Greg Daco, EY-Parthenon Chief Economist, joins Winna Brown to discuss how macroeconomic factors such as inflation, monetary policy and the labor shortage will impact PE investment decisions and theses.

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These seven gauges will indicate how much PE activity will take place in the coming year:

1. The positioning of a company in its sector
2. Whether the sector is positively or negatively impacted by inflation
3. How much pricing power a company has
4. A company's ability to pass on higher input and labor costs
5. The price at which a company is acquired considering the higher cost of credit due to higher interest rates
6. How resilient a company is in this economic environment
7. The long-term value potential of a company and the type of value it brings