{"id":18091,"date":"2019-04-05T23:23:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=18091"},"modified":"2019-04-05T23:23:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T23:23:09","slug":"sp-500-expect-slower-earnings-growth-but-no-sign-of-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/sp-500-expect-slower-earnings-growth-but-no-sign-of-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#038;P 500: Expect slower earnings growth but no sign of recession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Credit growth in the US above 5% shows no signs of tighter credit conditions from an inverted yield curve. Growth in the broad money supply (MZM plus time deposits) has also not slowed, remaining close to 5%.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-04-05-credit-ms.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Credit Growth and Broad Money Supply\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Growth in hours worked has slowed to 1.71%, suggesting that real GDP growth will dip below 2% in 2019 but remain positive.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-04-05-realgdp.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hours Worked and Real GDP growth\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates when average hourly earnings are growing at 3.2% (Total Private for the 12 months ended March 2019).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-04-05-wages.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Average Hourly Wage Rate\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Leading Index from the Philadelphia Fed fell below 1%, giving an early warning that GDP growth will slow.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-04-05-leading.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Philadelphia Fed Leading Index\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A similar dip below 1% occurred ahead of the last three recessions. A second, stronger dip would warn of recession ahead.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-04-05-leading-past.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Philadelphia Fed Leading Index\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 is advancing to test resistance at 2950\/3000, while the Volatility Index crossed below 1%, signaling that risk is no longer elevated.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-04-05-spx.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Treasury Yields\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Real GDP is likely to slow this year but remain positive. S&amp;P 500 earnings growth is expected to slow and the index is likely to meet stubborn resistance at 2950\/3000. The Fed is still a long way off cutting interest rates (a strong bear signal) and there is no sign of recession on the 2019 horizon. An extended top is the most likely outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit growth in the US above 5% shows no signs of tighter credit conditions from an inverted yield curve. Growth in the broad money supply (MZM plus time deposits) has also not slowed, remaining close to 5%. Growth in hours worked has slowed to 1.71%, suggesting that real GDP growth will dip below 2% in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/sp-500-expect-slower-earnings-growth-but-no-sign-of-recession\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;S&#038;P 500: Expect slower earnings growth but no sign of recession&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,46,3761,57,34],"tags":[314,3935,881,1723,2076,2870,3010],"class_list":["post-18091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-fed-banks-interest-rates","category-deficit-spending-employment","category-gdp-and-activity","category-stock-markets","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-average-hourly-earnings","tag-broad-money","tag-credit-growth","tag-hours-worked","tag-leading-index","tag-real-gdp","tag-sp-500"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>S&amp;P 500: Expect slower earnings growth but no sign of recession - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"S&amp;P 500: Expect slower earnings growth but no sign of recession - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Credit growth in the US above 5% shows no signs of tighter credit conditions from an inverted yield curve. 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But job openings still exceed unemployment by more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deficit Spending &amp; Employment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deficit Spending &amp; Employment","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/economy\/deficit-spending-employment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Employment","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-09-02-jobs.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-09-02-jobs.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-09-02-jobs.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16843,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/18\/sp-500-volatility-falls\/","url_meta":{"origin":18091,"position":3},"title":"S&#038;P 500 volatility falls","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"August 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Philadelphia Fed Leading Index at 1.42 for June 2018 maintains a healthy margin above the 1% level that would warn of a potential slow-down. 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