QI Research
Tue 21 Apr 2026 - 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST
• Excluding Recession Proof Education and Healthcare, QI’s Private Core Confirms Payrolls Peaked in April 2024 and the Labour Market Recession Has Deepened.
• The Oil Shock Is Depleting Purchasing Power, While Truflation’s Core Remains Below Headline and PCE Core Is Increasingly Distorted.
• The Fed’s Policy Error Is Being Amplified by Private Credit Fallout and Nonbank Spillovers Into Banks and Insurers.
• A Deeper US Recession Cannot Be Ruled Out as Policy Mistakes, Bankruptcies, Fiscal Blunders and Political Pressure on the Fed Feed Back Into the Downturn.