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Lakshman Achuthan

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Lakshman Achuthan is a co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute in New York.

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Monsieur France

Bloomberg Opinion

The Strength of Consumers Is Overstated

Weakening sales trends and wage growth underscore a sustained slowdown in spending.

January 22, 2020

January 22, 2020

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

The Strength of Consumers Is Overstated

Weakening sales trends and wage growth underscore a sustained slowdown in spending.

Monsieur France

July 5, 2019

July 5, 2019

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

The Myth of the Tight U.S. Labor Market

Jobs growth is substantially slower than the headline employment data indicate.

NY Gov. Cuomo And AFL-CIO President Join Union Members In Spectrum Protest

February 19, 2019

February 19, 2019

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

The Fed’s 'First, Do No Harm' Policy Is Harmful

Instead of pausing, the central bank may need to start cutting interest rates to avoid a recession.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell Speaks To Senate Hearing On Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To Congress

October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

OpinionLakshman Achuthan

Housing Market Is Raising Serious Red Flags

Real home price growth looks to have already entered a cyclical downturn that is likely to intensify as affordability worsens.

Black Homeowners Disappearing Where Obama Got Start

March 9, 2018

March 9, 2018

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

The Global Economy's Wile E. Coyote Moment

Economies and markets may already be plunging off a cliff.

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January 25, 2018

January 25, 2018

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

Trump's Tax Cuts Won't Offset the Impending Slowdown

Everyone's too optimistic about 2018.

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December 13, 2017

December 13, 2017

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

Bond Markets Really Are Signalling a Slowdown

Analysts shouldn’t dismiss the yield curve’s message just because inflation expectations have been declining in recent years.

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October 6, 2017

October 6, 2017

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

Don't Count on Ever-Growing Corporate Profit

Economic growth is about as good as it gets, and we’re on the cusp of a fresh downturn.

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August 25, 2017

August 25, 2017

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

Finding the Root Cause of Recessions

Two things bear most of the blame: external shocks and economic volatility.

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July 18, 2017

July 18, 2017

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

All Signs Point to a Cyclical Slowdown in Inflation

Even as central bankers get more hawkish, the data show there's a change underway that the Fed is likely to miss.

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May 8, 2017

May 8, 2017

OpinionLakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

How the Fed Misinterprets Wage Growth

The central bank is confused about the interplay between cycles in growth and inflation.

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