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Where to From Here?. Dr. Steven P. Lanza Executive Editor The Connecticut Economy CREUES Commercial Real Estate Conference November 11, 2009. RISK PREMIUMS: A RETURN TO NORMALCY. TED Spread = 3-month LIBOR minus 3-month Treasury Bill Rate. Existing home sales on the rise.
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Where to From Here? Dr. Steven P. Lanza Executive Editor The Connecticut Economy CREUES Commercial Real Estate Conference November 11, 2009
RISK PREMIUMS: A RETURN TO NORMALCY TED Spread = 3-month LIBOR minus 3-month Treasury Bill Rate
Existing home sales on the rise NAR Indexed Sales 2006 = 100
Cutting the overhang of Supply Month’s Supply
New unemployment claims drop sharply “Normal”
Factories start humming again PMI Manufacturing Index
GDP marks a turnaround Contributions to GDP Growth +3.5% Percentage Points at Annual Rates -2.7% -0.7% -5.4% -6.4%
“V” RECOVERY: IS HISTORY DESTINY? This Recession, at Historical Average Average Quarterly Growth During Equivalent Period of Expansion Average Quarterly Contraction During Recession
Employers pared workforces aggressively Total Recession Job Losses, in Thousands 2007-Q4 through 2009-Q2 1 Million
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS RETURNING Future +118% Index 1985 = 100 Overall +77% Current -5%
MOST* STIMULUS SPENDING IS YET TO COME Spent $150 Billion 25% 75% Unspent $650 Billion * AS OF 11/11/09
RETURNING TO LATEST TREND WILL TAKE TIME $18 $16 $15 $13 $12 $11 $10 $9 Annual Growth Quarters to Trend 11.8% 5 7.1% 9 1.9% n.a. U.S. GDP, in Trillions 3.4% Trend = 2.9% since 2001, 3.4% 1947-present
HOUSEHOLDS ARE SOCKING AWAY MORE INCOME Avg Personal Saving as a Percent of Disposable 1950 1970 1990
DESPITE REBOUND, CONFIDENCE SUBDUED Index 1985 = 100
LENDERS TIGHTEN STANDARDS AT SLOWER PACE, BUT LOANS REMAIN HARD TO GET Consumer Net Percent of Banks Tightening Standards
AND LOAN DEMAND IS STILL WEAK Consumer Business Net Percent of Banks with Stronger Loan Demand
TRILLIONS IN HOME EQUITY HAS DISAPPEARED Billions of Dollars -37%
CT JOBS UNDER DIFFERENT RECOVERY PATHS GDP Growth 7% 5% Thousands 3% 2%
PATHS FOR CT INCOME COULD BE SMOOTHER GDP Growth 7% 5% 3% 2% Billions of 2005 Dollars
BUT JOBLESS RATE WILL BE HARD TO TAME GDP Growth 2% 3% 5% 7% Percent Unemployed in Connecticut