Shifting Fortunes 2025: The Year Overblown Assets Deflated?

A look back at the economy starting with the Great Financial Crisis might make us leery of rosy financial forecasts for 2025.

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Introduction: From the Great Financial Crisis to the Pandemic

As the Trump administration settles into the White House, despite uncertainties and anxieties, there are plenty of optimistic economic forecasts for 2025.

Will the year live up to expectations? To answer that question, let’s take a trip back in time, starting back in 2008.