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市场策略师警告称,美国消费者正在“走向悬崖”

市场策略师警告称,美国消费者正在“走向悬崖”

ELEANOR PRINGLE 2023-10-31
金融咨询公司Longview Economics的创始人克里斯·沃特林表示,一些经济指标暗示美国经济存在深层次问题。

金融咨询公司Longview Economics的创始人克里斯·沃特林认为,美国消费者即将迎来一段艰难时期。图片来源:JUSTIN SULLIVAN—GETTY IMAGES

忘掉美国经济在上个季度的飞速增长吧:美国人正处于困境之中,而且一位市场策略师认为,美国人的生活将变得更加艰难。

金融咨询公司Longview Economics的创始人克里斯·沃特林在接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道(CNBC)的《欧洲财经论坛》(Squawk Box Europe)节目采访时表示,美国家庭“基本上正在走向悬崖”,他还警告没有任何理由对强劲的零售销售数据感到兴奋。消费者支出占美国经济的三分之二以上,这可能使美国经济增长出现问题。

沃特林现任Longview的CEO和首席市场策略师。他表示:“美国家庭即将花光现金。他们的超额储蓄被迅速耗尽。按收入阶层来看,排在后四分位数的家庭面临压力,[而且]可能[已经]花光了所有超额储蓄。”

事实上,回顾性数据显示,美国家庭似乎状况良好。据美国人口普查局(U.S. Census Bureau)预测,2023年9月,零售和食品服务销售额将达到7,049亿美元,环比增长0.7%,同比增长3.8%。

令华尔街开心的是,还有多家零售商新公布了乐观的第三季度业绩。本周,亚马逊(Amazon)公布的营收暴涨13%,而联合利华(Unilever)的基本销售额增长5.2%。

但沃尔林并没有被这些乐观的销售数据所说服。他认为,销售成功的背后是家庭储蓄率在支撑,而家庭储蓄率正在下降。

来自伦敦的沃尔林,并非唯一一位持这种观点的分析师。花旗集团(Citigroup)CEO简·弗雷泽认为,消费者支出似乎开始出现问题,而美国银行(Bank of America)CEO布莱恩·莫伊尼汉表示,现在客户已经达到了一个临界点。

沃特林继续说道:“因此,并非全都是好消息。相反,我认为未来消费者将面临诸多现实挑战。”

劳动力市场“摇摇欲坠”

虽然从7月到9月,美国经济的年增长率达到4.9%,创下近两年来的最快增速,但沃特林表示,一些经济指标暗示美国经济存在深层次问题。

例如,高风险借款人的汽车贷款拖欠率,已经达到三十年来的最高水平。同样令人担忧的是堪萨斯城联储(Kansas City Fed)的劳动力市场状况指数(Labor Market Conditions Indicators,LMCI)下滑,今年早些时候,其动量因子已经下降到负数。

沃特林表示:“劳动力市场面临巨大压力。虽然有一个月的就业数据良好,但有许多预测劳动力市场走向的指标并不稳定,非常疲软。”

沃特林还表示,消费者和劳动力市场面临的持续压力,可能“引发”美国经济衰退。

对于一些数据集描绘出的貌似乐观的情况,“债券之王”比尔·格罗斯同样持怀疑态度。

本周早些时候,太平洋投资管理公司(Pacific Investment Management Co.,Pimco)前首席投资官格罗斯发推文称,他预测美国将在第四季度陷入经济衰退,并呼吁粉丝们重新投资债券市场。

沃特林还表示,美国经济会面临的另外一个障碍,将是未来几个月股市的表现。他认为,美国股市定价严重过高。

在被问到不稳定的消费状况对华尔街的影响时,他回答道:“我们认为,未来一两个月会有所反弹。华尔街已经遭遇了打击;自7月以来,股市持续下跌,但我认为归根结底,如果展望未来几个月,你应该减持股票。”

“特别是美国股票市场定价过高;估值过高……美股整体上都估值过高——科技股也不例外。”

他最后说道:“我认为美国将迎来艰难时期。”(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

忘掉美国经济在上个季度的飞速增长吧:美国人正处于困境之中,而且一位市场策略师认为,美国人的生活将变得更加艰难。

金融咨询公司Longview Economics的创始人克里斯·沃特林在接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道(CNBC)的《欧洲财经论坛》(Squawk Box Europe)节目采访时表示,美国家庭“基本上正在走向悬崖”,他还警告没有任何理由对强劲的零售销售数据感到兴奋。消费者支出占美国经济的三分之二以上,这可能使美国经济增长出现问题。

沃特林现任Longview的CEO和首席市场策略师。他表示:“美国家庭即将花光现金。他们的超额储蓄被迅速耗尽。按收入阶层来看,排在后四分位数的家庭面临压力,[而且]可能[已经]花光了所有超额储蓄。”

事实上,回顾性数据显示,美国家庭似乎状况良好。据美国人口普查局(U.S. Census Bureau)预测,2023年9月,零售和食品服务销售额将达到7,049亿美元,环比增长0.7%,同比增长3.8%。

令华尔街开心的是,还有多家零售商新公布了乐观的第三季度业绩。本周,亚马逊(Amazon)公布的营收暴涨13%,而联合利华(Unilever)的基本销售额增长5.2%。

