Market volatility

Guide to recessions: 9 things you need to know

When is the next recession?

 

That's one of the questions we hear most often, especially following more than a year of aggressive interest rate hikes aimed at reining in inflation. Although a recession has seemed imminent for a while, the economic picture has become muddied as industries have weakened and recovered at different times. If we do see a broad contraction, our expectation is that it will be less severe than the 2008 global financial crisis and other more typical recessions, followed by a strong recovery.

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