I guess you can call me an optimist, but I see a lot of pain ahead for the USA. However, I have a little faith in Ben, since he is not printing. It does not show up in Soma. Message 24386401 As long as this "solution" is avoided, US of A will recover from the slump, however painful that slump may be. It will be a very severe banking/currency crisis, but not a complete disaster (hyperinflation). DOW/Gold will go to low single digits, perhaps, below 1, then recover. The buck will drop some more from here, perhaps, as much as 30-40%. The slump will involve higher inflation, much lower asset prices, and a collapse of derivative markets. Did I mention T-bond crash? A severe double dip recession. No depression though -g- Something like 1970-s, only bigger. |