20 September 2016 15:22:26 IST

The cost of a Trump presidency

Here are five estimates by economists of how much the US would lose

The United States of America will vote for its new President on November 8 and controversy has dogged both the Republican and Democratic nominees. Hillary Clinton, who would become the first woman President of America if she were to win, has been hounded with questions regarding her so-called e-mail scandal. Donald Trump, who seems to be winning America’s favour more and more by the day, has been denounced by most experts for shooting his mouth off.

Here are some consequences, according to some of these experts, of Trump becoming the next President:

~~ $1 trillion: Oxford Economics, an Oxford University-affiliated consultancy

~~ 0.7 percentage points in annual GDP growth: Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup

~~ 4.8 million U.S. jobs: Peterson Institute for International Economics, a think tank focused on trade

~~ 1.5% of global economic growth: Economist Intelligence Unit, a British global forecasting service

~~ $1.6 trillion: Moody's Analytics, a major ratings agency

Read more about this in this article on Mic.com.