If other countries can't afford to buy US exports, then jobs in export-oriented businesses are at risk. Exports' share of the economy has been rising. It has reached a new high since the 2008-2009 financial crisis and has been bobbling around 13.5% for the past three years. Forecaster David Levy of the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center cites America's rising export dependence in saying that there's a 65% chance of a worldwide recession forcing a contraction in the US by the end of 2015.