Rural Outlook Conference US and Oklahoma Economic Outlook Presentation October 2015
Rural Outlook Presentation October 2015 Agenda Status of the US Economy –Storyline Retrospective –Major Indicators Monetary Policy –Fed’s Balance Sheet –Money Supply Growth Special Topics –Status of the Oklahoma Economy Employment Trends—State and Regional Unemployment –Price of Crude Oil & Employment Implications
Storyline and Continuing Saga 19 th Year and Counting
First Chapters of Story Irrational Exuberance Stock Market Bubble/Bust Floods of Liquidity Promoting Speculation and Low Rates Rise of the Housing Bubble Recession of 2001
Greenspan “Put”: Expand the Money Supply in the Face of any Financial Trauma 1987 Stock Market Crash –Solution—Add liquidity 1990 Gulf War –Solution—Add liquidity Mexican Financial Crisis –Solution—Add liquidity Asian/Russian Financial Crisis –Solution—Add liquidity Long-Term Capital Market Collapse –Solution—Add liquidity Y2K Problems –Solution—Add liquidity Stock Market Collapse –Solution—Add liquidity 2001 Recession –Solution—Add liquidity 9/11 Attack –Solution—Add liquidity Has Greenspan created MORAL HAZARDS?
Next Chapters of Story Subprime Mortgage Crisis Financial Contagion Recession of Fiscal & Monetary Stimulus Housing Market Collapse Muted Economic Recovery
The Continuing 19-Year Saga Credit Market Deleveraging Sovereign Debt Crises Currency Devaluations Global Political Discord Quantitative Easing Forever Demographic and Other Cliffs Continuing Slow Growth
Status of the National Economic Recovery “Nobody can predict how long governments can get away with fake growth, fake money, fake financial stability, fake jobs, fake inflation numbers and fake income growth.” Paul Singer, Eliott Management, $8.6B AUM Paul Singer, Eliott Management, $8.6B AUM
Real Annualized GDP Growth Recent Estimates place Q at a 1.6% gain
Industrial Production
Retail Sales
Year-over-Year Change in U.S. Non-Ag Employment
Purchasing Mgrs Index and Fed Manufacturing Surveys Recent Estimates place Q at a 1.6% gain
Case Shiller Housing Price Indices
Housing Starts
Inflation
Monetary Policy Federal Reserve gone wild?
Fed’s Magical Balance Sheet
Federal Reserve’s Asset Holdings
Stock Market and Member Bank Reserves
Bank Reserve Balances Deposited at the Fed
U.S. Government Budget Balances
Status of the Oklahoma Economy
OKC, Tulsa, BOS Employment Trends
US and Oklahoma Employment Growth
Comparative State Unemployment Rates
Price of Oil Houston, we have a problem!
WTI: What Happened in the 1980’s
WTI Historic
Historic U.S. Oil Production
US Historic Rig Count
Oil v. Natural Gas Rig Count
Oil Prices and Rig Counts
OK Direct Mining Sector Employment
OK Regional Direct Mining Sector Employment
That’s all, folks