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Showing Original Post only (View all)Wall Street Banks warn of coming Recession [View all]
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2017-08-22/wall-street-banks-warn-winter-is-coming-as-business-cycle-peaksThere have been some warning signs for a while now, but this is one of the 1st articles to really back it up this comprehensively. We have a cyclical economy. Obama's approach lead to slow and steady growth vs a boom and bust economy.
Probably not much Trump could have done to avoid it, but he has taken ownership of the tail end of the Obama economy so he'll be responsible for the Recession and how deep and long it is. He has no idea how the economy works for anyone but himself, he will make this worse. There will be calls for a stimulus by the Spring.
For the American worker, holding off the recession for as long as possible is important because wage growth needs to continue as long as it can.
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"How can they predict a recession if they couldn't even predict Trump's fantastic victory?"
DetlefK
Aug 2017
#2
When you have this many economic indicators predicting a recession you'll have one
Johnny2X2X
Aug 2017
#4
Is there an absolute equivalence between the forecast now and the forecast then?
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#30
A depression or recession under every single republican president since 1929. (nm)
Elwood P Dowd
Aug 2017
#10
Yes, and when you explain that fact to their brainwashed voters you hear something like this;
Elwood P Dowd
Aug 2017
#19
all things being equal, bonds may be safer than equities; but, not all things are equal.
unblock
Aug 2017
#23
This is just right wing bullshit..kinda like the World will end at 1601 EST. Sat.
INdemo
Aug 2017
#22