Meredith Whitney, the former bank analyst who rose to fame for a 2007 report ahead of the global financial crisis, warned that a US “reckoning” is coming in the fourth quarter as one-time economic boosts from the World Cup and residual fiscal spending fade.
Source: [Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-28/whitney-warns-of-economic-reckoning-this-year-sees-fed-on-hold)