Friday, 25 August 2017

Next Stop, Recession: The Financial Meteor Storm Is Headed Our Way

of two minds-Charles Hugh Smith:

Many of those about to be vaporized did not grasp the fragility of the "prosperity" they assumed was both solid and permanent.
Business-cycle recessions are not just inevitable, they are necessary to flush bad debt and marginal investments/projects from the system.
The next recession--which I suggested yesterday has just begun--will be more than a business-cycle downturn; it will be a devastating meteor storm that destroys huge chunks of the economy while leaving other sectors virtually untouched.
The dynamic that's about to play out is simple: wages for the bottom 95% have gone nowhere for 17 years, while costs have soared far above official inflation for everyone exposed to real-world costs.

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