by John Rubino
Dollar Collapse
In his latest commentary, financial strategist Michael Pento maps out the coming year. Spoiler alert: It ends ugly.
The U.S. National Debt is about to surge like never before, along with the rest of the entire planet’s gigantic pile of sovereign IOUs. America started with a $23.5 trillion debt before the Wuhan virus outbreak, with annual deficits running over a $1 trillion; and projected to be at least that amount for the next dozen years. But then, the stock market and economy crashed due to the catalyst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which pricked the massive bubble in junk bonds and equities that I have been warning about for years.
In addition to the automatic stabilizers that kick in during a recession, like unemployment insurance and food stamps, the Treasury is now buying commercial paper, suspending interest payments on student loans, and writing checks to small businesses. There are also various other bailouts and stimulus packages in the works; the IRS is allowing taxpayers a deferment for three months of up to $300 billion. Also, the government will soon be sending checks to nearly every American, the proposal is for at least $1,000 for each adult and $500 per child, per month—around $500 billion in total. Helicopter money is now coming, and both parties embrace it with alacrity. The total amount of stimulus proposed so far was reported by Bloomberg to be $1.3 trillion this year alone.