David Blanchflower, professor of economics at Dartmouth College, speaks at the Bloomberg Global … [+] Inflation Conference in New York.
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The U.S. economy may be heading for another downturn within the next six months if sagging consumer expectations are any guide, according to new research from ex-Bank of England member David Blanchflower.
It’s a counterintuitive prediction given all the talk of recovery and inflation fears permeating the economic debate at the moment. U.S. gross domestic product soared an annualized 6.7% in the second quarter while consumer prices are running at 5.4% in the year to September.
But Blanchflower, now at Dartmouth College, and his co-author Alex Bryson, suggest the above figures are merely offering a look into the rear-view mirror.
“It seems to us that there is every likelihood that the United States entered recession at the end of…
