Peter Zeihan

The US economy will go into a significant downturn within a year of October 2025 (by late October 2026).

“And we're setting up for a significant economic downturn over the course of the next year in an environment where we should be experiencing boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.”

Said on

24 October 2025 · Zeihan on Geopolitics video newsletter "Congressional Midterms: Electoral Bloodbath or More of the Same?" (transcript)

Source

Congressional Midterms: Electoral Bloodbath or More of the Same? · zeihan.com

Should come true

Oct 2026

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we're setting up for

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Economy

Importance

3 of 5 · A significant US downturn matters to the country and world markets.

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