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==Enablers:==
==Enablers:==
* Low savings rate<br>
* Xbox<br>
* High spending - Foreign policy, war<br>
* Halo 3<br>
* Tax Cuts<br>
* More xbox<br>
* Low interest rate lending from foreign Central Banks - Bretton Woods 2 System<br>
* pwning<br>
* Growth of Chinese Economy<br>
* noobs<br>
* Increase in U.S. domestic demand<br>
* pwning noobs<br>


==Inhibitors:==
==Inhibitors:==

Revision as of 17:29, 18 October 2007

Description:

The FY 2004 U.S. fiscal deficit has grown to $670 Billion. This marks the third yearly increase of the deficit. The deficit, combined with other economical events, could act as a driver to cause a hard landing of the U.S. economy.

Enablers:

  • Xbox
  • Halo 3
  • More xbox
  • pwning
  • noobs
  • pwning noobs

Inhibitors:

  • Scale of foreign financing required exceeds foreign central bank's willingness to lend
  • Asian banks share more of the financing burden
  • Inflation in China weakens financial power
  • U.S. changes policy to reduce deficit

Paradigms:


Experts:

  • Nouriel Roubini
  • Brad Setser

Timing:

Sytem will not hold at current rate in the next five years. http://www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro/