Look for a Slower Growth Environment in the near Future

Jeffrey Viksjo CFA, CFP®

Jeffrey Viksjo CFA, CFP®

Global growth is expected to slow next year according to a recent report by Moody’s, driven in part by an expected deceleration of growth in the U.S. (U.S. Real GDP growth of 2.9% this year is expected to fall to 2.3% next year and 1.5% by 2020). Underpinning this global growth forecast is higher interest rates throughout the world, as many central banks (most notably the U.S.) are raising short-term rates and reversing a decade of easy-money policies.

 

In the U.S., the deceleration in growth is also due to the shortage of workers, with 3.7% unemployment leaving too few available workers to fuel business expansion.  While Moody’s does not forecast a recession by 2020, we may be re-entering a slower growth environment, both for the economy and company earnings.

 

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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