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Fiscal Cliff To Be Fiscal Drag Amounting To 1% Of 2013 GDP
JPM's Michael Feroli, who already quantified the impact of the 2% payroll tax cut expiration at $125 billion, has estimated the impact of the Fiscal Cliff on the US economy for 2012. The verdict: 1%. This is just on the Obama tax [cut|hike]. If and when any spending cuts are actually announced or enacted, this number will only go up, as will apparently the market.
From JPM's Michael Feroli:
The Senate-passed budget deal is broadly in line with our prior fiscal cliff expectations, which is to say a resolution which imposes considerable near-term headwinds to growth while doing very little to address longer-run fiscal sustainability issues. The table below summarizes our current assessment of the fiscal drag associated with fiscal-cliff-related measures, which we still see subtracting about 1%-point from GDP growth in 2013.
The heart of the deal is the extension of lower- and middle-income Bush tax rates combined with a variety of rate and non-rate upper-income tax increases. Relative to current policy, those upper-income measures are projected to raise revenue by $624 billion over a ten-year horizon. By comparison, under current policy (the CBO's "Alternative Fiscal Scenario") deficits over that period should amount to $9.975 trillion, and so the upper-income revenue increases should close about 6% of the ten-year budget gap. Beyond the ten-year horizon the contribution to sustainability is equally minimal (see "The ten-year mirage" on morganmarkets).
As expected, the payroll tax holiday was allowed to lapse on schedule. Moreover, Emergency Unemployment Compensation was extended for another year. The sequestration associated with the Budget Control Act was deferred for two months. The fate of these across-the-board budget cuts come March remains uncertain. This uncertainty, combined with the unresolved fate of the debt ceiling, probably curtails any "certainty bounce" in confidence that would be expected with the resolution of the fiscal cliff.
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Why make it a better world when you can rape, pillage and plunder without end?
Shouldn't have worn that dress.
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Here's why we are screwed: http://economiccollapsenews.com/2013/01/02/fiscal-cliff-deal-620-billion...
History will review this period as the fall of Western economic supremecy, diminishment of credit as fuel, amid much bufoonery.
Perception management is the only "tool" the Fed has left.
<Good luck with that.>
You are absolutely right. Perception is everything. The US is utterly and completely bankrupt but as long as we keep pretending, things will continue rolling along - not merrily. evenly or smoothly but they will keep on keeping on. That is why the words (paraphrased ) of the economist to the effect that economic movements take a long time to form but can collapse very quickly.
They'll adjust the deflator to whatever level they need/want, and Hey-Presto!
Nominal growth = +3.2%
Bullish!!
Perception is reality -- Politics is perception
So? Let's but 400 on the DOW today. Even more for RUT.
RAMMING SPEED!!!!
+1. I'm loving how the tax and spend Democrats came together with the tax and spend Republicans to tax the working people so they can pay the not-working people not to work.
Fuck this.
Actually, you're wrong. The deal (well, 95%) dealt with upper class incomes and actually extended welfare to those on unemployment insurance. The real blow to the pocketbook is the meteoric rise in health care and health care insurance under the "Affordable" Health Care Act. This will hit most families much more than the Cliff bill.
Perfect, this is what the con man in chief wants to do to America and Bonier and Oconnell went along with the master of deception and fraud.
The exuberant oil speculators are going to cause a reccession after all.
Yes, its always the 'speculators' - - they cause the cost of gasoline, food, and so many essentials to rise. They are to blame.
It has nothing to do with central banks printing money like crazy to prop their buddies up.
This is alarming! Quick, Mortimer - BUY BUY BUY!
how much have gun/ammo sales added to GDP? much of that will be gone in 2013. IL is moving to total disarmament with a gun control bill to be rushed through in next few days of lame duck session.
Some interesting facts:
500 murders in chicagho 2012. Many of them with firearms, despite having some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation.
They want more murders in shitcago so they will pass more gun laws.
http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/
I repeat Boehner's tenure as speaker is the next cliff, looks like if the TeeParty grows some nuts that the Dems will come to his resuce as the entire house gets to vote for Speaker, so yes the ship is sinking the question is are we talking years or decades - in the mean time the band plays on and those who chose to jump into the icey waters are the near term losers
Boner is a useless statist smegma eating pederast in my opinion.
All republicans and all democrats belong to The Party. The Government Party. The Party always votes to increase the size and power of The Party.
There are NO "small government" politicians since Ron Paul left. Those kind of people are not even allowed to run for office.
The Puppet Politicians Party
(credit to Roosting Chicken)
AWWWWW
Republican Sen. Bob Corker told CNBC on Wednesday that he voted with his head, "not his heart," for the deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff," and it was like "eating a you-know-what sandwich."
"When you are trying to save our great nation, when you're trying to deal with these massive deficits we have, you have to use your head and not your heart," Corker said on "Squawk Box."
He's voting with his wallet as did all the other cretins who furthered this sham.
When they all voted for TARP 1 , Repukelicans sold their souls to the devil. No going back. All their pro bailout candiates fail just like their party soon.
