This is a difficult call as there are many cross currents. From my perspective the range is wide. Some signs of stabilization from the US consumer diverges with the continued collapse in global trade. Unemployment continues to increase rapidly and although this is a lagging indicator it may not be as lagging as it used to be as companies seem to move much faster nowadays compared to the past when cutting jobs. Housing is at the very least slowing its rapid decline. Corporations though will probably continue to hunker down.
All right my call is a gut one and I am not as confident in it as I was the Q4 2008 GDP annualized number. Q 1 was still declining and my guess is that the annualized rate of -2% to -4%.
Inventories are going to have an effect this quarter and the size of the decline will depend on the rate of decline in the inventories. Exports and the US consumer are a little easier to peg.
Not sure when the first estimate comes out but I figured to go on the record with my very rough prediction.
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- Tom Henderson
- I currently work as a strategist, analyst and consultant at JBH Capital. I also trade an equity account to test theories. Before my current position, I was a self-employed equity trader. I have been actively involved with the markets on a part time basis since 1993 and full time since late 2002. In the mid 1990's in my free time I went through an entire Standard and Poor's Stock guide of at least 5,000 stocks in my hunt for value stocks. More recently I have finished in the top 1% in the 2007 CNBC's stock contest. I have a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Manhattan College. I am fascinated by the markets and the economy and truly enjoy what I do.
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