05.09.2011 - Can policymakers avert a global recession?
Global economic indicators have weakened in the first half of this year. The reasons include the effects of higher commodity prices on consumer purchasing power, supply chain disruptions in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident and a tightening of monetary conditions in parts of Europe. Equity markets have now begun to price in a renewed global recession too. Investors have radically reduced risk in their portfolios and are moving to low risk assets like US treasuries, German bonds and gold..............................................Full Article: Source
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