Truist Economic Forecast Breakfast - 2026

Economic Global Outlook: Balancing Growth Tail and Headwinds

As we close the chapter on 2026, significant questions remain: Will growth maintain momentum or stall? Has inflation truly been tamed or will it return in force? How will the Federal Reserve calibrate policy amid mounting uncertainty? What headwinds and tailwinds will shape corporate investment, consumer behavior and regional economies in 2027?

Join the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance and Truist for our annual Economic Forecast Breakfast, featuring Eylem Senyuz, Senior Investment Strategy Analyst at Truist Advisory Services. Senyuz will share his insights into macro trends, interest rate paths, sector dynamics and what local businesses should watch as they plan for the year ahead.

Key topics likely to be covered include:

• Overview of 2026 and expectations for 2027: Will the U.S. economic growth continue to run above historic averages?
• Inflation and pricing pressures: Cost of Goods, cost of Labor and cost of Money – review on inflation drivers?
• Monetary policy trajectory: How will the Fed navigate the choppy waters?
• Labor markets and consumer strength: Will AI upend hiring and can consumers remain resilient?
• Policy, trade and geopolitical variables: The United States is 26% of global economy, does the rest matter?

Meet our Speaker, Eylem Senyz
Eylem Senyuz is a Senior Vice President and Senior Investment Strategy Analyst at Truist Advisory Services, Inc. where he leverages his deep knowledge of the global economy and financial markets and bring that perspective to asset class research, strategic & tactical asset allocation, capital market assumptions and portfolio construction. As an integral member of the Portfolio & Market Strategy division of the Investment Advisory Group, Senyuz helps develop strategic and tactical asset allocation strategies driving the management of private and institutional clients. Senyuz is a contributing author to the flagship Market Navigator monthly publication and other related topical and market strategy communications. 

Senyuz also is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, a position he has held since 2013.

Senyuz  joined Truist predecessor SunTrust in 2018 as the senior global macro strategist until 2023, where he was responsible for analyzing the global economies and financial markets, as well as helping formulate and communicate Truist’s investment strategy. Senyuz brings more than 22 years of investment experience to the Investment Advisory Group. Prior to working at Truist, he contributed to Global Fixed Income Investment Management team at T.Rowe Price. Before that, he worked as head of trading & investment manager at Ashmore Equities Investment Management, managing a team of traders trading global equites, related foreign exchange and derivative transactions.

He was a member of the firm’s investment committee and helped managed about $2.0 billion, serving as the investment manager overseeing the group’s tactical portfolio investing in emerging market ETFs and listed equities. He began his career at Charles River, where he designed investment management applications and quantitative tools for asset liability management, hedging and investment strategy.