Next US recession may be pushed back to 2025, according to JPMorgan (2024)

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Fears of an economic recession may have to be pushed back to 2025, according to JPMorgan. US factory activity expanded in March for the first time since September 2022. JPMorgan said the rebound in manufacturing activity bodes well for continued economic resilience.

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In fiscal 2025, with no new tax cuts expected, revenue growth accelerates to 6.2 percent. On the other hand, we expect the growth of federal expenditures to slow down over the next two years, from 4.9 percent in 2023 to 3.8 percent in 2024 and then to 3.9 percent in 2025.

Economic recovery begins at the end of the year, but it will not be until 2026 that the recession is over. Consumption will be a key driver in the recovery. Lower interest rates and rising real wages will increase households' consumption growth from the end of this year.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2024. America's central bank doesn't see any signs of a recession on the horizon. Not this year nor the year after.

New Outlook On Monetary Policy

The median projection for the benchmark federal funds rate is 5.1% by the end of 2024, implying just over one quarter-point cut. Through 2025, the FOMC now expects five total cuts, down from six in March, which would leave the federal funds rate at 4.1% by the end of next year.

According to the most recently published non-seasonally adjusted Fannie Mae Home Price Index (FNM-HPI), home prices are forecast to rise 4.8 percent in 2024 on a Q4/Q4 basis and 1.5 percent in 2025, upgrades of 1.6 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points, respectively from our prior forecast.

After finishing 2021 with real GDP growth of 5.6 percent (on a fourth- quarter-over-fourth-quarter basis), real GDP is projected to increase 3.8 percent in 2022 and 2.5 percent in 2023. Real GDP growth is then expected to average 2.0 percent between 2024-2028, and 2.3 percent during 2029-2032.

The 2024–2025 Outlook

The year-over-year change in the PCE price index ticks up from 2.6 percent in 2024Q1 to 2.9 percent in 2024Q4, before moderating to 2.1 percent by the second half of 2025. Year-over-year core CPI inflation lingers around 3.5 percent through the rest of 2024 and then slows to 2.5 percent by 2025Q4.

The largest share (35 percent) say inflation could reach that target by the end of 2024, but those odds were only slightly higher than the percentage of economists who expect 2 percent inflation by the end of 2025 (29 percent) or the end of 2026 (29 percent).

What will the economy look like in 2026? ›

We forecast 0.9% growth this year, 2.2% next year and 2.6% in 2026. We expect inflation to recede down to 5.5% by the fourth quarter of this year. A rate-cutting cycle will begin in October, so our forecast, and we expect the economy to pick up speed alongside falling interest rates.

Outlook for 2024–2034

The growth of real GDP slows to a rate of 1. 5% in 2024 as inflation continues to decline and the federal funds rate falls. After 2024, real GDP grows at a moderate pace.

“We want to be able to move before inflation is all the way to 2%,” Williams said in response to a question after a speech at the Economic Club of New York. Asked when price pressures will likely fall to the Fed's objective, he said, “my forecast would be in 20 — probably early 2026.”

The average duration of the 11 recessions between 1945 and 2001 is 10 months, compared to 18 months for recessions between 1919 and 1945, and 22 months for recessions from 1854 to 1919.

The official end of a recession is when the economy starts growing again, but this doesn't necessarily mean that the market is back to normal. Many economists believe a recession isn't finished until the economy approaches its pre-recession GDP and unemployment levels.

Overall, we expect the US economy to post real GDP growth of 2.4% this year, but for growth to slow to 1.1% in 2025. Between 2026 and 2028, economic growth is expected to pick back up, with annual gains in real GDP forecasted to range between 1.6% and 1.9% per year.

What happens in a recession? During periods of recession, companies make fewer sales, and economic growth stalls or becomes nonexistent. To cut rising costs, organizations may be forced to lay off large portions of their staff, resulting in widespread unemployment.

Lasting from December 2007 to June 2009, this economic downturn was the longest since World War II. The Great Recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, which makes it the longest recession since World War II. Beyond its duration, the Great Recession was notably severe in several respects.

There have been as many as 48 recessions in the United States dating back to the Articles of Confederation, and although economists and historians dispute certain 19th-century recessions, the consensus view among economists and historians is that "The cyclical volatility of GDP and unemployment was greater before the ...