A recent article in Barron’s provided a quick calculation for the probability of a recession citing MacroMavens commentator Stephanie Pomboy. The logic stems from the idea recessions follow the simultaneous increase in long-term interest rates and oil prices. Per the article:
Over the past 30 years, the economy has headed south whenever the sum of the year-over-year change in Baa corporate bond yields, plus the change in oil prices, has topped 100%. That was the case in both the 2000-01 post-dot-com bust and the 2007-09 housing debacle.