While the Internet started in the U.S. and quickly expanded throughout North American and Europe, it now covers the world withexplosive growth, especially in emerging economies and geographic centers of innovation.
All over the world, prices are going up especially in emerging markets, where economies are growing fast.
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No securities market comes close in size to the U.S. But when it comes to investor appetite for risk, the flow chart shows fund managers have been more apt to remain invested in higher beta emerging markets than in the advanced economies, especially basket-case Europe which is now more riskier than any of the big emerging markets, both politically and economically.
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In emerging economies especially (where banking regulation is weakest), illegitimate money can poison the financial system, undermining public confidence.
Essentially this means pushing here and there to boost the competitiveness of most established economies while encouraging consumer spending in high-savings emerging economies, especially China.
Persistent relative strength in emerging economies, especially China, suggests that commodity prices will stay stable or firm.
And this matters especially in the thin currency markets of emerging economies.
The odds are better in emerging economies, especially China.
With respect to the arbitrage support for WTI oil, we view global oil consumption patterns to be relatively intact despite recent slowdowns in emerging market economies (especially India and China).
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"In emerging economies with large and growing current account surpluses, especially China, it is desirable that their effective exchange rates move so that necessary adjustments can occur, " the finance chiefs said.
From his perspective, foreign direct investment in Africa is a big plus, especially when other emerging countries have increased their economies by attracting investment.
As mentioned before, market forces are putting increased pressure on commodity prices, which in turn pump up the heat on the governments and populations of emerging economies, especially the poorer ones.
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