Making an investment in Indonesia will gain one access to the largest domestic market in Southeast Asia. The assets of the country include lower overall labor costs, political stability and a growing middle class. Total foreign investment in 2013 reached $23.2 billion USD (United States Dollar). As in 2011 and 2012 over 50% of the money went toward foreign direct investment. This included plant, equipment and other ventures. The other portion went mostly for portfolio investment, which included purchases of equity and […]
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The Great Recession Of 2016: The United States
The economic recovery in the United States will be celebrating its 6th birthday in June. Despite the claims of many so called experts, investors and politicians, there is no legislation that can be enacted that will repeal the business cycle. The Great Recession in the United States which helped spark the previous international economic slowdown, officially lasted from December 2007 to June of 2009. Despite the policies of quantitative easing and massive stimulative spending on the part of the American government, there […]
Europe: More Economic Trouble In 2015
European investors are facing a year of economic diminution and uncertainty. A number of underlining forces are working in tandem to bring about a declining consumer price index and a depreciating currency. The monetary leaders of Europe are now faced with the prospect of real deflation gripping the continent, for the first time in five years. This arrives as the Euro has already lost 14% in value against the American dollar during the last year. Consumer prices have dropped 0.2% on an annual […]
The Impact Of Plunging Oil Prices On The International Economy In 2015
International investors witnessed a further plunging in oil prices this week. The price of Brent oil dipped below $52.00 USD (United States Dollar) yesterday, indicating over a 4% additional decline. The cost for crude is now at a five and a half year low. Concerns about sluggish growth in Europe, East Asia and elsewhere are fueling investor concerns about a glut of oil in the international economy . Export leader Saudi Arabia, shows no sign of limiting supplies at this point. Financial […]
Investing In India: A Passage To Profitability
It is time for investors to consider an investment in India. The big impetus for change arrived with the election of Narendra Modi in May of 2014. The new Prime Minister Modi had put forth a business friendly agenda that went much further than the initial moves put in place during the last two years of the political opposition. Many multinationals are now considering an investment in India as a passage to profitability there is now a possibility. The year 2015 will […]
United States Recognition Of Cuba: The Impact On Investment
The United States government under President Obama decided to extend diplomatic recognition to Cuba this month. The controversy of whether this should be undertaken while the Cuban government is still listed as a sponsor of state terrorism will undoubtedly continue. The action does not actually lift the trade embargo placed on Cuba during the waning days of the Eisenhower Administration in 1960. At the time a total ban on American exports to Cuba was enacted. On humanitarian grounds, food and medicine were […]
How The Collapse In Oil Prices Is Destroying The Russian Economy
The collapse in oil prices is destroying the Russian economy. As oil prices continue to plunge ever lower in the international market, it is bringing economic turmoil to the nations that are dependent on energy exports. Brent the international benchmark for crude, dropped an additional 0.7%. It has now dropped below $60.00 USD (United States Dollar) hitting a low of $59.62 USD. Oil in the United States is priced even lower. WTI (West Texas Intermediate) dropped 1.2% and is now selling for […]
Is Capitalism In Chile Under Siege?
Capitalism in Chile is undergoing a major threat. Chile has long been the model for capitalism and economic development in South America ever since the overthrown of Salvador Allende in 1973, and the resulting military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The economy of Chile grew robustly during the tenure of President Pinochet whose rule ended in 1990, when democracy returned to the country. The period of junta control and that of Pinochet will remain controversial for years to come. The trampling of civil […]
Obama Care As A Symptom Of What Is Wrong With America
The United States outwardly seems to have recovered from the financial and banking crisis of 2008. Investors are once again finding the country a better alternative, than most other places in the world. The United States dollar is at a five year high and the stock market is continuing to hit all time record advances. The American economy supposedly grew by 3.5% in the third quarter and employment increased by 321,000, in the month of November. The official unemployment rate is now […]
China’s Economy Is Now The Largest In The World
International investors so far have seemed to have taken the news in stride. Sometime during this year an event occurred that some Americans feared would eventually happen for the last decade or more. The Chinese economy became the largest in the world. For the first time since 1872, the United States no longer possesses the number one position in the global economy. It was in the 19th century that the United States passed the United Kingdom as the world’s largest economy. As […]