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U.S. economy entering late-phase business cycle: report

Source: Xinhua| 2019-02-22 16:38:25|Editor: Liu
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NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economic expansion is shifting into the late-cycle stage as fiscal and monetary policy stimulus are dissipating while the impact of protracted trade tensions is biting back, said a latest report by the BlackRock Investment Institute.

"We assess that it (the U.S. economy) will enter the late-cycle phase at sometime in the first half of this year," as labor market slack and the output gap suggest greater overheating, Elga Bartsch, chief economist at BlackRock Investment Institute, said Thursday while briefing the report themed "The global economy and 2019 outlook".

She said that the projection was based on analyzing a wide range of U.S. economic variables including a slowdown in growth, a gradually increase in wage inflation, the unemployment rate being below the natural rate, credit ratio and the savings behavior of the private sector.

The U.S. slowdown in 2019 will come in the context of an economy that is converting this year into a late phase of the business cycle, the final phase before a downturn, according to the report co-authored by Bartsch, which was issued in late January.

"This tempers our assessment of the remaining room to run in this expansion, even though we think that recession risks in 2019 are limited," researchers said in the report.

The report forecasted a global slowdown this year, adding that "the U.S. economy becomes a drag rather than a driver."

While a "synchronised slowdown" is to be expected in 2019, analysts noted in the report that the slowdown is likely to be led by the United States but should partly be cushioned by a more steady growth in Europe and emerging markets, notably China.

According to Bartsch, late cycle phases of the expansion lasted roughly six quarters historically.

It is important to note that the tipping point that pushes an expansion into recession could be triggered by the central bank tightening overly its policies, she added.

The minutes for the U.S. Federal Reserve's Jan. 29-30 meeting released on Wednesday highlighted the higher uncertainty in economic outlook, especially the rising volatility in the government policy environment.

Facing greater uncertainties ahead, the U.S. central bank indicated it would be patient on future rate hikes.

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