Jeremy Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, on an interview on December 30, 2014.
Jeremy Siegel.
  • The banking fiasco may hit lending, commercial real estate, and the economy, Jeremy Siegel said.
  • The Wharton professor expects stronger growth this year than the Federal Reserve does.
  • Siegel flagged several headwinds that make him cautious about the current economic outlook.

The recent turmoil in the US banking sector threatens to constrain lending, weigh on commercial real estate, and drag down the wider economy, Jeremy Siegel has warned.