Jonathan Fortun · Robin Brooks / Institute of International Finance
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Historically low US unemployment in early 2020 had not produced a clear acceleration in underlying inflation. Comparing labor force participation with other advanced economies, the analysis argues that substantial unused labor capacity might remain despite the low headline unemployment rate. That distinction matters for judging how close the economy is to its productive limits.
Jonathan Fortun · Robin Brooks / Institute of International Finance
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The slowdown in emerging economies after the global financial crisis was sharper than the US experience commonly associated with secular stagnation. Jonathan Fortun and Robin Brooks connect that weakness with subdued investment and lower commodity prices. Their December 2019 analysis asks whether forces beyond the commodity cycle were holding back emerging market growth.
Jonathan Fortun · Robin Brooks / Institute of International Finance
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An inventory correction offered an alternative explanation for weak global manufacturing in late 2019. Jonathan Fortun and Robin Brooks argue that excess stocks, rather than trade tensions disrupting supply chains, accounted for much of the slowdown. By December, an improving leading indicator suggested that the inventory adjustment might be nearing its end.
Jonathan Fortun · Robin Brooks · Sergi Lanau / Institute of International Finance
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Persistently weak inflation challenged estimates that the euro area periphery was close to full employment in 2019. Jonathan Fortun, Robin Brooks and Sergi Lanau explained a Phillips curve method that lowers the estimated unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation when observed inflation is subdued. Their calculations implied substantially more unused labor capacity than the consensus, while remaining consistent with US Congressional Budget Office estimates for the United States.
Jonathan Fortun · Robin Brooks / Institute of International Finance
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Germany’s industrial weakness complicated efforts to lift euro area inflation in October 2019. Jonathan Fortun and Robin Brooks trace pressures from the automotive sector, environmental standards and weak exports to the United Kingdom and Turkey. They argue that this downturn compounded deflation risks already associated with unused economic capacity in the euro area periphery.
Jonathan Fortun · Robin Brooks / Institute of International Finance
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Recession fears, trade tensions and weak emerging market currencies framed the macroeconomic questions for the IIF’s October 2019 Annual Meetings. Jonathan Fortun and Robin Brooks argued that fears of a US and global recession were overstated and that limited supply chain damage left scope for a rebound after a trade truce. They also examined why a positioning overhang was preventing emerging market currencies from benefiting as usual from a more accommodative Federal Reserve.
Jonathan Fortun · Robin Brooks / Institute of International Finance
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Slower US job creation in October 2019 did not necessarily signal an approaching recession. Jonathan Fortun and Robin Brooks placed the deceleration within a longer trend of tightening labor conditions. Their interpretation was that a maturing labor market could generate fewer additional jobs without implying a deterioration in the broader economic cycle.