China: Troublemaker on the World Stage? – ABC News

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Abc News, Arrogance, beijing, China, Chinese Government, Currency Reserves, Economic Growth, Foreign Currency, Germany, Global Economic Crisis, Global Power, Lead, New Ice Age, Russian Economy, Self Confidence, Troublemaker, World News, World Stage

There’s a new ice age between Beijing and Washington, between the two centers that many already see welded together as Chimerica, a new “G-2″ global power. What has got into China?
For a start, the Chinese government is brimming with a self-confidence bordering on arrogance. The Chinese see themselves as the winners of the global economic [...]

Biggest Bubble in History Is Growing Every Day: William Pesek – BusinessWeek

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Bubbles, Businessweek, China, Currency Reserves, Gross Domestic Product, History Day, Norway, Peep, Real Estate, Stocks, Trillion, William Pesek

Real estate, stocks, credit. China sure has its share of bubbles. Oddly, little attention is paid to the biggest one of all.
China’s currency reserves grew by more than the gross domestic product of Norway in 2009. Its $2.4 trillion of reserves is a bubble all its own, one growing before our eyes with nary a [...]

Loan Crisis Looming in Eastern Europe?

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Europe, Asia Crisis, Banking Crisis, Brink, Central And Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Currency Reserves, Eastern Europe, Ebrd, Economists, Emerging Europe, European Bank For Reconstruction And Development, Fallout 2, Financial Crisis, Forbes, Foreign Currency, Global Financial Crisis, guardian, Neighbors, Npls, Peg, Reconstruction, Risk Loans, Western Banks

Some €180 billion in loans are ‘at risk’ in Central and Eastern Europe. If they went bad, could Western banks afford it? Should the West intervene now?
Nobody knows just how fast these “at-risk” loans are turning into NPLs, just that they are. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which warned of a potential [...]

The Financial Crisis and the Six Pillars of Russian Strength

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Russia, Currency Devaluations, Currency Reserves, Economic Problems, Financial Collapse, Financial Crisis, Foreign Direct Investment, Further Project, Global Financial Crisis, Interbank, Micex, Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, Peter Zeihan, Ruble Crash, Russian Government, Russian Ruble, Russian State, Russian Strength, Russian Trading System, Startling Number, Stock Markets, Vladimir Putin, Western Perception

By Lauren Goodrich and Peter Zeihan
Under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, Russia has been re-establishing much of its lost Soviet-era strength. This has given rise to the possibility — and even the probability — that Russia again will become a potent adversary of the Western world. But now, Russia is yet again on the cusp [...]

Global Trend: The Russian Resurgence

Posted by Matt in February 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Adversarial Relationship, Baltics, Buffer Zone, Central Asia, Central Europe, Commodity Production, Currency Reserves, Debt Default, Economic Capability, Economic Challenges, Financial Edge, Global Recession, Global Trend, Myriad Tools, Population One, Relative Terms, Reserve Funds, Ruble Crash, Russian Power, Term Prognosis

Russian power is in long-term decline. Compared to the Soviet Union in 1989, the Russian Federation has less than half the population, one-third the economic bulk, lower commodity production and vastly decreased industrial output. Demographically, Russia is both shrinking and aging at rates that have not been seen outside of wartime since the time of [...]

Oil’s Crash Stirs Unrest in Russia as Slump Hits Home

Posted by Matt in December 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, 1980s, 1990s, Attempt, Billions Of Dollars, Boris Yeltsin, China, Crash, Currency Reserves, Downfall, Economic Miracle, Financial Crisis, Foreign Currency, Global Financial Crisis, Gold, Japan, Job Losses, kremlin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Oil Prices, Periods, Public Panic, Ruble, Russia, Slump, Social Discontent, Social Unrest, Stirrings, Tens, Wsj

Russia’s oil-fired economic miracle is unraveling as industry shrinks and job losses mount. Now the first stirrings of social unrest have the Kremlin groping for a response.
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Previous periods of low oil prices in the 1980s and 1990s contributed to the downfall of two Kremlin administrations — those of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. Often, social [...]

New Reports Cite China’s Dangerous Rise

Posted by Matt in November 25th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, American Factories, Asia, Authoritarian Rule, beijing, China Economic, Chinese Industry, Congress, Consumers, Currency Reserves, Europe, Massive Transfer, National Security Interests, New Technology, North America, Security Review, Steady Influx, Trade Deficits, Transformation, Trillion, World Politics

The NIC notes that this transformation of world politics is the result of a massive transfer of wealth from West to East, from Europe and North America to Asia. The United States has transferred $1.2 trillion to China since 2001 by running massive trade deficits. These deficits have not only given Beijing the largest currency [...]