The 1st quarter of the year saw tremendous economic growth, but will the 2nd quarter continue the trend?
The economy has broadened in the past few months due to downtown representation and employment acceleration factors. But we still have higher demand than supply, inflation costs, and interest rates concerns.
In this episode of the Secure Your Retirement podcast, we have Andrew Opdyke, a Certified Financial Advisor, Economist at First Trust Advisor. Listen to Andrew as he explains how economic growth, employment, and inflation in the 2nd quarter will influence the federal government\u2019s monetary policies decisions.
In this episode, find out:
\xb7 The broadening up of the economy due to downtown representation.
\xb7 The impact of employment acceleration in the 1st and 2nd quarters on the economy.
\xb7 How the 2nd quarter economic growth will impact the rest of 2021 and the beginning of 2022.
\xb7 How demand is outshining supply which is pushing off growth that could be happening now.
\xb7 How the supply and demand mismatch factor is pushing inflation costs higher.
\xb7 Why employment stability could lead to inflation costs increase in the long term.
\xb7 Why the small and mid-sized companies will outperform due to global reopening.
\xb7 Why monetary policies are going to remain accommodative unit around 2023.
\xb7 Andrew\u2019s personal economic predictions for the rest of 2021 and maybe early 2022.
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