Now We Are Being Warned That A “Recession” Could Be Coming During The “Dark Winter” That Is Ahead
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
We are just coming out of “the COVID recession”, and now we are being told that another recession could be just around the corner. Thanks to overly harsh pandemic restrictions, widespread shortages and millions of workers that appear to have disappeared from the system somehow, economic activity is slowing down once again. We just learned that U.S. industrial production has fallen for a second month in a row, and the production of motor vehicles and parts is falling at a pace that is extremely alarming. After adding trillions upon trillions of dollars to the national debt, all our politicians were able to buy us was a short-term economic sugar high and rampant inflation. I hope that you enjoyed the sugar high while you could, because the months ahead are looking rather bleak indeed.
You may have noticed that officials are starting to use the term “dark winter” again. Here is one example…
The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says the U.S. could be facing another “dark winter,” though this can be avoided if Americans get vaccinated to a “very high degree” in the coming months.
And as we head toward the winter months, the word “recession” is increasingly starting to pop up in the mainstream media.
In fact, one prominent economist made headlines when he warned that he believes that the U.S. has already entered a new recession…
America has already slipped into a recession that could be as bad as the 2008 financial meltdown according to key consumer data, a Dartmouth College professor has warned.
David Blanchflower, of Dartmouth, and Alex Bryson, of University College London, say that every slump since the 1980s has been foreshadowed by 10-point drops in consumer indices from the Conference Board and University of Michigan.
Unfortunately, we already surpassed both of those benchmarks long ago. At this point, the declines are of a similar magnitude to what we witnessed just before the financial crisis of 2008…
The Conference Board has measured a 25.3-point drop in 2021, while UM has recorded an 18.4-point slump. This compares to a 19-point and a 21-point dip for the indices respectively ahead of the 2008 global financial crash.
That doesn’t mean that another recession is guaranteed.
Our politicians in Washington could borrow and spend several trillion more dollars, and that would likely buy us a little bit more time.
But right now the immediate future does not look good, and most Americans are clearly not prepared for any sort of a major downturn…
As the new recession dawns, many Americans are not prepared to weather bad economic stagnation. As of late last year, nearly two-thirds of families lived paycheck to paycheck, and more than half have less than three months’ worth of savings. A quarter have effectively none at all.
Are you prepared for economic pain in 2022?
I hope so.