How Robust Will The Recession Recovery Be?
As the world plunged into recession over the last few years, the new decade is being welcomed with open arms more warmly than usual. Whilst there have been clear and defined signs of recovery, there are still many challenges ahead. With so many aspects playing a key role in the recovery, ensuring this to be successful is not going to be easy.
Underpinning everything will be how the banking and financial sectors perform and strengthen. Though there has been substantial capital growth over recent months; the necessity for credit will test this. It is fair to say they are on a sounder footing after huge investments from government, but only responsible lending will support a sustainable upturn.
The credit does need to be increased again however; it is a fundamental part of the banks continued recovery. Due to the trend for consumer saving and reducing their private debt however, it is unclear as to whether such streams will be at a requisite level. Credit uptake again will rely on increased confidence; not only in the banks, but also in the job market.
A positive step throughout the entire recession has been for businesses to have a long hard look at how they operate. Lessons have been learned, and steps are being taken. Though high profile collapses highlight the last three years, many more companies have strengthened. Backing from the banks is returning, though necessity has forced them to rely on reduced credit.
This has allowed businesses to retain staff, often unexpectedly, and many are now in a strong position to take advantage of the recovery at its earliest onset. But there will be stormy waters to navigate still. If a surge in customers occurs, when stocks are at their lowest with no streams to call upon, business may actually dip and another wave of unemployment could follow.
As important as all the issues are; the one thing tying everything together will be the management of public finances. It is accepted that spending will need to be cut in key areas; it is also known that tax will have to rise in many areas. That these bitter pills have to be swallowed will only be sugared by responsible management without reducing spending at consumer level. With saving still popular of course, this will not be easy.
Though the support that financial markets received from their respective governments worked to save the banks, the taxpayers are still angry, still asking questions and, most importantly, asking when the money will be given back. Support is still there too, despite the return of high bonuses, but early withdrawal could cause huge inflation rises, national debt growth and further blows to public confidence.
Anything that promotes too quick a recovery is likely to lead to a ‘double-dip’ recession, and its effects will be long lasting. It is important not to get carried away by the small recovery we are now witnessing. It is all too easy for collapse to occur for many reasons; the recent poor weather indicative as this as spending halted overnight.
All of these questions need to be yet answered before a full recovery can be seen. Main Street and Wall Street need to work together, rely on each other and understand each other. It is such a lack of understanding that lead to recession in the first place; so a strengthening together steadily is what is now required.
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