U.S. Economic Future: May We Lose Complete Control over our Destiny?
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Could it be possible to think in our current economic times that America may lose complete control over its own economic future? Has an economic and financial process begun that may not easily be undone that could threaten the very core of what is left of our economic, financial and social well-being?
I believe one big problem lies with the pyramiding of debt over decades by our elected officials: the rapid expansion of the United States public debt and our country's expanding yearly budget deficits. The national debt is now $11 trillion. Wikipedia states that under the 2010 Obama budget projections, the debt is projected to reach $20 trillion by 2015, but is expected to increase to nearly 100% of GDP by 2010 and remain at that level. Vice President Joe Biden has now admitted to miscalculating the "strength" of the potential recovery. All bets are off. And that is what I believe the Obama stimulus plan(s) are doing: adding to our debt and betting our future on failing companies and industries.
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Protect Your Investment Portfolio from Inflation and Rising Interest Rates (and Ben Bernanke)
Readers of my blog may know that I anticipate rising price levels and higher interest rates in 2010 and beyond. Bear in mind that it takes time, sometimes years, for a strong inflation to embed itself in the economy. I want to talk about ways to protect your portfolio from rising prices and interest rates, but first a bit of history:
While President Nixon was in office, Fed Chairman Arthur Burns responded to pressure from the White House eager to have a strong economy when Presidential ballots were cast in 1972. Burns expanded the money supply to help ensure a growing economy in time for Nixon's reelection. Inflation soared to 12% by 1974. The oil shock in 1973 compounded the economic and inflation situation. The stock market lost almost half its value, and inflation hedge investments such as gold and silver plummeted from their highs when the economy dove into a deep recession in 1973-74. In this case, political expediency led to easy monetary policies and extremely high inflation.
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Is the Stock Market Rally for Real? "Yes," says Richard Hoey of BNY Mellon & Dreyfus
Economist Richard Hoey of BNY Mellon & Dreyfus is a veteran forecaster with many prescient calls to his credit. In an interview on July 27th on CNBC, Hoey stated that "the evidence is now clear cut" that the Fed has done enough to stabilize the financial system. He further stated that a "classic recession bottom" is in place and he expects 3 to 3 ½% economic growth in 2010.
Hoey states that "massive inventory liquidation" took place during the 2nd quarter and that auto and housing weakness was so profound that there will be no more exhaustion. He notes that Chrysler has shut down all its plants in America (a sign of the times...) and that you cannot exhaust something further that is not there. Hoey sees the roughly 20% of consumers who still have assets left carrying the weight for his projected economic turnaround.
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