Friday, September 7, 2012

Dr. Doom: Jobs Number Weak, QE3 on Its Way




From Yahoo: Nouriel Roubini, the economist known for his gloomy predictions, told CNBC Friday that he is still pessimistic on the outlook for the U.S. -- and that he expects a further round of quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve in December.

"If today's jobs number is OK, then the Fed can wait to do QE3," Roubini told CNBC at the Ambrosetti Forum in Lake Como, Italy, prior to a US employment report that came up short of expectations.

"Yet the economy is weak enough and the unemployment rate weak enough that the Fed is going to do QE3 eventually."

"....By the fourth quarter, with the fiscal cliff coming and firms becoming more cautious, capital spending is slowing down and growth will be not even 2 percent," Roubini said…..

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