An Unstable and Less Liberal Global Middle Class – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in March 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Bastions, Consumerism, Developing Nations, Economists, Emerging Market, Global Prosperity, Global Safety, India Indonesia, Middle Class, New Age, Newsweek, Oil Industry, Political Liberty, Popularity, Recent News, Russia, Russian Autocrat, Total Population, Vladimir Putin, Western Style

… Now, with the Western middle classes sinking into debt and distress, many economists look to a new emerging-market middle class as the potential foundation for a new age of global safety and prosperity. As China, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, India, Indonesia, and other large developing nations became more prosperous, it was always assumed that they [...]

Europe is in Trouble

Posted by Matt in July 18th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Europe, Financial, Asian Expansion, Asian Exporters, Asian Factories, Better Health, Business Strategy, Early 1800s, Emerging Market, Global Recession, Globalization, Good Business, Gross Domestic Product, Japanese Banks, Luddite, Market Expansion, Mortgage Banks, Precarious Position, Trillion, Two Edged Sword, Us Trade Deficit, Western European Banks

Globalization is a two-edged sword. On balance, it has brought prosperity to those who have embraced it, with rising lifestyles, better health, longer lives, and more. The more we need each other, the less likely it is that we’ll shoot each other. Shooting your customers is not a good business strategy. And while the growth [...]

Russia’s failure to diversify away from oil should worry the Kremlin

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Russia, Bics, Brazil, Brics, China Market, Emerging Market, Failure, First Quarter, Gdp, Giants, India, kremlin, Recession, Russia

NOT long ago, Russia proudly counted itself as one of the BRICs—with Brazil, India and China, the four emerging-market giants that were outgrowing the rich world. Yet it now makes more sense to talk of the BICs. With GDP shrinking by almost 10% in the year to the first quarter, Russia is in deep recession.
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Long-Term Outlook: Slow Growth And Deflation

Posted by Matt in March 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Binges, Emerging Market, Federal Tax Rebates, Financial Assets, Fiscal Stimulus, Foreign Currencies, Fundamental Measure, Gary Shilling, Growth Spurt, Growth Trend, Hedge Funds, Investment Climate, Investment Vehicles, Market Collapse, Private Equity Investors, Real Gdp, Speculative Investment, Target Rate, Term Outlook, World Of Goods

(excerpted from the March 2009 edition of A. Gary Shilling’s INSIGHT)
From 1982 until 2000, the U.S. economy enjoyed rapid growth with real GDP rising at a 3.6% average annual rate. Furthermore, this 18-year expansion, which cumulated to an 89% rise in inflation-adjusted economic activity, was interrupted by only one recession, the relatively mild 1990-1991 downturn, [...]

Looming Collapse of Russia, China and more …

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

Published in China, Economy, Middle East, Russia, general, American Economy, Collapse, Debt Crisis, Emerging Market, Entire World, Epic Dimensions, Global Depression, Global Financial Crisis, Global Growth, Great Depression, Incarnation, Martin D Weiss, Massive Wealth, Meltdown, Overseas Economies, Political Stability, Subprime Mortgage Market, Tailspin, Term Threat, Undeniable Reality, Western Europe

The undeniable reality: The debt crisis that first appeared in the U.S. subprime mortgage market … then precipitated a Wall Street meltdown … and has now driven the American economy into its sharpest decline since the Great Depression … has now spread to the entire world.
The debt crisis is driving the economies of Western Europe [...]