The real China threat

Posted by Matt in August 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, C Fred Bergsten, China Economy, China Threat, Chinese China, Economist, Fundamental Tenets, Global Economic System, Raw Materials, World Economy

The real threat from China lies elsewhere. It is that China will destabilize the world economy. It will distort trade, foster huge financial imbalances and trigger a contentious competition for scarce raw materials. Symptoms of instability have already surfaced, and if they grow worse, everyone — including the Chinese — might suffer.
China is now “challenging [...]

Building BRICs of growth

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Brazil, China, India, Russia, Abundant Natural Resources, Brics, Decade, Disposable Income, Economist, Economy, Electricity, Emerging Economies, Excavators, Gdps, Half Of The World, Infrastructure Investment, Investment Boom, Investment Ratio, Oil Crisis, Railways, Rapid Growth, Russia Crisis, Telecommunications, Trillion

Record spending on infrastructure will help to sustain rapid growth in emerging economies
THE biggest investment boom in history is under way. Over half of the world’s infrastructure investment is now taking place in emerging economies, where sales of excavators have risen more than fivefold since 2000. In total, emerging economies are likely to spend an [...]

Double, oil and trouble

Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Oil, American Oil, Brazil, Cambridge Associates, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Double Trouble, Economist, Economy, Energy Information Administration, Energy Research, International Energy Agency, Libya Oil, Oil Inventories, Oil Minister, Oil Price, Paris, Price Of Grain, Price Of Oil, Scandal, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Joe Liberman, Shokri Ghanem, Speculators, Unexpected Fall, Viewswire

THE price of oil may soon hit $200 a barrel—or so, at any rate, believes Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s oil minister. A few years ago such a prediction would have seemed absurd. But the price has doubled in the past year and has risen by 40% this year alone. It touched yet another record, of over [...]

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