In this episode, Leah Jones, Director of Financial Planning for Hightower Bethesda, speaks with Mike Zoller, Senior Investment Analysis for Hightower Bethesda. Mike and Leah conduct a mid-year check in, focusing on higher economic data and provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic, both domestically and internationally. They talk about broad macro indicators, the U.S. stimulus and international markets, and they also address the topic of inflation.

“One thing I really want to emphasize is that the recovery we’re having today is not the 2009 recovery.” -Mike Zoller [09:46]

What You Will Learn:

• [01:04] An update on the COVID-19 pandemic
• [04:22] What broad macro indicators are telling us
• [07:28] How the American consumer is doing
• [12:30] Inflation risks and Hightower’s outlook on inflation
• [19:35] How the U.S. stimulus will play out in the future
• [22:52] How international markets are and will be affected by the pandemic

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