Making Markets

Bob Elliott: The Goldilocks Economy - [Making Markets, EP.34]

Jun 21, 2024
Former CIO of Unlimited Funds, Bob Elliot, discusses the current market cycle, US deficit, inflation, and bond yields. He explains the Fed's reaction function and shares insights on gold, bitcoin, housing, commercial real estate, and private equity.
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INSIGHT

Goldilocks: Income-Driven Slowdown

  • The current cycle is an income-driven Goldilocks economy: slowing but still growing.
  • That pace may not produce enough disinflation for bond bulls to get an easing cycle.
INSIGHT

Income, Not Credit, Is Driving Growth

  • Post-GFC restructuring reduced credit sensitivity and boosted income-driven expansion.
  • Weak credit growth plus ~5% wage and spending growth sustains expansion without classic credit booms.
INSIGHT

Post‑GFC Balance Sheet Restructuring

  • After the GFC households and firms de-risked balance sheets and terming debt reduced rate sensitivity.
  • That structural change lowered the economy's responsiveness to interest-rate driven cycles.
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