recession
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 16, 2024 by Josh Brown · across every show →
Everything said about recession, oldest first
Oct 16, 2024 negative
Brown: The Fed sought a recession to push people back to work
“They never said it, but that was the explicit policy aim. We need to crash this economy to get people back to their jobs. It's crazy. I mean, it didn't work. They weren't able to do it, thank God. We got inflation down anyway despite their efforts”
Jun 25, 2025 bullish
Lee: Waterfall stock market declines almost always produce V-shaped recoveries without recessions
“Almost every waterfall decline is a V-shaped bounce unless there's a recession. So that's why we got so keyed up on this high-yield market, because if we fall, but we don't have a recession, that just means you, everyone just panicked. They did a fire-ready ai…”