflation

This month???s special topic is U.S. Consumer Price Inflation. The reasons for focusing on this may seem obvious, to all of the savvy readers of this Zacks publication

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John Blank

The World's GDP Growth Rates & Home Property Markets

2024 has been a tumultuous year for geopolitics. Elections aplenty. Wars aplenty. Has it been as dramatic for the world's major economic regions?

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John Blank

4 Methods to Watch for a U.S. Recession

Chief Economist John Blank lists 4 ways to access whether a U.S. recession in underway. The 4 U.S. recession methods are listed in order of their popularity.

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John Blank

How Many Fed Rate Cuts to Expect (And Who Not to Listen To)

This week, traders organized rate cut probabilities for the U.S. Fed funds rate. Will we see twelve 25 bps cuts over time, or only nine?

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John Blank

To Cut or Not to Cut - That Is the Question

Here is a list of U.S. macro fundamentals, ones that suggest the FOMC should -- and should not -- not be cutting their policy rates.

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John Blank

Conclusions on JUNE Economic Outlook

We score two points for the equity market Bulls this month, and two points for the Bears.

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