Major Lending Pullback Predicted by Maverick Wall Street Analyst Could Have Dire Implications for U.S. Economy

Oppenheimer & Co. (OPY) analyst Meredith Whitney’s reputation has soared like a skyrocket since she made her bearish - but highly prescient - call on the banking sector, including Citigroup Inc. (C), as Money Morning reported last fall. Now she’s back. And her outlook for the financial sector is actually worse. Whitney is now predicting that the banking-sector’s financial crisis will extend well into next year. If not beyond. And that’s not even the bad news. Whitney now says the worst may be yet to come. The banking-sector financial crisis will last at least until the end of next year, and may actually stretch… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Major Lending Pullback Predicted by Maverick Wall Street Analyst Could Have Dire Implications for U.S. Economy", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/26/major-lending-pullback-predicted-by-maverick-wall-street-analyst-could-have-dire-implications-for-us-economy/" });