I'd have rather had "Tanks in the Streets" back then, rather than the "Armed Drones" in the Sky we'll be seeing shortly.
Way to go, PORKER! You dumbass! Now you accomplished nothing towards the goal of reducing the deficit.
I've known Bob Corker for some time and he was a good guy - businessman, civic, charitable/ I'd like to think he still is. (He is certainly not a tool of lobbyists, bankers or other such nonsense.) However, I did write a personal note last night that he had gotten caught up in the DC Alterntaive Universe and I could not see any reason to vote/support the GOP since the ONLY reason I did so was their stand on financial solvency that they jettisoned yesterday.
Man are you a shitty judge of character.
JPM, Goldman, Credit Suisse... he's just as embedded with the lobbyists as the rest of them, idjit.
In your universe, anyone not a rabid ZH true believer is an evil monster on the payroll of the banksters. In reality, most folks think they're doing the right thing even when it's wrong. (Like preachers teaching folks about an invisible being who monitors their thoughts. They're not trying to fool anyone but actually believe such stuff.) And why should Corker, who was rich before entering the Senate, be influenced by a chicken dinner from a lobbyist?
Tango, you sound like a battered wife.
He just got done fucking your country in the ass and you hope he is still a good person?
What the fuck dude?
Zap - The trouble with ZH posters is their perpetual anger. I mean, Jesus, they hate Presidents, Senators, Governors, CEOs, bankers, rich, Jews, TV, movies, foreigners, Wall Street, Democrats, Republican, the American "sheeple", the military - is there anything they don't hate? Worse is the group think - like bees in a hive instantly adapting the buzz of the minute. Corker's answer is at least more rational than your response - he is waiting for debt talks to get the cuts in. Now I don't think that will ever happen but I'm willing to give him a chance instead of marching him to the gallows.
The perversity of debt monetization and ZIRP is that the market reacts euphorically to almost anything. Raising taxes? YAY! Increasing goverment debt? Double YAY!! Natural disasters? YIPPEE!
This period is no different than the late 1990s when Greenspan went off the deepend. Ben just doubled down on the same policies that ultimately led to a decade plus bear. But, until then, it was a huge party with doubters all the way.
With regards to the euphoric stock market, all you need to know is that they are debasing the currency at ever increasing rates. The rest of it is all BS when the unit of measure is debauched.
And I see no reason Congrerss won't cave when confronted with any of the other cliffs coming up this year, either. All so dire that negotiation for any real change will be impossible when faced with 24 hours-to-deadline, as all of them will be.
The rudder is locked in position, all levers have been pushed up into "run until failure" position. Ramming speed, indeed!
Who knew that the best analogy for what is going on right now would be the movie "Speed 2" (the lousy one without Keanau Reeves) where they are trying to stop a careening ocean liner!
Sadly I must agree. The time to make your stand is at the first, not the third or tenth charge. I imagine many GOPers - those who had hoped to change things and really alter the course - are thinking. why bother anymore?
do you mean cave up or cave down on spending...cave in i can understand..but what are they caving in to? no spending cuts? replacement of welfare spending with obamacare? cuts in home defence (cos guns are the weapon of choice by terrorists/home owners and not knives for cutting). it is getting harder and hareder to know exactly what is meant by caving in..mabe its a new expression for cowards who can't lead...caving out!!!
What will the gun confiscation fiscal drag gonna be ?
That will surely be made up by the increase in prices, if the current trends continue.
Ex: The price of a PTR-91 is now almost to where the price of an actual HK-91 was a couple of years ago.
I didn't have the stomach to price an actual HK.
pods
Off Topic:
Security firm Archimedes Global wants a "Cyber Counterterrorism Persona Targeting Analyst." The title sounds great at parties, for one. But basically, it comes down to stalking people on Twitter. Aside from using a required top-secret security clearance to access computer systems maintained by the FBI and the Pentagon's cybercrime center to "support cyber [counter-terrorist] activities," a big part of the job involves using "social media analysis (to include Twitter, Facebook, and organic native language social media) in order to establish a pattern of life study of the 'target' and obtain information and positive attribution of subjects." And they pay you for it. It's also not the only job available along these lines. Data analysis firm Semantic Research -- not to be confused with the anti-virus company with a similar name -- is seeking a "Social Media Intelligence Analyst" to track "criminal activity ... in support of active federal law enforcement investigations." The six-figure income is more than cops make, too.
Fuck trolls
Why does the increase in Payroll taxes have a multiplier of only .75???
This is, dollar-for-dollar, out of people's pockets; all 125B of it. This is not a rich man's tax increase, it hits the lower/middle class. Therefore I think the multiplier will be higher, closer to 1.00. That would add another .25% drag on GDP.
Chime in Mr. Feroli, please?
bk
+1
likely higher than 1 as the psychology will be to curb discretionary spending across multiple categories e.g. your next iPhone upgrade, private label cornflakes, walmart instead of target,
Zero,
excactly right. My taxes are going up and Im pissed about it. So, not only will I have less money to spend, but Im going to spend even less money. Im going to participate as little as possible in this fucked up economy. I will spend money only on items of necessity and PMs.
