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The Uptick’s Downside
From Project Syndicate: Since late last year, a series of positive developments has boosted investor confidence and led to a sharp rally in risky assets, starting with global equities and commodities. Macroeconomic data from the United States improved; blue-chip companies in advanced economies remained highly profitable; China and emerging markets slowed only moderately; and the [...]
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Nouriel Roubini and Patrick Chovanec EconoMonitor Video – China: How Much Stress Can the System Take?
Patrick Chovanec, associate professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China stopped by the RGE offices in NY for a discussion on the likelihood of a hard landing in China and we consider the short and medium term implications of policy adjustments, leadership transitions, and technology advancements. [22:20] [2:25] – How [...]
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Draghi, Soros, Geithner, Roubini, Calderon, Merkel: In Their Own Words From the WEF on the Europe Crisis Via Bloomberg
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Roubini CNN Davos Vidoes: Europe Needs a ‘Bazooka’, U.S Has 1929-Style Income Inequality
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Roubini and Rogoff with CNBC’s Bartiromo – Recession in Europe, SOTU, Global Growth Risks
CNBC — Europe Has Fundamental Problems That Can’t Be Resolved by the ECB: Roubini Nouriel Roubini, CEO of Roubini Global Economics, told CNBC, “there is a recession throughout Europe, United States economic growth is very anaemic below 2 percent, there is a slow-down also right now in China.”
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‘We’ve Got Bigger Problems Right Now’ – Roubini and Bremmer Reveal the Surprising Winners and Losers of the Coming Year, and Debate Whether the Big Brains at Davos Can Rescue a Global Economy in Crisis
From Foreign Policy: As the global elite gather for the World Economic Forum this week the topic of discussion is less about creating wealth for the less fortunate or helping the developing world — it’s about saving the core. Perhaps not surprisingly, economist Nouriel Roubini says don’t hold your breath, calling 2012 a year of [...]
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Nouriel Roubini, Ian Bremmer on Economy, Risks – Bloomberg Video
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the 2008 financial crisis, and Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, talk about the outlook for the global economy and China-U.S. relations. Roubini and Bremmer, speaking with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan, also discuss the oil market and the European sovereign-debt crisis.
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The Straits of America
From Project Syndicate: Macroeconomic indicators for the United States have been better than expected for the last few months. Job creation has picked up. Indicators for manufacturing and services have improved moderately. Even the housing industry has shown some signs of life. And consumption growth has been relatively resilient. But, despite the favorable data, US [...]
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A Plea to Policymakers: We Can’t Risk Another Year of Delay
From the Financial Times: For the last three years the world’s biggest economies – the US, eurozone and China – have been living up to the infuriating euphemism so beloved of policymakers: “kicking the can down the road”. They have been avoiding the tough decisions that are required to address their fundamental economic, financial and [...]
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Fragile and Unbalanced in 2012
From Project Syndicate: The outlook for the global economy in 2012 is clear, but it isn’t pretty: recession in Europe, anemic growth at best in the United States, and a sharp slowdown in China and in most emerging-market economies. Asian economies are exposed to China. Latin America is exposed to lower commodity prices (as both [...]
