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Housing Permits
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Recession
ISM New Orders
Profit Margins
Truck Shipments
Credit Spreads
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Overall Signal
1. Data as of October 31, 2023. Source: BLS, Federal Reserve, Census Bureau, ISM, BEA, American Chemistry Council, American Trucking Association, Conference Board, and Bloomberg.
The ClearBridge Recession Risk Dashboard was created in January 2016. References to the signals it would have sent in the years prior to January 2016 are based on how the underlying data
was reflected in the component indicators at the time.
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Where are we in the economic and market cycle?
• Historically, it has taken 8.5 months on average for the onset of a recession following the Fed’s final rate hike.
• More recent cycles have seen a much longer calm before the storm, although these were set against a low inflation backdrop.
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• Rising delinquency rates are typically a sign of consumer balance sheet fatigue and increasing recession odds.
• With the moratorium on student loan repayment expired, many borrowers are now facing additional pressure heading into
the holidays.
2. Note: Time from Pause to Recession Start uses actual Last Rate Hike dates and mid-month of Recession Start. Source: FactSet
and NBER. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, and unmanaged index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.
3. HELOC stands for Home Equity Line of Credit. Data as of March 31, 2023, latest available as of June 30, 2023. Source: NY Fed, Equifax. Past performance is not a guarantee of future
results.
Where are we in the economic and market cycle?
Who’s right?
S&P 500 EPS growth YoY4 Nominal GDP YoY4
• Consensus estimates for equity markets and the economy have diverged, providing fuel for both the bulls and the bears.
• With the end of the Fed's tightening cycle on the horizon, history suggests that the 10-Year Treasury is also approaching its
apex.
4. EPS Growth YoY is YoY growth of current constituents. Data as of Sept. 30, 2023. Source: Bloomberg, BEA, FactSet, S&P. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investors
cannot invest directly in an index, and unmanaged index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.
5. Number of months may not add up due to rounding. Source: Bloomberg, Federal Reserve. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investors cannot invest directly in an index,
and unmanaged index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges..
Possible market implications
• With the Fed’s tightening cycle approaching its conclusion, short-term interest rates (including CDs) are likely to peak as well.
• Although short-term yields are attractive, history suggests that longer duration credit tends to outperform in the year following
peak CD rates.
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Dividend Growers S&P 500 Index
6. InInvestment-Grade Corporate Bonds represented by the Bloomberg US Corporate Total Return Value Unhedged Index, Core/Core Plus Bonds represented by the Bloomberg US Agg Total
Return Value Unhedged Index, Short-Term Bonds represented by the Bloomberg 1-3 Yr US Gov/Credit Total Return Index, and Municipal Bonds represented by the Bloomberg Municipal Bond
Total Return Index. Source: Bloomberg, Bankrate.com. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, and unmanaged index returns do not
reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.
7. Source: BMO Capital Markets Investment Strategy Group, FactSet, Compustat, FRB. Dividend Growth Screening Methodology: S&P 500 stocks screened each month end, no dividend cuts
in the past five years, latest one-year dividend per share growth greater than the S&P 500, current dividend yield greater than the S&P 500, free cash flow yield greater than the dividend yield,
dividend payout ratio lower than the S&P 500. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, and unmanaged index returns do not reflect any
fees, expenses or sales charges.
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