14 de abril de 2008

Porquê a crise de confiança nos EUA?

É mais um artigo de Paul Krugman, no New York Times, sobre a situação da economia norte-americana: Crisis of Confidence. O artigo começa da seguinte forma:

"The Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan has been tracking American economic perceptions since the 1950s. On Friday the center released its latest estimate of the consumer sentiment index — and it was a stunner. Americans are more pessimistic about their situation than they have been for more than a quarter century.

Meanwhile, a recent Pew report found that the percentage of Americans saying that they’re better off than they were five years ago is at its lowest level in 44 years of polling. What’s striking about this bleak mood is that by the usual measures the economy isn’t doing that badly — at least not yet. In particular, the official unemployment rate of 5.1 percent, though rising, is still fairly low by historical standards. Yet economic attitudes are worse now than they were in 1992, when the average unemployment rate was 7.5 percent.

Why are we feeling so down?"
Krugman explica e termina com mais um recado sobre o perfil desejado do novo Presidente.

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