15 Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Economy Over The Next 12 Months

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[Kartographer]

We live in a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, and the potential for an event that could cause “sudden change” to the U.S. economy is greater than ever. There are dozens of potentially massive threats that could easily push the U.S. economy over the edge during the next 12 months. A war in the Middle East, a financial collapse in Europe, a major derivatives crisis or a horrific natural disaster could all change our economic situation very rapidly. Most of the time I write about the long-term economic trends that are slowly but surely ripping the U.S. economy to pieces, but the truth is that just a single really bad “black swan event” over the next 12 months could accelerate our economic problems dramatically. If oil was cut off from the Middle East or a really bad natural disaster suddenly destroyed a major U.S. city, the U.S. economy would be thrown into a state of chaos. Considering how bad the U.S. economy is currently performing, it would be easy to see how a major “shock to the system” could push us into the “next Great Depression” very easily. Let us hope that none of these things actually happen over the next 12 months, but let us also understand that we live in a world that has become extremely chaotic and extremely unstable.

In the list below, you will find some “sudden change” events that are somewhat likely and some that are quite unlikely. I have tried to include a broad range of potential “black swan events”, but there are certainly dozens more massive threats that could potentially be listed.

[Kartographer]

#1 War With Syria
#2 War With Iran
#3 A Disorderly Greek Debt Default
#4 An Economic Collapse In Spain
#5 The Price Of Gasoline
#6 The Student Loan Debt Bubble
#7 State And Local Government Debt Crisis
#8 The Collapse Of A Major U.S. Bank
#9 A Derivatives Crisis
#10 The Fall Of The Japanese Economy
#11 A “Solar Megastorm”
#12 A Major West Coast Earthquake Or Volcanic Eruption
#13 Tornado Damage To Major U.S. Cities
#14 Severe Drought In The United States
#15 An Asteroid Strike In 2013

I don't see some of these as being 'bubbles' but as being 'dominoes', like 3 and 5. or 3,4 and 8. Many of these things are interconnected and who knows which pebble's rolling will start the landslide.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

#16 Obama’s re-election?

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!

[I Drive Too Fast]

#16 Obama get's reelected
#17 Romney gets elected

[Kartographer]

I agree it should have been added!

[null and void]

#18 Canadian civil war

[Kartographer]

I believe we will have one before the Canucks do.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

#9 A Derivatives Crisis

Such a thing can't ever happen because:

1. Derivatives are bought and sold by the smartest guys on earth and they can be trusted to know what they are doing.

2. Whatever it is they're doing, don't dare call it speculation, you goldurn commie!

3. Even if there are some speculators (only a few, trust us) then there are an even number of them on either side of the trades so it'll all turn out OK in the wash, trust us.

4. Derivatives never ever led to a bubble. It's only when the government interferes that we have to worry.

5. And BTW, most of the derivatives are sold OTC so we don't even know how many there are out there and they say ignorance is bliss. And last time I checked bliss was a good thing.

[beebuster2000]

hit by an asteroid. really?

[null and void]

That’s what makes a Canadian civil war a black swan event...

[bobby.223]

Small market Pittsburgh Pirates vrs. small market Mariners in the World Series...and it only goes 4. Okay, okay so maybe it won’t be a massive threat!!

[cherry]

#19 Tim Tebow wins a superbowl and Media elite heads explode causing a major hazmat incident..

[Stentor]

Spot on.

[Kartographer]

Not one that I lay awake at night over, but in the history of the world it has happened and with tremendous consequences. And it seems like every few months NASA or someone finds another big rock sharing our neighborhood.

[Terry Mross]

If there is any way the puppet masters can make one or several of the things on this list to happen so obama can declare martial law, it will happen.

[blam]

"Hit by an asteroid. really?

I'm telling ya...

It's Always Something (IAS)

Huge Asteroid Expected To Fly Past Our Planet In 2013

A 150-foot asteroid orbiting Earth called 2012 DA14 will pass so close to Earth it will fly UNDER man-made satellites orbiting our planet.

[crazydad]

Obama Rheichstag fire. Opps, only republican presidents are like Hitlo!

[Kartographer]

Canceling American Idol and blaming it on Republicans=Rheichstag fire

[crazydad]

BRONCOS! I hope that happens.

[Hammerhead]

major disease outbreak
power grid failure (hacked)
dogs and cats living together