Tuesday , 19 March 2024

The Fiscal Cliff: Everything You Need To Know About It & Its Implications

The U.S. federal government is scheduled to implement a fiscal tightening of unprecedented severity (approx. 5% of GDP) at the start of 2013. The last time a tightening of such proportions occurred (3% of GDP in 1969) it presaged a recession. Thus, unless mitigated by an act of Congress, we expect the fiscal cliff would lead the U.S. into a recession in 2013. Below, in 26 charts, we examine all aspects of the impending crisis to gauge its potential impact on the credit markets and, by extension, our strategic investment recommendations. 

So says Morgan Stanley in one of the slides from their 26 slide Fiscal Cliff Notes presentation in a post* by Joe Weisenthal (www.businessinsider.com) which is made available by Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!) and www.FinancialArticleSummariesToday.com (A site for sore eyes and inquisitive minds). This paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.

Below are 3 great slides from the Morgan Stanley presentation (see all 26 slides in sequence here).

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Morgan Stanley

 

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Morgan Stanley

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Morgan Stanley

 

Click Here To See Morgan Stanley’s Whole Presentation ‘Fiscal Cliff Notes’ >

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*http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fiscal-cliff-in-just-3-huge-slides-2012-8#ixzz23IDauweT

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