Posts Tagged Brazil

BRICs in Bloom

The bottom line: U.S. still economic leader though increasing debt and entitlements could limit growth,  U.S. dollar still reserve currency but interest rates will have to rise, Russia still overly dependent on oil and other commodities and vulnerable to future economic shocks, China’s influence growing and economy will continue upward, Brazil outlook very positive, and [...]

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Funding for Emerging Markets

A big difference between the current economic crisis and other post World War II downturns is that there are no safe shores now. In 1998, when the Asian financial crisis knocked emerging market economies there was still a great deal of liquidity in the World as well as plenty of markets for exports. This is [...]

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