Last December I wrote an article about the countries that are vulnerable due to a slowdown in the Chinese economy. The latest edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a short article discussing the same topic: Click to enlarge Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek It is interesting that the tiny city state of Singapore appears in the above list. …
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China is a net creditor nation and the U.S. is a the world’s largest net debtor nation. The Chinese are the largest holders of U.S. Treasury securities with total holdings exceeding $1.2 Trillion as of January this year. Every year the U.S pays billions of dollars as interest for this debt to China. According to an article …
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The following chart shows the contributors to China’s growth and the composition of its imports over the years: Click to enlarge Source: World Economic Outlook,Oct 2012, The IMF Investment expenditures accounted for about half of China’s GDP in the first decade of 2000 as China invested heavily in infrastructure development. As China builds up its …
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China and India have two of the world’s largest population at over 1.3 and 1.2 billion respectively. As these countries emerge from an agricultural-based economy to a modern industrial economy, the demand for electricity continues to rise. Among the BRIC countries, Brazil generates most of its electricity from hydro power and is able to meet …
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The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index is down 5.31% year-to-date. Among the BRIC countries, Brazil, India and Russia are performing much better with India’s Sensex up by more than double digits YTD. The Chinese economy grew by only by 7.4% in third quarter this year which is lower by the country’s earlier growth figures. China has predicted …
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