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1 2 0 0 9 H E A L T H C A R E F O R E C A S T C O N F E R E N C E, U N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L Jim Glassman, [email protected], 212-270-0778 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jan 07 Apr 07 Jun 07 Sep 07 Dec07 M ar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec08 M ar 09 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 3-month dollar-based Libor 3-month overnight indexed swap rate (OIS) When fear rules …

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Reality check … it’s bad, but don’t get crazyMisery Index = GDP gap + inflation (percentage points)

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Three storms …

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First things first, find the common thread …Real GDP in selected regions (percent change from four quarters earlier)

Source: JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Global (blue-shaded region)

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(1) Petroleum convulsion …

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The future’s energy hungry … the future, not the nowGlobal oil demand (millions of barrels daily) Petroleum, WTI (dollars per barrel)

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Energy … once a headwind, now a tailwind … for manyContribution to real GDP growth (contribution to percent change from four quarters earlier)

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(2) The housing debacle

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Ground Zero … inflated valuations are historyNominal income per household and house prices (ratio to 1970 Q1 level)

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Here too, a headwind is slowly dying downContribution of new home building to real GDP growth (percentage points over the past four quarters)

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(3) Fear … easy to inflame, hard to tame

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All the things that did this …Market value of all publicly traded stocks (Wilshire 5000 index)

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… turned the lights out last fallUS real GDP (percent change from four quarters earlier)

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In defense of policy activism …

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Three principles …

1. A stitch in time saves nine

2. The cost of an underemployed economy—the “opportunity cost”—mounts rapidly …

currently running $1 trillion annually and counting

3. Lost global opportunities amplify the costs

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Three historical examples …

1. The 1930s

2. The Japanese response in the 1990s

3. The US response in the 2000s

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The absolute budget numbers … yes, horrificUS fiscal budget (balance over the most recent 12 months, billions of dollars)

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Relative budget numbers … big but less scaryUS fiscal budget (balance over the most recent 12 months, % of GDP)

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Bold is justified, when you can say “inflation, R.I.P.” …

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Articles of surrender conclude a long Fed battle …10-year inflation expectations (percent)

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… and price competition will be stiff for a whileUnemployment rate (percent of the labor force)

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The future exists … when we stumble, we always rebound …US GDP gap (actual less potential real GDP as a percent of potential real GDP)

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