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Summary Of Comeback: America's New Economic Boom

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The next event in our economy will be an economic boom. The reason behind my prediction is the U.S. energy explosion, the American manufacturing renaissance, and the capital and millennial coming off the sidelines. The economic boom will happen in 2017 because of these key details.

The U.S. brought its plentiful natural resources, especially oil, to be known worldwide before, and it seems likely to do so again. The new rise in oil and shale gas production means that the U.S. is “...well on its way to realizing the American dream” (International Energy Agency). The IEA predicts that the U.S. will be “...the top oil producer by 2015”. New technology can open up new jobs to people. Charles Morris whose latest book, Comeback: America’s New Economic …show more content…

energy output comes on top of an increasingly inspired manufacturing base. This is from the increased “reshoring” of previously outsourced jobs. China’s cost advantages are quickly being downgraded by rising wages, land prices, corruption and shipping costs. This makes U.S. labor more competitive and prompting companies, like Apple to Toyota, to return operations to the U.S.. The U.S. already makes about 20 percent of the world’s goods. This is almost equal to China. Joel Kurtzman, former editor of the Harvard Business Review, says, “Now they will make more”. This is because businesses move to the United States to take advantage of abundant energy and capital and tap into our vast reserves of intelligence and creativity. States such as Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina, hit hardest by layoffs and spare capacity during the recent recession, are quickly becoming the prime targets for a renewed manufacturing sector. The “reshoring” trend and increased exports could trim $100 billion from the U.S. trade deficit. “...trade and budget deficits will shrink in real terms, and cease to dominate the political discourse.” (Morris). Unemployment should also continue to drop. When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, the unemployment rate was 7.4 percent, but the jobless rate sank to 3.9 percent. This can similarly happen soon since the unemployment percent was higher in 1993 than it is now. As one can see, there is a high chance of there being an American …show more content…

economic heavyweights for the past five or so years. Those two heavyweights are the accumulated capital held by U.S. corporations and banks, and the pent-up consumer demand of the millennial generation. U.S. companies produce between 30 to 40 percent of the world’s goods, and a lot of the money earned from their overseas operations stays offshore for tax reasons. “Our corporations are sitting on an extraordinary amount of cash, cash that is just waiting to be deployed,” (Kurtzman). Kurtzman also says the U.S. corporations are holding about $4 trillion in spare cash and says that when you combine that with the approximately $1.8 trillion that the Federal Reserve says is being held by banks as “excess banking reserves,” that is almost $6 trillion on the sidelines, roughly the size of Japan’s entire economy. As one can see, the Capital and Millennial coming off the sidelines is a huge possibility in the coming

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