I live in the USA and I am concerned about the future. I created this blog to share my thoughts on the economy and anything else that might catch my attention.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Initial Claims Danger v.4
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There is a serious risk that the trend in red no longer applies.
Physiocrats modelled the economy as the human circulatory system or something.
ReplyDeleteThis economy has a sucking chest wound that is our $600B/yr trade deficit.
Thanks to the DC deadlock, stimulus is done and gone. And the Fed has been sitting on its hands since 1H11, too.
The patient needs more transfusions, stat.
The good news is that if Romney wins, we'll get it.
But if O'bama wins, hoo boy. Rig for diving.
Troy,
ReplyDeleteThis economy has a sucking chest wound that is our $600B/yr trade deficit.
Very few of us seem to care. My analogy would be cracks forming in a dam. Sigh.