Heading into 2023, many will feel that there needs to be a pain-free way of ending the cost of living crisis. Unfortunately, pain-free seems not to exist. The BoE needs to contain inflation, and that means interest rates rising to around 4% before long. A resolution to the Russia-Ukrai...
For my predictions for the US and global economy for the year 2025 ahead, listen to my January 3 Alternative Visions radio show at: https://alternativevisions.podbean.com/e/alternative-visions-predictions-2025-us-global-economy/ (Listen to the January 10 Alternative Visions show for predictions ...
" David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds, said in an email making the case for a brighter outlook. "The country is showing continued signs of moving on beyond the pandemic and, hopefully, both the bond market and stock market should do better in 2023 than ...
Various models have projected number of Covid-induced fatalities, ranging from 0.05% to 0.1% of total population. Such predictions have been made based on what transpired in Hong Kong earlier this year. But much of fatalities could have been avoided should vaccination rate among the old be rais...
Despite these gloomy predictions, Southeast Asia will remain one of the most dynamic regions of the world. In its November 2023 World Economic Outlook, the IMF, for example, forecast that while the advanced economies would grow by just 1.5% in 2024, the major Southeast Asian economies would ex...
others reacting. This simple truth makes predictions extremely difficult. They must always involve a large number of assumptions, no matter what resources are put to the task. But with the help of a wide range of economic indicators, investors are able to gain a better understanding of various...
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The two competing narratives about our economy can’t coexist for much longer. When the truth unfolds, investors will finally have to reckon with reality.
China has set a growth target of around 5 percent for the current year,thus confirming the predictions of many economists who had foreseen a general improvement in the Chinese economy in 2023.The"two sessions"have emitted signals of a robust economic rebound,which is a welcome sight for a ...
Regarding the surfacing now and then of predictions that China's economy will collapse, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said, "What has collapsed is such rhetoric, not China's economy."