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 […]
Consumer sentiment ‘doesn’t really track consumer spending,’ economist says
November 11, 2022 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on Yahoo Finance discussing how “Consumer sentiment ‘doesn’t really track consumer spending,’ she said, “Consumer sentiment doesn’t really track consumer spending as much as you would think because what really drives it is income. And so underlying this is a concept of real […]
Jeanette Garretty on US Jobs Reports
October 6, 2022 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on Bloomberg to discuss “US Jobs Reports.” “Earnings still look attractive and so as a result, I think when it comes down to it the strength of the dollar is inherently also being derived from a very clear monetary policy – a very […]
No Recession Here, Just a Slowing, Healthy Economy
August 26, 2022 – Chief Economist and Managing Director, Jeanette Garretty appeared on TDAmeritrade Market on Close to discuss ‘No Recession Here, Just A Slowing, Healthy Economy.’ “The view is that even over the longer term when everything is fine, 2.5% is likely to be your fed fund rate,” says Garretty. Watch here: https://bit.ly/3pVfpEh
2022 Mid-Year Outlook: Not Your Father’s Recession
By Chief Economist, Jeanette Garretty As published in Wealthmanagement.com August 22, 2022 – The US economy enters the second half of the year with more questions than answers. Foremost is the tension between extraordinarily robust job growth – and wage growth—and declining economic activity in sectors impacted by the interest rate rise engineered by the […]
Jeanette Garretty on CNBC Squawk Box
August 5, 2022 – Chief Economist, Jeanette Garretty, appeared on CNBC Squawk Box to discuss July’s job report and its impact on the economy. “One way to look at this, which is not commonly said, is this means that the economy can sustain where the Fed wants to go, and the Fed wants to go […]