Chart: Euro Area To Have Slow Recovery, says IMF
 Source: IMF
 Source: IMF
The following are two charts showing New Zealand banks’ Asset quality and the ratio of public debt as a percentage of GDP. The big 4 banks delinquent by 90 days loans is less than 0.5% of total loans. New Zealand has a very low outstanding public debt of about 20% of GDP. New Zealand Banks …
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The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns from Callan Associates is widely used by investors to compare performance of various market indices. Recently I found the Callan Chart that lists the Best and Worst Performing Indices from 1985 to 2004. To access this chart click on the image below:Callan Chart Annual Returns – The Best …
This month, World Bank released the “Battling the forces of global recession” , an economic update for the East Asia and Pacific Region report. The following are some interesting charts from this report that show the effects of the current global recession on these countries : 1. Industrial Production Taiwan is the worst affected country …
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The Top Top 10 Emerging Market Equity Returns in 2008 is shown below in this colorful chart from Lazard. Also listed below is the top 5 best and worst performing markets in 2008. 1.Top 10 Emerging Market Returns Chart (1993-2008): Morocco, Colombia and Israel were the three top countries. 2. The Top 5 Best and …