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Neil Dutta

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The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

And Denise Chisholm was on last week talking about falling unit labor costs, being a tailwind for the stock market.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Great for the stock market, pretty shitty for society.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

So Greg said, to understand why people are so miserable about the economy, look no further than Thursday's report on gross domestic product, not how much GDP grew, but how it was divvied up.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

worker compensation, wages, and benefits grew 0.8% in the first quarter, while domestic corporate profits jumped 2.7%.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Daniel, charts on, please.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

As a result, labor share of gross domestic income sank to 51%, the lowest since records began in 1947, and profit share climbed to 12.1%, the highest since 1950.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

So just go back and forth between these charts.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

So this is corporate profits basically hitting all-time highs.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

And the flip side of this is wages just not getting

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

not getting their fair share.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

And this is ripping the country apart.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Is this not being accounted for properly?

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Or do you think like this really is the story?

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

But this is very much impacting the political landscape and how people vote.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

And this is like a huge part of the story.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Neil, do you think that those lines, forget about converging, do you think they stop diverging?

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Is there a breaking point?

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Where else is it?

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

So areas, all right.

The Compound and Friends
Neil Dutta & Skanda on Why the Recession Signals Are All Wrong

Kevin Warsh.