Report
Published February 20, 2025
Economic & Market Insights
While all eyes are on the impact of tariffs, immigration policy, and other proposals coming out of the new administration, the five key trends that I’ll be watching in 2025 have been playing out over the last couple of years and will be important to how the economy and lending market unfolds in the year ahead.
Trends include:
- The slowdown in the “white-collar” job market
- The stabilization of consumer delinquency
- The letting up of lending standard tightening
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