In a new episode of The View from Apollo podcast, Apollo Global Head of Content Strategy for Client and Product Solutions J.P. Vicente and Chief Economist Torsten Slok discuss the precarious outlook for the US economy as policymakers try to tame inflation without sending the economy into recession.
It’s a wide-ranging conversation that includes the outlook for GDP growth, inflation, interest rates, and consumer spending.
The View from Apollo features conversations with thought leaders across Apollo and portfolio companies of funds managed by Apollo, each bringing their unique perspectives on current macroeconomic trends, the impact to various businesses, and what it can mean for investors.
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The buoyant demand for corporate debt that propped up primary markets this year came alongside pockets of distress in the riskier parts of the market. We expect this divergence to persist through 2024. In this outlook, we’ll explore the bifurcation in the market, investment themes—from AI to elections—in opportunistic credit, the vanishing liquidity premium in investment grade debt, and the relative value of BDC’s unsecured debt.
While the Fed’s rate hikes have reigned in growth, especially among over-levered consumers, corporates, and banks, the easing of financial conditions since the “Fed pivot” in December continues to offset the effect of higher rates. For the rest of 2024, we expect economic growth to be higher than consensus and inflation to stay above the Fed’s target. We see no Fed cuts in 2024.
