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SPECIAL ISSUE
Global Stagflation : A Looming Threat
-- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De
The global economy is of late experiencing eroding growth with bouts of inflation, raising fears that 1970s-like stagflation may return in the near future. While the magnitude of such a stagflation, if it occurs, may not be severe, it is bound to pose serious challenges to the global economy.
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US Economy : The New Economic Reality
-- Ross Gittell
Much of Uncle Sam's attention is focused on immediate economic matters, in particular, on the declining economic condition for low-income households, homeowners and consumers as well as on investors suffering from sharp Wall Street decline, businesses suffering from declining sales and profits, and financial institutions of all kinds with problematic portfolios and declining markets.
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US Economy : Current Perspectives
-- Andrew J Sherman and Kartikeya Tanna
The need of the hour for the world's largest economy is a mixture of synchronized remedies to prevent maximum damage.
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Japanese Economy : Increasingly Foggy?
-- N Janardhan Rao and Siba Prasad Pothal
The world's second largest economy has not slowed to an extent comparable to the US or other major economies. However, Japan's sustained economic growth depends on how its major trading partners fare in the days to come.
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Chinese Economy : Caught in Inflation Spiral
-- John Wong
Any economy under long periods of high growth will sooner or later develop structural tensions, giving rise to distortions and imbalances as well as negative externalities from environmental problems or undesirable social side-effects.
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UK Economy :Recession Blues?
-- N Janardhan Rao and V Ratna
The combination of acute problems in the manufacturing and services sectors and slowdown in the housing market has worsened the prospects for a big chunk of the British economy.
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BRIC Economies : A Demographic Perspective
-- Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
The population trends are transforming the BRIC economies in more ways than one. In the light of these population changes, the BRIC nations should pay more attention to four main areas that might pose a challenge to their economic development.
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Brazilian Economy : Riding the Commodity Boom
-- N Janardhan Rao and P S Sarath Chandra
The resource-rich Latin America's largest economy is benefitting from a commodity and farming boom.
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Russian Economy : Politics Blinds Growth
-- N Janardhan Rao and V Ratna
Despite a soaring economy, the new Russian president faces challenges—more political than economic.
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Indian Economy : Slowdown Looms
-- N Janardhan Rao with inputs from V Ratna
The growth story of the Indian economy was driven by a strong performance from the service and construction sectors. However, the rate of expansion is slowing against increasing concerns of high inflation caused by rising food and fuel prices.
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Regional Economic Integration : The Chinese Way
-- M Ulric Killion
Chinese regionalism presents a distinctive blueprint pattern of regionalism, primarily motivated by political or geopolitical considerations rather than economics.
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Europe : Soft Power or Softie?
-- Dr. Norbert Walter
Despite the fast growing Central and East European economies, the global growth engine has been and will remain the emerging markets and developing countries.
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Gulf Economies : Tomorrow's Emerging Markets
-- N Janardhan Rao and P S Sarath Chandra
Surging oil prices are helping the region to channel an increasing volume of revenues into reserve and wealth management funds, which will play an important role in international financial markets.
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Euro Economy : Will PIGS Break Up from the Eurozone?
-- T Jyotsna
As ECB is getting ready to celebrate the 10th birthday of euro, the happy moment may be marred by many unfavorable events outside and inside the Eurozone, including the mediocre performance of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain (PIGS).
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Australian Economy : Growing Down Under
-- R Venkatesan Iyengar
Though the main downside risks to the Australian economy include a greater than expected fall in commodity prices and a larger than projected rise in inflation, Australia has more reasons to be cheerful.
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Crisis in Vietnam : Still Hope Floats High
-- Y Bala Bharathi, Sanjoy De and G P Mrudhula
The war-ravaged Vietnam economy, which made a spectacular comeback in the last decade, thanks mainly to the cosmetic economic reforms adopted since the mid-1980s, is again in the throes of a deep crisis. But the future ahead is certainly not that much foggy, as still there lies some bright spots on the horizon.
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Real Estate Sector :Losing Steam?
-- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh
As the euphoria of the last few years give way to a sense of caution among realtors, the real estate sector braces itself to face the double whammy of runaway inflation and hardening interest rates.
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General Motors : Small as the New Big
-- Foo Check Teck
The central issues for the three big in the US are in how fast, appropriate and timely are the solutions they can provide to the American car owner.
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APOLITICAL
Nelson Mandela
-- grk
Nelson Mandela, true to his native spirit—umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, we are people through other people —celebrated his 90th birthday on July 18th by urging action against poverty: "Poverty has gripped our people.
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