On Tuesday, following a sharp downturn the day before, the top five U.S. benchmark indices made a recovery. However, Airbnb, the prominent vacation rental company, reported that it does not foresee a strong third quarter due to a slowdown in demand, driven by ongoing economic concerns. Meanwhile, Danielle DiMartino Booth, a former advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, told CNBC that the U.S. might already be in a “plain vanilla recession.”
Ex-Fed Advisor Suggests US Is Already in a Recession as Airbnb Cautions on Economic Slowdown
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DiMartino Booth: U.S. Likely in ‘Plain Vanilla’ Recession
This week, many have been discussing the global equities downturn and the potential for a looming recession in the United States. The uncertain outlook for the U.S. economy has led market participants to speculate on whether the U.S. central bank will cut rates. Austan Goolsbee, President of the Chicago Fed, told the New York Times that the Fed’s role is not to keep Wall Street at ease.
“There’s nothing in the Fed’s mandate that’s about making sure the stock market is comfortable,” Goolsbee remarked to the publication. As stock markets adjusted on Tuesday, Airbnb reported growth in its second-quarter earnings, though the company cautioned about a potential slowdown in U.S. demand for rentals. “We are seeing shorter booking lead times globally and some signs of slowing demand from U.S. guests,” Airbnb disclosed on Tuesday.
In her interview with CNBC, Danielle DiMartino Booth, a former Fed advisor and current CEO and chief strategist for Quill Intelligence, suggested that the U.S. economy may already be in a “plain vanilla recession.” Last year, DiMartino Booth warned that the “full damage” in the U.S. banking sector had yet to surface after the failure of three major banks. A year later, Republic First Bancorp collapsed, seemingly confirming her predictions. This week, she highlighted the decline in U.S. housing prices and the broader real estate market.
During the interview, DiMartino Booth pointed out that artificial intelligence (AI) will be crucial for companies looking to reduce costs. “America’s chief financial officers — tasked as they are with controlling costs in an economic downturn — have clearly demonstrated that AI will become a mainstay as chapter one of the rollout of this technology continues to play out, replacing warm bodies with technology,” the Quill Intelligence chief strategist told CNBC.
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