HALISTER1: U.S. Inflation Surge a Sign Recession Is Near: SocGen’s Edwards

U.S. Inflation Surge a Sign Recession Is Near: SocGen’s Edwards

(Bloomberg) -- The Fed’s dovish tone comes even amid a rise in core U.S. CPI and a surge in the central bank’s own preferred measure of inflation, the core PCE deflator, Societe Generale analyst Albert Edwards writes in client note.
  • While some may say the surge is a sign the Fed is way behind the tightening curve, Edwards says it confirms the end of the third longest U.S. economic cycle
  • A downturn in corporate margins explains the pick-up in core inflation
  • In the run up to past two U.S. recessions, unit labour costs rose above output prices as is the case again now
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