Opening Statement from the January 2019 CCPM Forecaster 

Opening Statement from the January 2019 CCPM Forecaster 

Originally published on January 6, 2019

Overview

The trend of mild deceleration in global growth continues, with China now at the focus after having recently shown significant signs of a slowdown.

In contrast, the US economy remains solid. Most major economic metrics remain favorable, ensuring continuation of uninterrupted growth through 2019. As well, December’s impressive employment data from the BLS is consistent with the Fed’s bias for...