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Macro market monitor

Saira Malik
Head of Nuveen Equities and Fixed Income, Chief Investment Officer
Macro market monitor gauge

Looking at the big picture

The Macro Dashboard provides a quantitative snapshot of the state of the U.S. economy and markets. With a consistent scorecard, investment committees can use this tool to evaluate periodic changes in conditions, prioritize research and drive dialogue that ultimately results in better informed portfolio strategy. 

Inflation: Trailing inflation has continued to decline over the past few months. Forward looking inflation expectations expect the disinflation process to continue.

U.S. monetary policy: Still restrictive, despite the U.S. Federal Reserve cutting by 50 basis points (bps) in September, and financial conditions have continued loosening. The Fed predicts another 50 bps of cuts in 2024.

Economic activity: This category remains mixed, despite ongoing improvement in consumer expectations. We await further clarity in this category.

Employment: Healthy, with jobless claims still near cyclical lows and job openings well above its long-term average. Some cracks may have started to appear in employment data, but only marginally so and we will continue to monitor.

Investor sentiment: Improving, with broad sentiment becoming more positive. 

U.S. equity fundamentals: This category remains mostly unchanged since our last update, with earnings ratios still elevated versus historic norms. However, expected earnings growth has marginally weakened.

Nuveen Macro Market Monitor informs our discussions
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As of 16 Sept 2024*

Category  Gauge Percentile Rank (vs Past 20 Years, Higher Rank = Potential Headwind to Markets) Current
Inflation
Long-term inflation expectations 35 2.20
U.S. Monetary Policy
Fed funds rate 86 5.00
Financial conditions 11 98.8
Economic Activity
Consumer expectations 53 73
Household debt service ratio 21  9.8
Housing starts 49 1238
Economic surprises 70 -17.1
Employment
Jobless claims 20 230
Job openings 17 7.7
Investor Sentiment Broad investor sentiment 14 1.0
Individual investor survey 58 8.8
U.S. Equity Fundamentals
S&P 500 forward price to earnings ratio 93 21.1
S&P 500 forward expected earnings growth
33 14.1
 Revisions to expected earnings 44 2.8

 

*Fed funds data as of 18 Sept 2024

Data source: Bloomberg, L.P., 18 Sept 2024. Performance data shown represents past performance and does not predict or guarantee future results. The views above are for informational purposes only and do not reflect the experience or performance of any Nuveen product, strategy or service. The color scale is based on each metric’s percentile rank as compared to its 20-year average. A lower percentile ranking indicates a positive or less of a concern to its impact on the economy while a higher percentile ranking indicates a negative or more of a concern to its impact on the economy. Green: 1st-33rd percentile; Yellow: 34th-67th percentile; Red: 68th-100th percentile.

Representative indexes: long-term inflation expectations: U.S. 5yr 5yr forward breakeven; fed funds rate: federal funds target rate - upper bound; financial conditions: GS U.S. Financial Conditions Index; consumer expectations: U of Michigan Consumer Expectations Index; household debt service ratio: household debt payment as % of disposable income; housing starts: U.S. New Privately Owned Housing Units Started by Structure Total SAAR; economic surprises: Citi U.S. Economic Surprise Index; jobless claims: U.S. initial jobless claims; job openings: U.S. job openings by industry total; broad investor sentiment: Morgan Stanley Market Sentiment Indicator Signal; individual investor survey: AII U.S. Investor Sentiment Bullish Minus Bearish Readings; S&P 500 forward price to earnings ratio: S&P 500 Forward FY1 P/E; S&P 500 forward expected earnings growth: S&P 500 FY1 EPS Growth; revisions to expected earnings: S&P 500 3-Month Change in FY1 EPS.

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