但沃尔林并没有被这些乐观的销售数据所说服。他认为,销售成功的背后是家庭储蓄率在支撑,而家庭储蓄率正在下降。

来自伦敦的沃尔林,并非唯一一位持这种观点的分析师。花旗集团(Citigroup)CEO简·弗雷泽认为,消费者支出似乎开始出现问题,而美国银行(Bank of America)CEO布莱恩·莫伊尼汉表示,现在客户已经达到了一个临界点。

沃特林继续说道:“因此,并非全都是好消息。相反,我认为未来消费者将面临诸多现实挑战。”

劳动力市场“摇摇欲坠”

虽然从7月到9月,美国经济的年增长率达到4.9%,创下近两年来的最快增速,但沃特林表示,一些经济指标暗示美国经济存在深层次问题。

例如,高风险借款人的汽车贷款拖欠率,已经达到三十年来的最高水平。同样令人担忧的是堪萨斯城联储(Kansas City Fed)的劳动力市场状况指数(Labor Market Conditions Indicators,LMCI)下滑,今年早些时候,其动量因子已经下降到负数。

沃特林表示:“劳动力市场面临巨大压力。虽然有一个月的就业数据良好,但有许多预测劳动力市场走向的指标并不稳定,非常疲软。”

沃特林还表示,消费者和劳动力市场面临的持续压力,可能“引发”美国经济衰退。

对于一些数据集描绘出的貌似乐观的情况,“债券之王”比尔·格罗斯同样持怀疑态度。

本周早些时候,太平洋投资管理公司(Pacific Investment Management Co.,Pimco)前首席投资官格罗斯发推文称,他预测美国将在第四季度陷入经济衰退,并呼吁粉丝们重新投资债券市场。

沃特林还表示,美国经济会面临的另外一个障碍,将是未来几个月股市的表现。他认为,美国股市定价严重过高。

在被问到不稳定的消费状况对华尔街的影响时,他回答道:“我们认为,未来一两个月会有所反弹。华尔街已经遭遇了打击;自7月以来,股市持续下跌,但我认为归根结底,如果展望未来几个月,你应该减持股票。”

“特别是美国股票市场定价过高;估值过高……美股整体上都估值过高——科技股也不例外。”

他最后说道:“我认为美国将迎来艰难时期。”(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

Forget about the blistering pace of economic growth in the United States this past quarter: Americans are hurting, and one market strategist believes life might be about to get a whole lot worse.

Speaking to CNBC’s Squawk Box Europe, Longview Economics founder Chris Watling argues U.S. households are “walking towards a cliff, basically” and warned the excitement around strong retail sales is not justified. That poses a problem for U.S. growth as spending by consumers accounts for over two-thirds of the economy.

“They’re running out of cash. If you look at excess savings they’ve been run down quite hard,” said Watling, who serves as Longview’s CEO and chief market strategist. “If you look across the income quartiles, the bottom…quartiles are under pressure, [and] probably [have] spent all that excess savings.”

Indeed, backward-looking data suggests U.S. households appear to be in robust condition. According to predictions from the U.S. Census Bureau, retail and food services sales for September 2023 will hit $704.9 billion, up 0.7% from the preceding month and 3.8% higher than a year ago.

Wall Street also enjoyed a slew of positive third-quarter updates from major retailers. Just this week Amazon enjoyed a 13% bump in revenue, while Unilever reported underlying sales growth was up 5.2%.

Watling is unconvinced by such sales success, saying it has been buoyed by a household savings ratio that is now dwindling.

The London-based analyst isn’t alone in this observation. Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser believes “cracks” are beginning to appear in consumer spending, while Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan suggested customers have now reached a tipping point.

“So it’s not quite all good news,” Watling continued. “Quite the reverse, I think there are some real challenges coming for the U.S. consumer.”

Labor market ‘fraying at the edges’

While the nation’s economy expanded at a 4.9% annual rate from July through September, its fastest in nearly two years, Watling added that some economic indicators are hinting at troubles beneath the surface.

Among them are car repayment delinquency rates for risky borrowers, which have pushed to the highest figure in three decades. Also worrying is a slowdown in the Kansas City Fed’s Labor Market Conditions Indicators (LMCI), which saw momentum drop into negative numbers earlier this year.

“The labor market’s under a lot of pressure,” said Watling. “We had a good payrolls month, but if you look at a lot of the indicators of where the labor market’s likely to go, a lot of them are fraying at the edges—they’re quite soft.”

Continued pressure on both consumers and the labor market could be what “kick-starts” a recession in the U.S. economy, Watling added.

“Bond King” Bill Gross is similarly unconvinced by the seemingly positive picture some datasets are painting.

Earlier this week Gross, former chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., or Pimco, tweeted that he was predicting a recession in the fourth quarter and urged his followers to return to the bond market.

Watling added that a further headache for the U.S. economy will be its stock market in the coming months, which he believes is massively overpriced.

When asked about the impact of this shaky consumer on Wall Street, he replied: “From our point of view, though, I can see a bounce for a month or two. It’s been quite beaten up; markets have been coming down since July, but I think net-net, you want to be underweight equities if you are looking beyond the next few months.

“Particularly, the U.S. equity market is too expensive; it’s overvalued…The U.S. in aggregate is overvalued—tech’s overvalued.”

He finished: “I think the U.S. is in for tough times.”

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