Industrialisation and modernisation promotes not only newfound capitalism, but newfound socialism in response. China may be not be a cheap factory to the world for much longer.
Now that we’re all agreed – definition or no definition – that the US is in a recession, the next step is to decide whether it will be short, long, deep or shallow.
The developing world has successfully begun to reduce its carbon emissions, but that success is dwarfed by the soaring increase in emissions from the emerging world.
A new wave of optimism has flowed through Wall Street as it appears Bear Stearns may be a lone casualty. Has the bust been averted?
As global economic growth forecasts fall, and commodities indices rise, it would seem the world is facing the crippling spectre of stagflation.
Forget iron ore, forget oil, forget uranium. Strap in and get set for the next great commodity boom – in plain old boring coal.
Is the forgotten metal about to have its day in the sun?
The world was rocked earlier this week when legendary hedge fund trader George Soros suggested we were facing the worst recession in sixty years.
FNArena presents a correlation of a wide range of analyst views as to what 2008 will bring for the global economy and financial markets.
Once upon a time when the US sneezed, the world caught a cold. But is that still the case today?
