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
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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
The United States is not only one of the largest economies in the world, but it is also one of the strongest economies compared to industrialized countries, and this has been proven in the last few years. Despite of what many people believe or see, U.S economy is booming and it will continue to boom during the year 2015. In the article “When the U.S Economy is the Envy of the World,” published by the MSNBC on December 8, 2014, its author Steve Benen argues about the U.S economic recovery in order to persuade U.S citizens and show them the numbers that prove that our economy has recovered. Benen (2014) also encourage U.S citizens not “to compare the current economic recovery to other recoveries that followed modern downturns,” but “to compare our economic recovery against other countries who dealt with similar circumstances” because according to President Obama, the U.S “has put more people back to work” than any advanced economy in the world (qtd. in Benen, 2014). There are strong evidences that prove that the U.S economy is in its best year compared to three years ago. The growth of jobs, the slight increase of wages, and the low price of oil have truly helped the U.S economy recover.
Oil has often been referred to as any economy’s lifeblood. Although this is an overemphasis, oil has been the key, nonhuman resource of the economy throughout the largest part of the 20th century. In the book “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, And Power” by Daniel Yergin, the author illustrates the political, societal, economic, and geo-strategic importance of this product.
Oil suppliers dig deep down to the roots to analyze and derive concrete solutions to carry on the rising market. The force of fracking in the United States is lifting the economy; the system has been a political game changer for the nation, creating job opportunities and investing money into the community. The United States is currently capable of competing with the global marketplaces at a high rate. This coordination leads to knowledge for on-shoring manufacturing, which eliminates the dependency on foreign oil. This significant groundwork is driving opportunities for innovators. The abundant supply of oil and the inexpensive cost leads to cheaper energy for consumers (Dews, 2015). Along with the low price for refineries,
In the beginning of the 20th century Texas discovered a major economic game changer. In January of 1901 in Spindletop, Texas oil was discovered in the form of a 100-foot geyser. Little did Texans know that their lives and economic situation would be changed forever. Right after the discovery most of the early profits made from oil went to easterners. When the 1920’s came around oil became a major economic engine. Causing major social changes in job opportunities, education, marriage, and sports.
In the event that the American individuals really saw how the Federal Reserve framework functions and what it has done to us, they would be shouting for it to be nullified promptly. It is a framework that was composed by global brokers for the advantage of worldwide investors, and it is methodically devastating the American individuals. The Federal Reserve framework is the essential motivation behind why the cash has declined in worth by well more than 95 percent and the national obligation has become more than 5000 times bigger in the course of recent years. The Fed makes the "blasts" and the "busts", and they
The “U.S. became the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas” in 2013 (Energy Infrastructure). “Capital spending in the infrastructure that moves and transforms oil and gas into everyday products … has increased by 60 percent between 2010 and 2013” (Energy Infrastructure). The rise to become the top producer has led to the decrease in “U.S. oil import dependence” and the “rise of U.S. product exports” (U.S. Oil Import Dependence). The increased exportation of oil and gas by the U.S. has allowed both of these products to become large moneymakers for the United States. Although we will probably never “completely eliminate our need” for oil, we can reduce our petroleum consumption and the damage we inflict on the environment (Reduce Oil Dependence Costs). By decreasing the “dependence on oil” in new vehicles, there has been a
During the 19th century there was a rapid growth in industrialization and change in America. “The iron and steel industry spawned new construction materials, the railroads connected the country and the discovery of oil provided a new source of fuel” (John D. Rockefeller, 2015). The discovery of an oil geyser in Spindletop was a paramount cause for the rapid growth of the oil industry. Within a year, oil became the primary fuel in America and became an integral part of the economy. “This state of things is made possible, and is obtaining, solely by and under the power and use of machinery; first in the hands of individual capitalists; then in the hands of companies; and, lastly, by corporations” (Moody, 1883). Industry leader John Rockefeller, was able to build an empire during this period of time and established his company the Standard Oil
The United States is the leading economy across the globe and experienced several tribulations in the recent past following the 2008 global recession. Despite these recent challenges, there are expectations among policymakers and financial experts that the country will experience solid economic growth. Actually, financial analysts have stated that the U.S. economy will be characterized by increased consumer spending, increased investments by businesses, reduced rate of unemployment, and reduction in government cut. Some analysts have also stated that the country’s economy will strengthen in 2014 with an average of 2.7 percent or more. However, these predictions can only be understood through an analysis of the current macroeconomic
In addition to the US peak oil situation, the US Oil Drilling and Gas Extraction Industry faces heavy foreign market competition. In 2011, the US ranked 3rd in oil production, behind Saudi Arabia and Russia (Energy, 2012). Saudi Arabia’s OPEC governor expects Saudi output to rise steadily beyond 2030 with a 1.5 million barrel per day spare production capacity then (Energy, 2012). Russia holds the world’s largest
America must wean itself off of dependence on foreign oil, and one valid solution to this problem is offshore oil drilling and production. America’s economy is heavily based on petroleum, as though it is the nation’s blood; a necessity for survival. About 25% of oil produced in the U.S. comes from offshore rigs. Most of the U.S. coastline has been off limits for oil drilling since the early 1980s. Due to environmental concerns after an oil spill off the coast of California in 1969, an offshore drilling moratorium was imposed. Since then, the U.S. has amplified its energy consumption to where it uses nearly 25% of the world's oil. Meanwhile, the U.S. produces about 10% of the world's oil. That has made the U.S. heavily reliant on imported
America has made mistakes before, now the country plans out their economy’s future a little more. One of the top five largest economies in the world, the United States, promises for new laws regulating and decreasing in tax burdens in United States’ markets. Americans can expect to see a faster growth than previous years, and according to Forbes article The U.S. Economy In 2017: Welcome Higher Growth, “the U.S. economy will be a key driving force of other Western economies” (Chafuen 1). Especially now with the new president, Trump, he has already made the US more appealing and put a rise in stocks by electing certain cabinet members. This shows the world taking Trump 's approach seriously. The unemployment rate influences the economy. At
Our economy has gone down hill since Barack Obama stepped into office in the year of 2008. Our newly elected president, Donald J. Trump, has shown through his economic plan that he will bring back jobs and cut taxes drastically for everyone. In all, these major changes towards our economy will make America great
Americans have been bombarded by new worries in recent days with the war in Libya, unrest in much of the Middle East, and the seemingly endless series of catastrophes in Japan as reported by a recent Gallup poll measuring economic confidence. Added to that, there is a weak job market, increasing fuel prices, and fierce budget battles in Congress, obviously, it is clear the U.S. economy still faces
Klare argues that discovery of a natural resource, for instance, oil, result in producers seeking and exploiting the most desirable, best quality and those closest to markets. Over time, these “easy” resources become scarce, of poorer quality, harder to extract and extend into areas further away from the market. This subsequent need to extract “tougher” resources has catalyzed an age of discovery that energy experts call the “shale revolution.” Daniel Yergin, an author and energy optimist describes the “natural gas
Over the course of Americas 239 years of existence it has had so many different ups and downs in its economic center ranging from the highest of its ups in the roaring twenties to one of its lowest lows in the recent great recession. It impossible to be able to completely guess what the united states economy is going to do next but with the help of a few monitors we are able to estimate where America is at this time and make as good of a guess on where it is going than ever before. With these tools we can see that the United States is on a steady incline shown through the improvements in the Gross Domestic Profit, low inflation, the rising labor market along with the Manufacturing & Trade Inventories & Sales tool.