Here's What Executives Say About Possibility of U.S. Recession
Executives across corporate America are being asked for their views on whether a recession is in the offing.
Growth in the U.S. decelerated to a 0.7 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter as companies contended with a slower global economy. The median probability for a U.S. recession in the next 12 months jumped to 19 percent in last months Bloomberg survey of economists, the highest since February 2013.
As stock and oil prices slide, executives are offering their perspectives on the economy in conversations with analysts and investors. These comments were collected by Bloomberg from earnings calls, meetings and conferences the past three weeks.
John Thain, chairman and chief executive officer, CIT Group Inc.: Given the recent performance of the equity market and our stock price, the market seems to indicate a recession is imminent. I dont see that. Low energy prices do not cause recessions. While the energy sector itself is weak, the U.S. economy is still growing." (Feb. 2)
Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and CEO, Blackstone Group LP: While its always possible that a market correction becomes something more significant, we, at Blackstone, do not see a recession in the U.S. We do believe that global GDP growth is slowing, and weve seen a slowdown within certain sectors and regions in our global portfolio as a result." (Jan. 28)
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-08/here-s-what-executives-say-about-possibility-of-u-s-recession
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Income was off about 40%.
A lot of people who rely on our business are retirees who look to the stock market to see how well their investments will be doing.
And I guess that what they saw was not good.
Also experts did state that some 1.2 trillion bucks slipped out of the US economy over the beginning of the fourth quarter due to the lowering of oil prices.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)worth wiped out. Appears it was mostly derivatives used to float ETF's and leveraged funding for Oil.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)but not too much please.
Aren't China's problems causing some concern about a recession?