Africa – Economic Growth Set to Rise
If you live in North America or Europe it’s easy to get sucked in to this global depression scenario. The fact is that not everyone is on a downward slope of stagnant growth and escalating debt –...
View ArticleRussia’s Economic Prospects Look Gloomy
A couple of years ago, myself and several potential investors attended a presentation by a whole host of people and managers urging us to invest in Russia. At the time it seemed like a very sensible...
View ArticleUK Economic Recovery- Tech Driven?
The UK economy took a little breather in the last quarter of 2014, with economic growth slowing down across many sectors. However there were exceptions which demonstrate that certain areas of the UK...
View ArticleSolving the Global Debt Problem
Debt is now a problem across the globe, despite the problems faced by most of the developed world over the last few years – it seems that nobody is actually learning the lesson. Even the Governments...
View ArticleRunning a Eurozone Democracy – Does the Vote Count?
Is democracy working in Europe, more specifically is it working in Greece for example. The country has voted for and anti-austerity party – the Syriza party, who have a mandate to pursue a specific...
View ArticleThe Bank of England Election Blackout
Over the last few governments, there has been a move to distance the Bank of England from the political process. Successive governments have given it more power to act independently from the ruling...
View ArticleIMF States Economic Recovery at Risk
It seems like these comments come along every week, in fact you’d probably manage to find IMF comments to support most divergent policies if you looked hard enough. Although their latest statements...
View ArticleIs the Eurozone Finally Recovering?
It seems like years since we had some genuinely positive news about the eurozone’s economic outlook. So for many the news that the economy of the eurozone has grown by 0.4% in the first three months...
View ArticleAre Prospects Improving for the Canadian Economy
Canada has had a rough few years, which might surprise a lot of people who don’t watch international movements of economies. It initially weathered the global 2008 crash better than most economies...
View ArticleTrade Figures Point to UK Recovery
At any given time, for most of the European economies you can find a positive economic story and a negative one. It’s particularly valid for the United Kingdom where speculation and predictions veer...
View ArticleWill Greece Start a Euro Collapse?
Well today is Sunday the 5th July, the day after the anniversary of US independance but certainly today was an event of much more importance to the future of a European Union. The Greeks have voted no...
View ArticleUN Votes for Vital Debt Restructuring Guidelines
Whenever debt becomes unsustainable it causes chaos, businesses fail, people lose their homes and livelihoods. There are few winners amongst both debtors and creditors which is why most societies have...
View ArticleWill Rising Debt Derail African Markets
For many years now investors have started to heavily back both global and African emerging markets. Slower growth rates in the ‘established economies’ have meant that there is little to attract their...
View ArticleCanadian Debt levels Rise Again
The third quarter of this year saw another alarming rise in Canadian household debt reaching record levels. One of the main policy objectives currently is to limit the risks in a collapse in the...
View ArticleBrazil’s Economic Downturn Deepens
It doesn’t seem so very long ago that we were discussing the economic successes of emerging nations like Brazil. From Europe we looked across at huge growth rates, rising living standards and a...
View ArticleUS Jobs Rise Again
There are many ways of measuring the success of an economy, however for ordinary people – levels of employment are certainly one of the most important. When people are employed, the benefits accrue to...
View ArticleNetflix – Debt and a Risky Business Model
Last week one of the internet’s darling companies Netflix suffered a huge drop in value. The precursor was a hugely disappointing earnings report by the media giant, much worse than expected with the...
View ArticleBrazil’s Economy Looking Up – But Don’t Thank the Olympics
If there’s one myth that should be severely laid to rest, it’s the ridiculous levels of investment needed to host an Olympic games can revive a failing economy. Brazil’s economy has been in trouble...
View ArticleDoes Britain Risk a Debt Filled Future?
Among the corridors of economists and financial analysts, there has been largely quiet praise for the UK’s approach to the global recession, the banking crisis and the high levels of debt which have...
View ArticleInternational Debt Burden of Africa
The path to prosperity doesn’t lie amidst countries building even bigger international debt states Akinwumi Adesina, the head of the African Development Bank. He is quite clear when he urges the...
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