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“830萬人失業、股市下跌45%!”美國白宮評估債務違約的災難性後果
uSMART盈立智投 05-04 16:19

白宮估計,如果債務違約持續一整個財季,股市將暴跌45%,GDP將下降6.1%,失業率將上升5個百分點。

在下週二美國總統拜登會見國會領導人以避免債務違約之前,白宮警告稱,債務違約“可能會對美國經濟造成嚴重損害”,長期違約可能導致數百萬人失業。

美國經濟顧問委員會(CEA)週三公佈的一份分析報告顯示,短期債務違約將導致50萬人失業,失業率上升0.3%,年GDP下降0.6%。白宮估計,如果債務違約持續一整個財季,股市將暴跌45%,GDP將下降6.1%,失業率將上升5個百分點。

CEA報告稱:

“由於政府無法在違約引發的衰退中頒佈反週期措施,因此幫助緩解對家庭和企業影響的政策選擇將有限。”

白宮發出警告之際,華盛頓正忙於提高目前31.4萬億美元的法定債務上限,美財政部表示,用於避免違約的特別措施最快可能在6月1日用盡。拜登曾表示他不願意在提高債務上限問題上做出讓步,指責共和黨議員將國家經濟作爲人質,而衆議院議長凱文·麥卡錫(Kevin McCarthy)則表示,如果不削減開支,共和黨不會通過延期方案。

白宮在報告中表示:

“我們已經看到了與債務上限緊張局勢相關的重大市場壓力的證據。”

在圍繞債務到期日左右的時間點,美國國債收益率大幅上升,反映出違約將直接增加政府的借貸成本,從而增加納稅人的成本。如下圖顯示,自4月中旬以來,預期債務到期日左右的短期美國國債收益率已上升近1個百分點,漲幅約20%。

美國債務的保險成本也大幅上升,目前處於歷史高位,反映出對美國違約的擔憂加劇。事實上,信用違約互換 (CDS) 利差——爲美國債務投保而必須支付的保險費——在4月份開始急劇增加,如下圖所示。

CEA在報告中表示:

“美國越是接近債務上限,我們就越預計這些市場壓力指標會惡化,導致股票和公司債券市場的波動性增加,並抑制企業融資和參與生產性投資的能力,而生產性投資對延長經濟當前的擴張至關重要。”

白宮還表示,穆迪最近使用不同的宏觀經濟模型進行的分析,也得出了類似的結論。他們預測,在債務上限明顯提高的情況下,就業增長將在未來幾個季度持續,增加90萬個就業崗位。但在長期違約的情況下,失業人數將達到近800萬,“這與我們自己的模型相比,是一個極其明顯的差異。”

週三早些時候,白宮發言人Karine Jean-Pierre表示不排除政府採取前所未有的措施,包括援引保護公共債務的第14修正案條款,以避免違約的可能性。同時她表示,政府認爲國會仍有責任通過立法。

Jean-Pierre說:“我們不會考慮國會損害美國全部信譽和信心的情況。”

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