(New York)

While everyone expects that we will have a recession at some point, and likely a significant correction, one of the big questions regards the depth. The Wall Street Journal has something to say about this issue, as the paper is arguing that the next recession is going to be brutal. The reason why is that the government won’t have as much firepower to stimulate the economy in coming years. That is because the newest tax package will send the deficit surging, and there will not be further room to cut once the recession takes hold, eliminating one of the government’s main weapons in combating recessions.

FINSUM: This makes sense to us. Several weeks back we ran an article where an analyst said he loved the tax cuts, but wished they could have been saved for the next recession. We couldn’t agree more.