一直以來,經濟學家魯里埃爾·魯比尼因為悲觀的預言而被稱為“末日博士”,但在華爾街最近陷入恐慌時,他卻一反常態地表達了樂觀態度。
上周三,他在接受彭博電視臺采訪時,對擔心經濟下滑的投資者嗤之以鼻,并開玩笑說股市和債券市場過去已經預測了十次經濟衰退,實際上只發生過三次。
他還表示,去年,市場嚴重誤判了美聯儲可能進行降息的次數,因為交易者認為美聯儲會更激進地降息。
魯比尼表示:“市場對經濟狀況和美聯儲的動作經常判斷錯誤。確實有一些重要的證據表明經濟有所放緩,但我并不認為有數據表明美國經濟短期內會硬著陸。事實上,反而有一些預示著經濟強勁的因素。”
等等,發生了什么?
魯比尼因為對經濟和房地產市場泡沫的警告而聲名鵲起。他的警告最初遭到人們的嘲諷,但后來發生的全球金融危機證明了他是正確的。
在那之后,他經常就其他多次危機發出預警,在2022年,他警告美國會發生滯漲性債務危機。2023年,他繼續發出警告,稱面臨經濟危險的“百慕大三角”和“最嚴重的債務危機”,美國經濟將發生“嚴重衰退”。
去年,經過美聯儲進行四十年來最激進的連續加息之后,華爾街的普遍共識是,美國將陷入經濟衰退。
但到去年9月,由于美國經濟繼續穩步增長,并沒有嚴重下滑,因此他的立場有所軟化,稱美國可能發生短暫或程度較輕的經濟衰退。
本月早些時候發布的美國制造業和就業數據表現出急劇惡化的跡象,引發全球股市暴跌,也提供了證據證明華爾街少數看空市場的投資者可能是正確的。
后續的每周失業救濟申請數據低于預期,緩解了市場上的緊張情緒,并幫助股市收復了大部分失地。
與此同時,華爾街的其他人也強調一些數據表明了美國經濟的潛在實力。阿波羅(Apollo)首席經濟學家托爾斯滕·斯洛克在上周六的一份報告中表示,亞特蘭大聯儲(Atlanta Fed)的GDP追蹤器顯示,第三季度美國GDP增幅為2.9%。
斯洛克補充道:“關鍵是,目前沒有跡象表明美國經濟衰退,美國經濟表現良好,餐廳預訂、航空旅行、酒店預訂、信用卡數據、銀行貸款、百老匯演出上座率、票房收入等每日和每周數據穩步增長,每周的破產申請數據則持續下降。”(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
一直以來,經濟學家魯里埃爾·魯比尼因為悲觀的預言而被稱為“末日博士”,但在華爾街最近陷入恐慌時,他卻一反常態地表達了樂觀態度。
上周三,他在接受彭博電視臺采訪時,對擔心經濟下滑的投資者嗤之以鼻,并開玩笑說股市和債券市場過去已經預測了十次經濟衰退,實際上只發生過三次。
他還表示,去年,市場嚴重誤判了美聯儲可能進行降息的次數,因為交易者認為美聯儲會更激進地降息。
魯比尼表示:“市場對經濟狀況和美聯儲的動作經常判斷錯誤。確實有一些重要的證據表明經濟有所放緩,但我并不認為有數據表明美國經濟短期內會硬著陸。事實上,反而有一些預示著經濟強勁的因素。”
等等,發生了什么?
魯比尼因為對經濟和房地產市場泡沫的警告而聲名鵲起。他的警告最初遭到人們的嘲諷,但后來發生的全球金融危機證明了他是正確的。
在那之后,他經常就其他多次危機發出預警,在2022年,他警告美國會發生滯漲性債務危機。2023年,他繼續發出警告,稱面臨經濟危險的“百慕大三角”和“最嚴重的債務危機”,美國經濟將發生“嚴重衰退”。
去年,經過美聯儲進行四十年來最激進的連續加息之后,華爾街的普遍共識是,美國將陷入經濟衰退。
但到去年9月,由于美國經濟繼續穩步增長,并沒有嚴重下滑,因此他的立場有所軟化,稱美國可能發生短暫或程度較輕的經濟衰退。
本月早些時候發布的美國制造業和就業數據表現出急劇惡化的跡象,引發全球股市暴跌,也提供了證據證明華爾街少數看空市場的投資者可能是正確的。
后續的每周失業救濟申請數據低于預期,緩解了市場上的緊張情緒,并幫助股市收復了大部分失地。
與此同時,華爾街的其他人也強調一些數據表明了美國經濟的潛在實力。阿波羅(Apollo)首席經濟學家托爾斯滕·斯洛克在上周六的一份報告中表示,亞特蘭大聯儲(Atlanta Fed)的GDP追蹤器顯示,第三季度美國GDP增幅為2.9%。
斯洛克補充道:“關鍵是,目前沒有跡象表明美國經濟衰退,美國經濟表現良好,餐廳預訂、航空旅行、酒店預訂、信用卡數據、銀行貸款、百老匯演出上座率、票房收入等每日和每周數據穩步增長,每周的破產申請數據則持續下降。”(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Economist Nouriel Roubini has been such a doomsayer for so long that he’s earned the moniker “Dr. Doom,” but he sounded uncharacteristically bullish amid Wall Street’s recent panic.
During an interview on Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, he dismissed investors’ fears that a downturn is coming and quipped that the stock and bond markets have predicted 10 out of the last three recessions.
He added that markets have also badly misjudged over the last year how many Fed rate cuts are on the way, as traders have seen much more aggressive easing.
“The markets are often wrong about what’s going on with the economy and what the Fed is going to be doing,” Roubini said. “There is some significant evidence of some slowdown of the economy, but I don’t think the data suggest that we’re going to have a hard landing anytime soon. If anything, actually, there’s some elements of strength in the economy.”
Wait, what?
He rose to prominence when his warnings about the economy and the housing bubble were initially laughed off—only to be proven right when the Great Financial Crisis hit.
Since then, he has regularly flagged numerous other catastrophes, and in late 2022 warned of a stagflationary debt crisis. He kept ringing the alarm into 2023, saying a “severe recession” was likely amid a “Bermuda Triangle” of economic dangers and the “mother of all debt crises.”
To be sure, the consensus on Wall Street last year was that the U.S. would tip into a recession after the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive string of rate hikes in four decades.
But by last September, as the economy continued to chug along without hitting the skids, he softened his tone, saying a short or shallow recession was possible.
Then U.S. manufacturing and payroll data earlier this month showed precipitous deterioration, triggering a massive stock selloff in global markets and providing evidence that the few remaining bears on Wall Street may be right.
Subsequent weekly jobless claims data came in lower than expected, calming nerves and helping the stock market recoup much of its losses.
Meanwhile, others on Wall Street have highlighted data that indicates underlying strength in the economy. Apollo chief economist Torsten Sl?k said in a note on Saturday that the Atlanta Fed’s GDP tracker points to third-quarter growth of 2.9%.
“The bottom line is that there are still no signs of a US recession, and the US economy is doing just fine with steady growth in daily and weekly data for restaurant bookings, air travel, hotel bookings, credit card data, bank lending, Broadway show attendance, box office grosses, and weekly data for bankruptcy filings trending lower,” he added.