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Recession Risks: Will the Fed Save the Day?

October 10, 2019

ClearBridge's Anatomy of a Recession team, Investment Strategist Jeff Schulze and Investment Strategy Analyst Josh Jamner, debate the key recession indicators to watch with the U.S. economy at a crossroads and the importance of monetary policy in determining whether the current yellow signal on the ClearBridge Recession Risk Dashboard worsens into a recession or merely signals a temporary slowdown.

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