Tag Archives: economy
Boom time in Brazil
News that Brazil’s economy has just overtaken the UK’s as the world’s sixth largest doesn’t come as much of a surprise. But it’s great to see a country with so much vigour and with such a sense of renewal and … Continue reading
Athens vs. Merkel
Oh, how easy it is for the stereotypes to come out and play. Greece is still in a terrible pickle and the pictures of people living homeless on the streets and even reports of many mothers leaving newborns in the … Continue reading
Greece Still the Talking Point at EU Summit
The latest news from the current EU summit isn’t really news at all – Greece is still rioting, the cuts implemented thus far have been ineffective and, well, the country is a hair’s breadth away from defaulting. The BBC reports from … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Europe, Finance, Uncategorized
New Paradigm or Just Talk
There’s been much ado about the recent World Economic Forum conference in Davos. Much talk about ‘change,’ but the perennial old sticking point of the environment seemed to take somewhat of a back seat this year. Although the BBC reported … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Enviroment, Finance, Uncategorized
China is the new bubble waiting to pop
Following on from recent economic predictionsthat the countries building the highest and most skyscrapers, are the ones soon set for a fall. It turns out that those countries are China and India. But aren’t those the ‘emerging’ economies with 10% … Continue reading
Filed under China, Economy, Finance, Global Markets
What’s in a rating?
Well, the time has finally come for the French to eat a small piece of humble pie. The sun-eclipsing credit agencies have struck again and Sarkozy and Co. have had the indignity of watching their triple-A rating be slashed by … Continue reading
Filed under Finance, Economy, Government, Europe
Vince Cable: Man on a Mission
Britain’s coalition business secretary, Vince Cable, has accepted a recent independent report into the banking crisis, and is eager to implement the long-discussed changes in the banking sector, one of which is separating retail banking from the investment side; the … Continue reading
The Battle of Words
The almighty credit agencies have turned their sights to the world’s largest banks, downgrading Bank of America and Goldman Sachs among others, but the appeal for calm came from the IMF’s chief, Christine Lagarde, after fellow French countrymen continued the … Continue reading
Can Common Taxes Work for the Eurozone?
Just as yet another ‘crunch summit’ got under way in Brussels, Angela Merkeland Nicolas Sarkozy have penned a letter to European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, suggesting that the 17-member eurozone nations should share common corporation and financial taxes, the … Continue reading
Smoke and Mirrors
At the end of the recent G20conference in the oh-so-derelect area of the French Riviera (they never meet in a place like Detroit or Romania), the global political leaders with the most economic clout (one can’t use cold war terminology … Continue reading
Filed under China, Economy, Europe, Global Markets, Government
