bill watkins - economic forecast
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Is California’s Future Still Golden?
Bill Watkins September 2012
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United States
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Why Doesn’t it Feel Like a Recovery?
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2000Q1 2002Q2 2004Q3 2006Q4 2009Q1 2011Q2
Non-Farm Jobs-SA
Center for Economic Research and ForecastingUnited States - (millions of jobs)
Fewer People are Working
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2007Q1 2007Q4 2008Q3 2009Q2 2010Q1 2010Q4 2011Q3 2012Q2
Real Per Capita Gross Domestic Product
Center for Economic Research and ForecastingUnited States - (thousands of 2005 dollars)
Incomes are Down
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2007Q1 2008Q1 2009Q1 2010Q1 2011Q1 2012Q1
Real Per Capita Net Wealth: Household Sector
Center for Economic Research and ForecastingUnited States - (thousands of 2005 Q1 dollars)
People are Poorer
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Percent Share of Population
Civilian Labor Force/PopulationJan. 1980 to August 2012
Many have Given Up Looking for Work
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United States Forecast
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Then, there is the deficit.
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Hint: It’s not infrastructure or Defense.
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Total Government Deficit
Dept. of Defense Dept. of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration
Other spending
Department Overlay as %GDP 2010
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How to Fix the Budget
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How to Grow the Economy
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Increase Legal Immigration
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Get Rid of Bad Regulation
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Develop Domestic Energy
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The Upside Risk
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What could go wrong?
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Real Estate
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1980Q1 1986Q1 1992Q1 1998Q1 2004 Q1 2010 Q1
United StatesHome Ownership Rate, SA
Percent of Households
Home Ownership Getting Better!
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Has California lost its mojo?
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California Smaller Part of U.S. Economy
11.4%
11.2%
10.9%
10.6%10.7%
10.8%
11.0%11.1% 11.1% 11.1%
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California Nonfarm Jobs as a share of United States
Center for Economic Research and ForecastingCalifornia - (percent of U.S.)
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Domestic Migration
Center for Economic Research and ForecastingCalifornia - (thousands of persons)
20 Years3.8 Million
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• 34 % with 12 %
• 38 of 58
• 34.6 %
• 31 %
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“If they can’t do it in California, it can’t
be done anywhere.”
Taylor Caldwell said:
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“I got my mojo worken.
It just don’t work on you.”
Muddy said:
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California Forecast
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Modest Output Growth
Weaker Job Growth
Persistent High Unemployment.
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Some of California’s regions are doing better than others.
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How to Change California’s Forecast
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Recognize the problem.
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Mining
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Get rid of bad regulation
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Do regulation right
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Cut the Cost of :
Delay
Uncertainty
Regulations
Taxes
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Which brings us back to China
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