Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon said clients are preparing for slowing growth and a decline in asset prices — all as "extremely punitive" inflation creates a tax on the economy.
"There's a chance of recession," he said in a telephone interview.
While he added that he's not overly concerned about that risk, Solomon cited at least a 30% chance of such an event in the next 12 to 24 months as calculated by his firm's economists, led by Jan Hatzius.
He's watching closely for whether credit spreads begin to widen out more materially. Solomon's comments come months after his top deputy, John Waldron, told a large investment client that the Federal Reserve hadn't been acting swiftly enough to control inflation. This week, former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein expressed similar unease about soaring prices.
