The US government constantly repeats that the country’s economy has solid foundations and that it is growing, even the current president announces that his country’s economy is the strongest in history, but the trut...The US government constantly repeats that the country’s economy has solid foundations and that it is growing, even the current president announces that his country’s economy is the strongest in history, but the truth is that there are macroeconomic indicators that contradict it. The United States is experiencing a structural crisis of long evolution that is reflected in colossal indebtedness, in the concentration of wealth, the increase in poverty, and in the trade and budget deficits. During the second administration of President Obama, the ratio of debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached 100% and since then, the amount of debt has continued to increase. With the arrival of Donald Trump, the US economy registers historical deficits and the debt figure has already exceeded 21 trillion dollars, which augurs in the medium term a decline in GDP growth and a potential recession, but in the long term and not reversing this trend could present a financial catastrophe. This situation will negatively impact other indicators which could generate a climate of uncertainty, nervousness, and instability that will make the crises of 1929 and 2008-2009 pale.展开更多
文摘The US government constantly repeats that the country’s economy has solid foundations and that it is growing, even the current president announces that his country’s economy is the strongest in history, but the truth is that there are macroeconomic indicators that contradict it. The United States is experiencing a structural crisis of long evolution that is reflected in colossal indebtedness, in the concentration of wealth, the increase in poverty, and in the trade and budget deficits. During the second administration of President Obama, the ratio of debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached 100% and since then, the amount of debt has continued to increase. With the arrival of Donald Trump, the US economy registers historical deficits and the debt figure has already exceeded 21 trillion dollars, which augurs in the medium term a decline in GDP growth and a potential recession, but in the long term and not reversing this trend could present a financial catastrophe. This situation will negatively impact other indicators which could generate a climate of uncertainty, nervousness, and instability that will make the crises of 1929 and 2008-2009 pale.
