Claudia Song

You know, the yield curve works as a predictor because the bond market is simply trillions of dollars of bets on the future of the U.S. economy. And historically, the throng of humans placing that flood of bets has been good at picking up on vibes of trouble ahead.

You know, the yield curve works as a predictor because the bond market is simply trillions of dollars of bets on the future of the U.S. economy. And historically, the throng of humans placing that flood of bets has been good at picking up on vibes of trouble ahead.

Yes, and after the break, we have one final recession indicator that attempts to smash, like, all of the other indicators together. Well, I guess I should say maybe not all of the other indicators.

Yes, and after the break, we have one final recession indicator that attempts to smash, like, all of the other indicators together. Well, I guess I should say maybe not all of the other indicators.

Yes, and after the break, we have one final recession indicator that attempts to smash, like, all of the other indicators together. Well, I guess I should say maybe not all of the other indicators.

Yeah, but that is after the break.

Yeah, but that is after the break.

Yeah, but that is after the break.

And we're back. And genuinely, I really could listen to Alicia Berman's breakdown of the return of the babysitter bun all day.

And we're back. And genuinely, I really could listen to Alicia Berman's breakdown of the return of the babysitter bun all day.

And we're back. And genuinely, I really could listen to Alicia Berman's breakdown of the return of the babysitter bun all day.

And if messy buns not portentous omen enough, allow us yet one final triangulating recession data point, as discussed online, which I then felt compelled to discuss with our third and final economist, Justyna Zabinska-Lamonica. Now, Justyna, let me ask you this. Lady Gaga is yet again at the top of the Billboard charts. And so someone would flag that and say, this is a recession indicator.

And if messy buns not portentous omen enough, allow us yet one final triangulating recession data point, as discussed online, which I then felt compelled to discuss with our third and final economist, Justyna Zabinska-Lamonica. Now, Justyna, let me ask you this. Lady Gaga is yet again at the top of the Billboard charts. And so someone would flag that and say, this is a recession indicator.

And if messy buns not portentous omen enough, allow us yet one final triangulating recession data point, as discussed online, which I then felt compelled to discuss with our third and final economist, Justyna Zabinska-Lamonica. Now, Justyna, let me ask you this. Lady Gaga is yet again at the top of the Billboard charts. And so someone would flag that and say, this is a recession indicator.

We want recession pop. Yeah, we wanted it during the 08-09 Great Recession. Lady Gaga had two number one songs back then. Datapoint, just saying. I would have to check it, though. Yeah, possibly. I guess Justyna did not check on that.

We want recession pop. Yeah, we wanted it during the 08-09 Great Recession. Lady Gaga had two number one songs back then. Datapoint, just saying. I would have to check it, though. Yeah, possibly. I guess Justyna did not check on that.

We want recession pop. Yeah, we wanted it during the 08-09 Great Recession. Lady Gaga had two number one songs back then. Datapoint, just saying. I would have to check it, though. Yeah, possibly. I guess Justyna did not check on that.

This is a pretty famous economic indicator that is put out by a 100-year-old nonprofit called the Conference Board. And LEI is an index made up of 10 different data sets from all over the economy.

This is a pretty famous economic indicator that is put out by a 100-year-old nonprofit called the Conference Board. And LEI is an index made up of 10 different data sets from all over the economy.

This is a pretty famous economic indicator that is put out by a 100-year-old nonprofit called the Conference Board. And LEI is an index made up of 10 different data sets from all over the economy.