Jim Paulsen Sees a Growth Scare Coming | The 34 Charts That Make Him Cautious

In this episode of The Jim Paulsen Show, Jim explains why weakening labor data, softening inflation, and lagged policy tightening could shift markets from inflation fears toward growth and recession fears. He also breaks down why the AI productivity boom may be overstated, how AI capital spending is supporting the economy, why Treasury yields look too high, and why investors may want to rebalance from new era technology stocks toward old era stocks and bonds. Jim Paulsen on X https://x.com/jimwpaulsen Paulsen Perspectives https://paulsenperspectives.substack.... Topics Covered Why weak jobs data and benign inflation have changed the outlook for the Federal Reserve Labor force contraction, stalled job growth, and the risks facing consumer spending Housing affordability, services activity, real income, savings, and signs of economic weakness How the stock-bond correlation can reveal a shift from inflation fears to growth and recession fears Why Jim expects Fed rate cuts before year-end and sees downside risk for Treasury yields How higher oil prices, bond yields, and the dollar can hit stocks and the economy with a lag Why today's AI productivity boom may be a mirage rather than a repeat of the 1960s or 1990s How AI CapEx, core capital goods orders, and technology stocks are linked Why the 10-year Treasury yield may be mispriced relative to growth and inflation The widening divide between new era and old era stocks and what it could mean for portfolio allocation Timestamps 00:00 Jim's outlook: weak jobs, benign inflation, and growth fears 04:11 Labor force rollover and consumer warning signs 09:06 Real income collapse and economic surprise data 13:06 Why bond yields could fall below 4 percent 17:45 Why Jim expects Fed cuts instead of hikes 22:07 How policy tightening hits the economy with a lag 26:16 Why productivity gains can be a recession mirage 30:20 What a true productivity boom looks like 34:38 AI stocks as a leading signal for capital spending 39:08 Why Treasury yields may be mispriced 44:31 Oil, core inflation, and the case for easing 48:32 New era versus old era correlation as a warning 52:54 Why today's AI economy may be more vulnerable than dot-com 57:22 Portfolio allocation takeaways: bonds, old era, and tech Learn more about the Excess Returns podcast network: https://excessreturns.co No information discussed in this podcast should be construed as investment advice. Securities discussed may be held by the hosts and guests, their firms or their clients.