Global Economic Slowdown! You Know Things Aren’t Good When THIS Happens

We can look at the stock market and the recovery is fantastic. In fact, it’s better than most had predicted. Then we can look at the economic indicators, hundreds of them, and it’s really a different picture. This great disparity hasn’t been this wide since the Financial Crisis. Now while that doesn’t mean a recession will happen tomorrow, it does mean that we must hedge our bets and begin to prepare for volatility and late cycle behavior.

Several ECB policymakers doubt projected growth rebound: sources - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecb-policy/several-ecb-policymakers-doubt-projected-growth-rebound-sources-idUSKCN1RS0PZ
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U.S. manufacturing mired in soft patch in first quarter
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-manufacturing-output-unchanged-march-131859320--finance.html
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Worried a recession is coming, U.S. online lenders reduce risk - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-online-lenders-focus/worried-a-recession-is-coming-u-s-online-lenders-reduce-risk-idUSKCN1RR0BB
What Ballooning Corporate Debt Means for Investors
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2019/04/08/what-ballooning-corporate-debt-means-for-investors/#3302f291636c
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Dollar General will open 975 stores this year - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/business/dollar-general-stores-family-dollar/index.html