They are referring to Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody's.

On Jul 24 he posted this on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-outlook-going-off-script-m...

Opening bullet: "The U.S. economy will struggle in the coming months, and while it should avoid a recession, it will be close."

Someone smart should backtest economist predictions and have a website to rank their accuracy.