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  1. “Bond King” Does Not Foresee Recession in 2020
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“Bond King” Does Not Foresee Recession in 2020

Ben HernandezDec 18, 2019
2019-12-18

The bond markets have been sending a tried-and-true recession signal with an inverted yield curve, but that might not be the case in 2020 according to DoubleLine Capital CEO and Wall Street “Bond King” Jeffrey Gundlach. While the markets have been sensitive to U.S.-China trade news, Gundlach doesn’t see a trade deal happening in the near time frame, but that also shouldn’t derail the economy and send the U.S. into a recession.

Per a CNBC report, “Gundlach noted that consumers’ perception of current conditions would have to drastically deteriorate while weekly jobless claims spike up for a recession to take place. Consumer sentiment has tapered off in recent months but remains at relatively high levels. Weekly jobless claims, meanwhile, fell to a seven-month low in the week that ended Nov. 30

“We’ve never had a recession without negative leading indicators,” Gundlach told CNBC’s Scott Wapner on Wednesday. “Leading indicators are low right now … but numbers that are rolling off from the December-January period are quite low. So our forecast is that those are going to improve, which makes it very unlikely that we’ll have a recession in the next six to 12 months.”


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This article originally appeared on ETFTrends.com.

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