Re: Barrick
LOL..... I can't wait to see how they handle this one.
Debt ceiling - what if...?
Below a few points via Washington Post worth reviewing;
1, If US fails to hike the debt ceiling a default would be triggered
2, A default = sovereign credit downgrade
3, Credit downgrade = equities crushed by up to 33%, wiping out $15tn of household wealth
4, Cost of debt would spike, economy would suffer big and US would lose up to 6mn jobs...unemployment would go from 5% to 9%
5, Drop dead date Oct 20
6, Everybody remembers 2011...despite the deal reached 2 days before the debt ceiling deadline it was the S&P downgrade that saw equities plunge and VIX explode
Let's see if they manage the situation better this time around...last time was a mess...
Full article here.
U.S. default this fall would cost 6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in wealth, study says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/21/debt-ceiling-recession-/