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NRF says growth has slowed but indicators disagree on whether the Nation is in a recession

September 5, 2022
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National Retail Federation(WASHINGTON) – U.S. economic growth has slowed, but it still isn’t clear if the nation is in a recession, according to National Retail Federation (NRF) Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz.

“As we come to the end of the summer, economic indicators are signaling an unsteady U.S. expansion in the face of several headwinds,” Kleinhenz said, noting ongoing inflation, Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, the volatile stock market and other issues. “These factors are all contributing to the debate on whether the economy is already in a recession, but key indicators disagree on whether we are there yet.”

“All eyes remain on the consumer and what is happening in retail is very important,” Kleinhenz said. “While consumers have become more cautious and cooled their spending in the first half of 2022, households continue to spend and are contending with inflation by using credit cards more, saving less and drawing on savings built up during the pandemic. Consumer stamina will be the big question going forward.”

Kleinhenz’s remarks came in the September issue of NRF’s Monthly Economic Review, which cited conflicting data on whether the U.S. economy grew or shrank during the first half of the year.

Gross domestic product fell by 1.6 percent year over year in the first quarter and another 0.6 percent in the second quarter, according to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis. Two consecutive quarterly declines in GDP typically mark a recession. But a less-publicized measure of the economy – gross domestic income – grew 1.8 percent in the first quarter and 1.4 percent in the second quarter, providing a sharp contrast to the decline in GDP.

While both numbers should theoretically be identical, GDI is reported about a month later than GDP in order to include more recent and more detailed data, including profits from all corporations.

“Since there is a large difference between estimates of GDP and GDI, did the economy expand in the first half of 2022 or did it contract?” Kleinhenz asked. “That is difficult to determine, but we will likely have a better idea at the end of September.”

Whether the country is in a recession is officially determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which looks at both GDP and GDI along with job gains, personal income, industrial production, business and retail sales, and hours worked. Because of revisions to data, the bureau delays its decisions on whether a recession has occurred, typically waiting until months after the fact in order to have accurate data.

In addition to differences in GDP and GDI, consumption spending was up a revised 1.5 percent in the second quarter, significantly better than the initial report of 1 percent. And the Census Bureau reported that overall July retail sales didn’t grow compared with June, but NRF’s calculation – which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants – showed that core retail sales were up 0.8 percent monthly, and both calculations were up year over year.

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