[Moshineko]

Yes, bottoming out. I mean the inability to recover from such an event. The fall of the country itself, not just a blow to the economy. In decades to come, the economy will probably fail to greater and lesser extents, but, with its hold on power, America is still important enough to the world that they can't let it fail just yet.

When the new superpowers take control, and America's power wanes, it would become incresingly likely that any blow to the economy would not be recovered from.