Market Pulse - From Predictions to Reality: Analyzing 2024's Economic Outcomes

Last month we took a wide view of current trends throughout the world, discussing the disconnect between economic statistics and the lived experience, how global instability is affecting U.S. and international markets, what environmental factors, unemployment, and insurance rates have in common, potential financial outcomes from the recent U.S presidential election, and the total picture of inflation on a global scale. For our December 2024 webinar, we focused on looking back over 2024 to examine how our predictions fared and explored more topics like:

• Post-U.S. election Federal policy concerns like the national debt and government spending 
• The continued impact of inflation Concerns about layoffs 
• Consumer buying habits