The Briefing Room
General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: libertybele on December 13, 2022, 09:58:03 pm
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Vanguard sees a recession in 2023 — and one ‘silver lining’ for investors
The last 12 months was a year of fast-rising inflation, fast-rising interest rates and fast-rising questions about a future recession.
Prices went up while stock markets and savings account balances went down, leaving consumers and investors dizzy and their wallets hurting.
After all the turbulence, what’s next?
There may be more financial pain, that’s pretty sure — but it might not be as bad as feared, according to Vanguard’s look ahead to 2023.
The likely recession will not send jobless rates charging sharply higher, sticker shock will fade for the price of goods, and the rise in rent and mortgages will also ease, Vanguard said.
The good news: This opens up chances for stocks to rebound, the asset-manager added.
The outlook, released this week, comes as Americans are trying to guess what 2023 holds for their finances while they manage their holiday shopping budgets, and 2022 investments.
On Tuesday, inflation data for November showed prices are continuing to cool. From October to November, the cost of living nudged up 0.1%, lower than the 0.3% forecast, the Consumer Price Index showed. Year over year, the inflation rate receded to 7.1% from 7.7% in October, according to the CPI data................
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vanguard-sees-a-recession-in-2023-and-one-clear-silver-lining-for-investors-11670882978?mod=home-page