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Incorrect Bullishness on the Economy & Markets: Inflation Is Just Transient [2021]

The consensus for the economy is bullish. After a 6.4% annualized increase in real GDP, that's without inflation, in the first quarter, recent forecasts are for 10% GDP growth in the second quarter, 7.5% in the 3rd, and 5% in the fourth. As for inflation expectations, they are up. Again the consensus is that the combination of a rapidly rebounding economy, supply shortages, and tight labor market will lead to a sustained rise in prices. The most prominent skeptic on that front is Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other Fed officials who believe the price increases we are seeing now are transitory. This week's guest, influential economist Dave Rosenberg is in the Powell camp on this one and believes the recent jump in inflation is temporary and that the overall bullishness on the economy and markets is wrong and will be challenged before the year ends. Dave Rosenberg is the outspoken and often contrarian Chief Economist and Strategist at his independent ec