Anna Wong Predictions

Chief U.S. Economist, Bloomberg Economics

Track Anna Wong's public market predictions and forecast accuracy. Each prediction is recorded from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

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Person Subject Forecast* Source Date Deadline** Outcome
Anna Wong US Economy US economic growth will remain above 2% in 2026
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[9:43] I still see growth uh maintaining at above 2% this year very close to the the baseline and and the Fed's baseline

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Anna Wong Inflation Rate Core PCE inflation will end 2026 at around 3% or slightly higher, above earlier Fed expectations of 2.5-2.6%
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[10:05] they came into the year with inflation core PCE falling to mid twos or 2.5 or 2.6 at the end of this year and now it looks like it will be closer to three or even higher than slightly higher than 3%.

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Anna Wong Fed Funds Rate The Federal Reserve will find it very hard to cut interest rates in 2026 given above-2% growth and inflation above 3%
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[10:25] the Fed will find uh as even under Kevin Wars who who wants to cut will find it very hard to to cut. So um and we so that's the gist of the growth picture just based on growth alone it is not weak enough to justify uh for uh for Kevin Ward to find evidence to cut.

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Anna Wong Inflation Rate CPI inflation will peak in May 2026 and begin falling thereafter
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[11:51] I think Wall Street has very well priced in a peak inflation in for May. So what you have shown here is the May CPI print and if you look at the fixing it's pricing in a declining a disinflating year-over-year. So markets think that May is the peak. We also have have been saying that May is the peak. So inflation will be falling.

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Anna Wong AI Capex Cycle The current AI capex cycle has at least one to two more years of expansion ahead, having begun approximately in 2025
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[18:25] when I looked at capex cycle I found that they tend to last about 3 years on the way up and 3 years on the way down and right now we are in the very beginning of a new one. I actually see this hexic cycle having at least another one or two year to to go considering last year is the first year.

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The David Lin Report 2026-05-22 2027-12-31 pending
Anna Wong Defense Budget The US defense budget will increase by at least $200 billion to approximately $1.1 trillion, adding 0.6 percentage points of growth impulse starting in the new fiscal year after September 2026
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[9:27] I think our baseline for the defense budget is it will increase by another at least 200 billion. And so it will be a 1.1 trillion budget that will add 6 percentage point to growth impulse heading into the new fiscal year after September 2026.

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Anna Wong Tariffs Approximately $100 billion in tariff refunds will be dispersed in 2026, adding 0.3 percentage points of growth impulse to the US economy
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[6:08] we are uh forecasting that about 100 billion will be dispersed this year. So now that adds .3 percentage point of growth impulse to the economy.

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