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In Shocking Move, Goldman Slashes America's Long-Run "Potential GDP" From 2.25% To 1.75%
While Ben Bernanke will never agree that global economic growth has ground to a halt as a result of his monetary policies, a phenomenon which in the past year has been dubbed "secular stagnation" by the very serious weathermen (and will certainly never admit the reason for such stagnation), with every passing month one thing becomes clear: there can be no growth and certainly no prosperity for the broader population with a $200 trillion (and rising at over $10 trillion per year) overhang in global debt. And now, even Goldman gets it. Having recently cut its estimate of US trend productivity growth to 1.5%, in a ... (full story)
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