FOMC Commentary – September 20, 2023
By Chief Economist, Jeanette Garretty FOMC Statement The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision to keep the Fed Funds rate target at the 5.25%-5.5% was not unexpected, although in the last few days there had been speculation that recent increases in oil and gasoline prices might prompt the Fed to take pre-emptive action against a potential […]
Jeanette Garretty on Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia
August 28, ,2023 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia to discuss outlook for the US Economy and review Fed Chair Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. “We don’t know really what that neutral rate is. And that’s what I think the market is starting to absorb […]
Advisors roll with the Fed’s well-telegraphed monetary policy move
July 26, 2023 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty was featured in InvestmentNews discussing ‘Advisors roll with the Fed’s well-telegraphed monetary policy move.’ “The June pause throws a wrench into the works of forecasting the Fed’s next moves,” said Garretty. “Now that they’ve set the precedent of skipping a meeting and going back […]
2023 Mid Year Outlook Webinar
July 25, 2023 – Chief Economist, Jeanette Garretty, hosts Chief Investment Officer, Stuart Katz, and Head of Wealth Planning, Mallon FitzPatrick, to discuss the 1st half of 2023 and their expectations for the remainder of the year. Disclosures Investment advisory services offered through Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC (“Robertson Stephens”), an SEC-registered investment advisor. Registration […]
Jeanette Garretty on Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia
July 12, 2023 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia discussing the outlook for the US economy as the inflation rate slid to a more than two-year low. “I think most of those trends, one of the things that makes this a good report is that when you look […]
3 Questions with Robertson Stephens featuring Jeanette Garretty
March 23, 2023 – Chief Economist, Jeanette Garretty, joins Chief Marketing Officer, Louis Calabrese, to discuss the recent FOMC meeting and the economic effects of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. Disclosures Investment advisory services offered through Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC (“Robertson Stephens”), an SEC-registered investment advisor. Registration does not imply any specific level of […]
Reflections on Banking
By Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist March 15, 2023 – My career in finance is almost exactly coincident with the deregulation of the banking industry. The Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 allowed depository institutions a freer hand in setting depository account interest rates, partly in response to the innovation of the enormously popular CMA […]
Robertson Stephens’ Garretty Reacts to US CPI
March 15, 2023 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on Bloomberg to discuss the latest US CPI data and banking sector turmoil. “There’s always systemic risk when it comes to banking. It is embedded in everything that we do. But unlike 2008, we’ve got experience that these Fed officials have a great […]
Money Life with Chuck Jaffe feat. Jeanette Garretty
February 8, 2023 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on Money Life to discuss the current economic outlook including ‘The odds of a soft-landing keep increasing.’ “A soft landing is certainly not going to feel like 2.5-3% economic growth and all problems are solved. So, I think that’s important to keep in […]
2023 Outlook Webinar
January 26, 2023 – Chief Economist, Jeanette Garretty, hosts Chief Investment Officer, Stuart Katz, and Head of Wealth Planning, Mallon FitzPatrick as they share their 2023 outlook. Disclosures Investment advisory services offered through Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC (“Robertson Stephens”), an SEC-registered investment advisor. Registration does not imply any specific level of skill or training […]
Robertson Stephens’ Garretty on US economic outlook
January 26, 2023 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on Bloomberg TV to discuss the US economic outlook. “When one looks forward, one has to put the whole thing together and say, ‘how is this going to come through?’,” says Garretty. “ There are these layoffs – They are going to probably hit more significantly […]
Of Tortoises and Hares
As published in Wealthmanagement.com By Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist Jan 1, 2023 – The last half-decade has seemed to have a certain “rush-to-get-there” quality, exemplified by high-tech unicorns, COVID frustrations, cryptocurrency dreams and Federal Reserve monetary policy. Towards the end of 2022, a change appeared to be in the offing, and 2023 is likely to […]