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英仕曼集团CEO:通胀明年将有所缓和,但经济衰退“不可避免”

英仕曼集团CEO:通胀明年将有所缓和,但经济衰退“不可避免”

CHRISTIAAN HETZNER 2022-11-04
在某种程度上,美国经济将陷入衰退,这是不可避免的。

英仕曼集团(Man Group)首席执行官卢克·埃利斯(Luke Ellis)认为,美国通往经济软着陆的跑道非常狭窄。图片来源:JASON ALDEN—BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES

好消息是,美联储通过加息来抑制通货膨胀的举措是卓有成效的,但代价是失业率上升以及必然到来的经济衰退。

这是世界上最大的公开上市对冲基金管理公司——英国英仕曼集团首席执行官卢克·埃利斯在接受彭博电视(Bloomberg Television)采访时得出的结论。

美联储在周三宣布连续第四次加息75个基点,许多投资者正寻找政策制定者从当前紧缩周期中转向的任何线索。当前紧缩周期已导致股市上月暴跌至两年来的低点。

他周三在香港的一个投资峰会上表示,“他们需要改变美国就业市场,为了摆脱通胀,这是他们需要做的事情。在某种程度上,美国经济将陷入衰退,这是不可避免的。”

埃利斯说,明年通货膨胀率将降到3.5%至4%的较为温和的水平,随着过去一年的高通胀被完全消化,这几乎是必然会发生的。尽管物价仍将居高不下,但纯粹从数学角度来看,随着日历效应开始消失,其年度涨幅将显得不那么令人震惊。

他警告称,许多市场参与者不记得自己曾经历过高通胀时期,随后过于自满,因为迄今为止的市场环境对所有类型的投机都是有利的,尤其是“杠杆”(即利用债务资金进行押注)投机行为。

通往软着陆的跑道很狭窄

“过去10年是有目共睹的投资最容易的时期。你买什么并不重要。” 英仕曼集团首席执行官说。“无论是股票还是债券,无论是美国还是亚洲,这都不重要——只要买,尽可能多地买,加尽可能多的杠杆,无论其在投资组合中是显性的还是隐性的,你的收益将非常可观。”

在他看来,市场上普遍认为的加息结束将尽早到来,而不是推迟的观点是错误的。埃利斯认为,美联储将持续加息,直到失业率开始攀升,这将导致整体经济规模最终萎缩。

从目前的情况来看,美国9月份的就业增长只是适度放缓,而实际失业率降至3.5%,与53年以来的最低水平持平。10月非农就业的最新数据定于周五公布。

虽然埃利斯没有解释原因,但这可能是由于所谓的第二轮通胀效应,即较高的消费价格与紧张的劳动力市场发生冲突。

结果是更高的工资要求造成了新的通胀压力,根据经济学家和央行行长的说法,这会造成祸根,因为如果人们的预期扎根,认为物价将居高不下,通胀最终会失去控制。

这就是为什么美联储“猛踩刹车”,即使这意味着会出现经济衰退。

埃利斯说:“理论上有条通往软着陆的跑道,但这条跑道地基太薄了,在飓风中,你不会想让飞机在这条跑道上降落。”(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

好消息是,美联储通过加息来抑制通货膨胀的举措是卓有成效的,但代价是失业率上升以及必然到来的经济衰退。

这是世界上最大的公开上市对冲基金管理公司——英国英仕曼集团首席执行官卢克·埃利斯在接受彭博电视(Bloomberg Television)采访时得出的结论。

美联储在周三宣布连续第四次加息75个基点,许多投资者正寻找政策制定者从当前紧缩周期中转向的任何线索。当前紧缩周期已导致股市上月暴跌至两年来的低点。

他周三在香港的一个投资峰会上表示,“他们需要改变美国就业市场,为了摆脱通胀,这是他们需要做的事情。在某种程度上,美国经济将陷入衰退,这是不可避免的。”

埃利斯说,明年通货膨胀率将降到3.5%至4%的较为温和的水平,随着过去一年的高通胀被完全消化,这几乎是必然会发生的。尽管物价仍将居高不下,但纯粹从数学角度来看,随着日历效应开始消失,其年度涨幅将显得不那么令人震惊。

