Apollo’s Slok Says Today’s Calm Will Give Way to Harder Landing Later

There are cracks showing now, he says, so imagine what happens if joblessness creeps up

The US consumer price index and April retail sales — above: a Hibbett Sports store in Richmond, California — will be a one-two data punch for investors on Wednesday.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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Apollo Global Management’s Torsten Slok isn’t budging from his call of no Federal Reserve rate cuts this year.