Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money, Released on 8/20/24

We’re currently receiving a lot of mixed signals about the direction of the economy? Inflation has dropped to 2.9%. And retail sales for July just beat expectations. That’s good, right? But unemployment has rising to 4.3%, triggering the Sahm Rule recession indicator. And credit card and auto loan delinquencies are spiking. Wait — those sound pretty concerning… So, what’s the true health of the economy? Are we still on track for a soft/no landing scenario as we’ve been told for many quarters? Or might it be wise to start preparing for something harder? For answers, we’re fortunately to speak today with someone who tracks the unfolding macro data on a daily basis, Mike “Mish” Shedlock, publisher of MishTalk.com

Mike “Mish” Shedlock is a registered investment advisor and representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management. His articles about the the economy and investing online can be found at Mish Talk.

Adam Taggart is the Founder of  Thoughtful Money. He is also Co-Founder and former President of Peak Prosperity. Adam is an experienced Silicon Valley internet executive and Stanford MBA. Prior to partnering with Chris Martenson (Adam was General Manager of our earlier site, ChrisMartenson.com), he was a Vice President at Yahoo!, a company he served for nine years. Before that, he did the ‘startup thing’ (mySimon.com, sold to CNET in 2001). As a fresh-faced graduate from Brown University in the early 1990s, Adam got a first-hand look at all that was broken with Wall Street as an investment banking analyst for Merrill Lynch. Most importantly, he’s a devoted husband and dad.

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