全球时讯:World Insights: Doubts surface over whether debt ceiling bill can mitigate U.S. economic risks
BEIJING,June8(Xinhua)--DespiteU.S.PresidentJoeBidentoutingthebipartisanagreementonthedebtceilingas"abigwin"forthecountry,globalconcernsabouttherisksofAmerica"seconomyhaveonlyintensified.
TherisksoftheU.S.economyhavenotonlyfailedtodissipatebuthaveevenincreasedinsomeareas.
MARKETLIQUIDITYSQUEEZE
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Marketanalystsanticipatethatthecash-strappedU.S.TreasuryDepartmentmaystartmassiveborrowing,unleashinga"tsunami"ofnewbonds,whichcouldleadtoadraininmarketliquidity.
DatafromtheU.S.TreasuryDepartmentshowedthatasofJune1,theTreasury"scashbalancehasfallenbelow23billionU.S.dollars.Afterthedebt-capresolution,theTreasuryDepartmentisexpectedtoreplenishitscashbalanceto550billiondollarsbytheendofthismonth.MarketparticipantsanticipatetheTreasury"sdebtissuanceinthecomingmonthscouldexceed1trilliondollars.
"Thisisaverybigliquiditydrain.Wehaverarelyseensomethinglikethat.It"sonlyinseverecrashesliketheLehmancrisiswhereyouseesomethinglikethatcontraction,"JPMorganChase&Co.strategistNikolaosPanigirtzoglouwasquotedbyBloombergassaying.BankofAmericaCorp.analystshaveestimatedthataquarter-pointinterestratehikewouldhavethesameeconomicimpact.
Adelugeislikelytosuckasignificantamountofliquidityoutoffinancialmarkets,Bloombergreported,addingthatitcouldaddpressuretoafinancialsystemstillshowingsignsofstrainafterseveralbankscollapsedwiththeFederalReserveraisinginterestratesandshrinkingitsbalancesheet.
ThegoodnewsofatentativedealfortheU.S.debtceilingimpassemayquicklyturnouttobebadnewsforfinancialmarkets,Reutershasreported,explainingthatonceadealisreached,theU.S.Treasuryisexpectedtoquicklyrefillitsemptycofferswithbondissuance,suckinghundredsofbillionsofdollarsofcashfromthemarket.
"Ourconcernisthatifliquiditystartsleavingthesystem,forwhateverreason,thiscreatesanenvironmentwheremarketsarecrashprone,"AlexLennard,investmentdirectoratglobalassetmanagerRuffer,wasquotedassayingbyReuters."That"swherethedebtceilingmatters."
LIMITEDFEDERALSPENDING
Thedebtceilingbillrestrictsfederalspendingforthefiscalyears2024and2025.MarketparticipantsbelievethattheU.S.economyhasbeenweigheddownbyvariousunfavorablefactorsinrecentquarters,withgrowthbarelysustainedbyfederalexpenditures,sothebill"srestrictionsonspendingmaydampenthissupportivefactor.
"Fiscalmultiplierstendtobehigherinarecession,soifweweretoenteradownturn,thenthereducedfiscalspendingcouldhavealargerimpactonGDPandemployment,"MichaelFeroli,chiefU.S.economistatJPMorganChase&Co.,wasquotedbyBloombergassaying.
Inadditiontoincreasingfinancialrisksandweakeninggrowthmomentumintheshortterm,thedebtceilingbill,inthelongrun,failstosubstantivelyaddressthelong-standinginstitutionalflawsintheU.S.economyregardingdebtissues.
Thetwopartiesagreedtorestrictspendingforthefiscalyears2024and2025inexchangeforsuspendingthedebtceilinguntilJanuary2025,whichcoincideswiththeassumptionofofficebythenextpresidentandtheinductionofsomemembersofCongress,effectivelypassingthe"oldaccount"to"newofficials."
Furthermore,twokeyfiscalissuesrelatedtotheU.S.debt,welfarespendingandtaxrevenue,werenotsignificantlyaddressedinthebill.Democratsareconcernedthatpushingfortaxincreaseswillhurttheirelectionprospects,whileRepublicansfearforcingDemocratstocutwelfarespendingwillresultinanangrybacklash.
Republicanleadershavecalledthedeal,knownastheFiscalResponsibilityAct,ahistoricvictoryforbudgetaryprudence.Inreality,itdoesnothingtotackletheprimarysourcesofAmerica"sfiscalirresponsibility,TheEconomistsaid.
TheUnitedStatesisn"ttheonlyadvancedcountrywhosepoliticshavebecomepolarized.Still,accordingtoTheWallStreetJournal,itistheonlyonewherethedivisionofbudgetaryauthoritybetweentheexecutiveandlegislativebranches,anannualbudgetcycleandadebtceilingoffersomanyopportunitiesforpolarizedpoliticstojeopardizewhatshouldbetheroutinematteroffundingthegovernment.
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