他警告称,许多市场参与者不记得自己曾经历过高通胀时期,随后过于自满,因为迄今为止的市场环境对所有类型的投机都是有利的,尤其是“杠杆”(即利用债务资金进行押注)投机行为。

通往软着陆的跑道很狭窄

“过去10年是有目共睹的投资最容易的时期。你买什么并不重要。” 英仕曼集团首席执行官说。“无论是股票还是债券,无论是美国还是亚洲,这都不重要——只要买,尽可能多地买,加尽可能多的杠杆,无论其在投资组合中是显性的还是隐性的,你的收益将非常可观。”

在他看来,市场上普遍认为的加息结束将尽早到来,而不是推迟的观点是错误的。埃利斯认为,美联储将持续加息,直到失业率开始攀升,这将导致整体经济规模最终萎缩。

从目前的情况来看,美国9月份的就业增长只是适度放缓,而实际失业率降至3.5%,与53年以来的最低水平持平。10月非农就业的最新数据定于周五公布。

虽然埃利斯没有解释原因,但这可能是由于所谓的第二轮通胀效应,即较高的消费价格与紧张的劳动力市场发生冲突。

结果是更高的工资要求造成了新的通胀压力,根据经济学家和央行行长的说法,这会造成祸根,因为如果人们的预期扎根,认为物价将居高不下,通胀最终会失去控制。

这就是为什么美联储“猛踩刹车”,即使这意味着会出现经济衰退。

埃利斯说:“理论上有条通往软着陆的跑道,但这条跑道地基太薄了,在飓风中,你不会想让飞机在这条跑道上降落。”(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

Man Group CEO Luke Ellis sees a very narrow runway for a soft economic landing.

JASON ALDEN—BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES

The good news is that the Federal Reserve’s campaign to cool off inflation by hiking interest rates will succeed—but it will come at the cost of higher unemployment and an almost certain recession.

That’s the conclusion of Luke Ellis, CEO of Britain’s Man Group, the world’s largest publicly listed hedge fund manager, during an interview with Bloomberg Television.

The Fed is expected to announce later on Wednesday its fourth straight 75 basis point interest rate hike, with many investors looking for any clue policymakers are pivoting from the current tightening cycle that has sent stock markets tumbling last month to two-year lows.

“They need to cause a change in the U.S. employment market, that’s what they’re gonna need to do to get rid of inflation,” he said on Wednesday during an investment summit in Hong Kong. “At some point you’re going to get a recession in the U.S., that’s sort of inevitable.”

Ellis said inflation would dip to a more moderate pace of 3.5% to 4% next year, a near certainty as the past year of high inflation is fully digested. While prices will remain high, their annual gains will look less egregious purely from a mathematical perspective as the calendar effects start to wash out.

He warned many market participants cannot remember living through a time of high inflation and were subsequently too complacent since the environment had thus far rewarded all types of speculation, especially when turbocharged through “leverage,” or the use of debt to fund bets.

Narrow runway for soft landing

“The last 10 years has been in the end the easiest time to invest that anyone has ever seen. It didn’t matter what you bought,” said the Man Group CEO. “Whether it was equities or bonds, whether it was U.S., Asia—it didn’t matter—just buy stuff, buy as much of it, as much leverage, either explicit or implicit in the portfolio, and you did incredibly well.”

In his opinion, the widely held view in the market that an end in rate hikes will come sooner rather than later is wrong. Ellis believes the Fed will continue to push ahead until joblessness starts to creep up, and this is what will cause the overall economy to eventually shrink in size.

As things stand, U.S. job growth only slowed moderately in September, while the unemployment actually rate dropped to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low. The latest data for October nonfarm payrolls is scheduled for Friday.

While Ellis did not explain his reasons, they may be owing to so-called second-round effects, in which higher consumer prices collide with a tight labor market.

The result is higher wage demands that create fresh inflationary pressures—a bane, according to economists and central bankers, since it can eventually spiral out of control if expectations take root that prices will stay high.

This is why the Fed is slamming on the brakes hard even if it means a recession.

“There’s a theoretical soft-landing runway, but it’s so thin you would not want to try to land a plane in a hurricane in it,” Ellis said.

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