Chinese are big savers compared to Americans. Traditionally households in China save a high portion of their income due to many factors such as culture, lack of a social safety net, lack of availability of credit, need for healthcare expenses, etc. Unlike the U.S., China does not yet have things like medicare, medicaid, social security, etc. …
China is one of the world’s leading market for auto manufacturers. As an emerging country with a population of over 1.3 billion the market is huge and the demand for cars from the growing middle-class is rising every year. As a result most of the world’s top auto makers have a presence in China. According …
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In an earlier post we looked at the financial asset class types held by Latin American households. The following chart shows the various financial assets held by American and Canadian households: Click to enlarge The following chart shows the financial assets held by households in Developed Europe: A few observations: Americans hold more of their financial assets …
The financial assets held households can be of many types including bank savings deposits, insurance policies, pensions, bonds, stocks, etc. Usually households’ total financial assets is split between a variety of asset classes. Globally the percentage split among the asset classes vary from region to region and even country to country. For instance, Germans are …
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) publishes the voluminous World Investment Report each year discussing the status of global trade and related data. One of the charts in this year’s report is the following showing the top countries that attract Foreign Direct Investment: Click to enlarge – Source: World Investment Report 2014, UNCTAD Contrary to popular …
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