Thursday, September 15, 2011

U.S. Economy Stalls as Europe's Fiscal Crisis Worsens

It’s almost certain that the U.S. economy will continue to stagger through the 4th quarter. Budget and economic analysis provided to congress by the CBO (a bipartisan federal agency) supports the theory of continuing slow growth, and an unyielding jobless rate through 2012. I contend that the jury is still out were 2012 is concerned, as there are so many pending elements to the economy that leave room for reasonable doubt. For example, Obama’s jobs creation program, which offers tax cuts and other incentives to corporations has the potential to positively impact the economic picture for 2012. According to a WSJ article by Stacy Curtin, the results of austerity measures implemented in Greece are questionable and may prove to be in large part overated. Nevertheless, the fate of the EU’s financial crisis, has the potential to an impact on the US economy, negatively or positively. Being a generally optimistic person, I’m reluctant to say the idea of the U.S. slipping back into a recession is not out of the question. Meanwhile, Europe is not out of the woods either. In fact, the continent seems to be experiencing a deepening crisis.

T
he EU crisis has reached a new level, as the alarms are set off concerning the likelihood of Greece defaulting on their debt. Thankfully, for some inexplicable reason, the U.S. financial markets don't appear to be fluctuating as drastically in reaction to bad news from Europe. Nevertheless, the European Union's Fiscal discord is the primary focus of a meeting scheduled for this Friday, as EU Prime Ministers prepare to gather in Poland. Resolving Greece's financial crisis is undoubtedly at the top of the agenda, but the larger economies are also under heavy financial pressure. Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, took her message to the media in an attempt to diffuse the rising fears of Greece defaulting on its debt. In one radio interview, Merkel emphatically proclaimed that the EU was doing everything in its power to avoid a Greek default.

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choing my opinion in previous articles concerning the financial crisis, Chancellor Merkel, also stated "We face a completely new challenge - one that has no historic precedent". Speaking of historical precedence, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner is expected to attend the meeting with the EU Finance Ministers on Friday. This should prove very interesting, and serve to enhance our battered image.

Also, see Article citing Soros' views of the EU crisis in the Huffington Post.


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K. Reilly
The Cohn-Reilly Report

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