Just doing my part to crash this ponzi scheme.
don't forget to get in line to buy the assault rifle...
I hope you are not saying that money taken from lower income works differently than that from higher income. It does not. Instead of beer, porn, Walmart crap and food (lower income) it's lack of investment, savings, capital formation, high-end products and particularly, charities (high income). Any transfer of large sums from the private to public sector ALWAYS has an effect and it's usually negative.
Well, I disagree. I think taking a dollar out of someone's pocket who makes $40k means much more than does a dollar out of someone making $500k.
If I'm right, then the .75 is too low.
But, I don't know the answer to this, so you could be quite right. That's why I asked for a clarification from the guy who made the chart.
Pretending there's no difference between a marginal dollar with inflexible demand (food is not a "kind of want to" purchase, no matter what hedonic adjustments may assume) and the completely discretionary purchasing of a high-income earner is more than a little daft. The low-income earner was guaranteed to spend that marginal dollar, the high-income earner was not.
They both have an effect, but nowhere near the same level of severity to the actual economy.
Question is, why do high-income earners avoid beer, porn, and food?
Do they just prefer chianti, prostitutes, and caviar?
In terms of GDP, it is a zero sum game. It is obvious the government spends every dime it takes in so the 1% will be put back in regards to GDP calculations.
We are all celebrating today...for a two month jubilee....this the new deal...every two months a new kick the can...the market goes up because there is another 300 billion washing around...the politicians will not do anything now...nothing...
One thing the 4th quarter will be strong as all the up front payments and fiscal cliff selling...but wait 3 quarters and things will stop as all these new taxes..regualtions...rules will be in place and companies will say NO.....I quit...
I predict new records for food stamps...disability...
This is a slow, painful death we are experiencing.
GDP is a flawed metric to measure real economic activity anyways... this whole thing is a joke.
don't worry..everybuddy earning between 30,000 and 65,000 will ask for a salary cut all the way down to 29,000 so they can get state handouts that take them to an equivalent salary of 69,000...
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive”as per my previous comment here on this strand: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-01/meanwhile-americas-other-cliff-...
hahhahhahhhahhh...so the 29,000 earner will demand a 40,000 increase in earnings before it becomes a promotion? hahahahahaha..
and for the next trick...just watch the HUGE increase in claims if this ever gets out to the gerneral public who had NO IDEA this is how the maths worked!!!!
millions will be asking for pay cuts down to 29,000 and making new benefit claims
maybe we will see a leap of weird company benefits in lieu of salary cuts so that the state can pay benefits..talk about fucked up communist thinking!
or maybe everyone can go snatching those hard to get shelf stacking jobs for 69,000 including all benefits!
Wait, wasn't the GDP estimate for 2013 not much more than 1% to begin with? So we're 0% GDP now....with Debt/GDP 115%?
Well hell....RAMP THEM STAWKS BOYS!
Could you even imagine 20 years ago the announcement that Debt/GDP had suddenly shot to a catastrophic 115%? The markets would have gone batshit panic...making any previous collapse look tiny.
Algos don't have emotions, just "does not compute" errors.
Has anyone else noticed that when they talk about deficit reduction, they Never Once Mention the INSANE LEVELS of spending on Military and Intelligence complexes? Not to mention Endless Pointless Wars (did you realize we are still bleeding tax dollars down the Afgan rathole )?
The market alone will represent up to 5% of GDP. Nobody has to work ever again. Its on like donkey kong. Party like no tomorrow. Bama bout to start his second term.
Ok Ok that's enough. BTFD.
'Emergency' unemployment needs to be more clearly defined. Another article explained it as 2.1m people receiving unemployment benefits would be extended. Are these 2 different? The latter would be far greater than $30b. Also, the payroll tax holiday needs further detail. Not paying into hasnt created a liability? what about the employer's side. Im getting tired of all the half-assed explanations on all these issues.
A major part of the bill that wasn't touched. Screw the middle class with a 2% tax increase and let the Carried Interest rule remain....
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/01/the-income-rich-take-one-for-the-team-thanks/
Off Topic:
Security firm Archimedes Global wants a "Cyber Counterterrorism Persona Targeting Analyst." The title sounds great at parties, for one. But basically, it comes down to stalking people on Twitter. Aside from using a required top-secret security clearance to access computer systems maintained by the FBI and the Pentagon's cybercrime center to "support cyber [counter-terrorist] activities," a big part of the job involves using "social media analysis (to include Twitter, Facebook, and organic native language social media) in order to establish a pattern of life study of the 'target' and obtain information and positive attribution of subjects." And they pay you for it. It's also not the only job available along these lines. Data analysis firm Semantic Research -- not to be confused with the anti-virus company with a similar name -- is seeking a "Social Media Intelligence Analyst" to track "criminal activity ... in support of active federal law enforcement investigations." The six-figure income is more than cops make, too.
Fuck trolls