The US Economy’s Future Just Got Much Darker: Big Money Is Either Going Into Hibernation Or Being Paid Out To Shareholders While Things Are Getting Significantly Worse In EU, Japan, And China.

Monday, December 10, 2012
By Paul Martin

Investmentwatchblog.com
December 10th, 2012

from Phoenix Capital Research:

Last week I outlined the reason why we are very likely going over the fiscal cliff: there are little if any political incentives for the GOP or Dems to fix the problem; the best option politically is to let us go over the cliff and then offer targeted tax breaks in late 2013 early 2014 as part of their 2014 Congressional campaigns.

With that in mind, corporations are now rushing out special dividends to shareholders in an effort to beat the coming tax hikes on dividends.

Between Nov. 1 and Dec. 5, 349 companies moved up their dividends or paid special dividends, according to Silverblatt. That is higher than the 314 irregular dividends paid last year in all of November and December. Silverblatt expects the pace of early dividends to pick up if Washington keeps dawdling.

Many companies go beyond moving up ordinary payments. They are declaring special, one-time dividends to take advantage of the lower tax rate while it lasts.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/dec/10/us-wall-street-week-ahead/

This is a serious red flag for the US economy’s future: all of the capital being paid out to shareholders will not be going into corporate expansions or hiring. This, when taken along with the recent rush of capital into savings accounts ($150 billion was shifted into savings accounts following Obama’s re-election), indicates that big money is either going into hibernation or being paid out to shareholders.

In simple terms: none of these funds will be used to grow the US economy or create jobs. Which means the US economy will be taking an even sharper nose-dive than expected in 2013.

On the other side of the pond, the EU as a whole is in recession. However, recent data coming from Germany indicates things are going to be getting significantly worse.

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