Hello Readers,
My first post for 2011 is published on May 3rd 2011! 4 months late! What happened? I intend to publish my prophecies each year on December, before the new year but apparently for 2011, it was not in the cards so to speak!
The year has been so busy professionally that this blog was put on the back burner regretfully. And of course I missed the major events that rock our world such as the meltdown and the tsunami in Japan, the fateful demise of Bin Laden and the popular revolutions taking place in North Africa and the Middle East.
So my prophecies for the rest of the year are going to feel dull and without sparkles in contrast to those latest developments; I feel cheated because I would have love to be able to pinpoint some of them and take the credit…Again it was not meant to be.
As usual, because my audience is interested in the U.S. economy for various reasons, I will tackle this very important subject. But as far as I can tell, 2011 is going to be a lot more quiet than its first 4 months!
So let’s get started.
U.S. ECONOMY FROM MAY TO DECEMBER 2011
The debt ceiling will be raised to avoid a major meltdown but expect the debate to be heated to say the least. I don’t see the Government making any major changes in its direction which let me to fear we may pay the price of that lack of reform down the road…
The Real Estate market is uneven in its projection: in some areas the bottom has been reached and signs of better days are clearly shown; that trend will continue during the rest of the year. However in other geographic areas, I foresee a slight deep that will drive the prices even lower before the year ends. Once this down takes place, then we will have reached the bottom of the pan. At that point, I believe we will start to see a positive change but that will be in 2012.
The Job market won’t pick up significantly until October and I think the numbers for the last 3 months of the year will look good and reassuring for a lot of Americans. An acceleration of job creations will take place by that time.
The Stock Market, Wall Street is still unreliable despite the recent enthusiasm and that means we are still dancing the two-step forward, one step backward… Watch out and be wise! By mid-summer we will enter a new phase that will be marked by more stability and steady growth, which will be reflected in the market. Again I think the last 3 months of the year could be very good for investors.
The U.S. Dollar will experience some serious issues shortly. Now I don’t know if the currency will be readjusted or that it will go through a major storm but June and July aren’t fun for our green symbol. Once we pass the summer, the dollar will then go steady and get even stronger by the end of the year.
MAJOR DISASTERS IN THE WORLD (MAY TO DECEMBER)
The big events are behind us at this point in time. Happily I can write that I don’t expect major catastrophes to take place til we end the year. Outside of more turmoil with regimes that may cut ties with the U.S. or countries in the middle of revolutionary changes, we can rest assured that nothing huge will fall from the sky!
The weather is changing and with it, tornadoes get bigger and more devastating in their paths! The recent fatalities in the U.S. corridor remind us that we have to expect more of those occurrences. I am sure I will have a lot to say about those alterations in our Earth conditions for 2012. Please remind me not to be late this time!
Why? because I feel that there are some major events cooking right now that will come to the surface next year… They are already in the making but underneath or hidden. Once it is apparent, when we look back, we will understand why I was saying it.
So as you can read, the rest of the year is not as dramatic as we started it. It does not mean that the events that took place already are concluded. They are still unfolding and I expect the Middle East and North Africa to be the center of attention for the remaining months.
I am looking forward to unveil 2012 to be honest with you. From a pure predictive perspective, I expect it to be very active. However as I have told so many people, I expect the 2012 Mayan showdown to be another Y2K and nothing more. But with an alignment of several planets and its effects on our blue planet, natural disasters and larger than life phenomena are to be expected. So tune in a few months when I unveil the year with you!
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