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Thursday, April 23, 2009

We Are Still A Long Way Away From The Bottom - Nouriel Roubini, Forbes

We Are Still A Long Way Away From The Bottom - Nouriel Roubini, Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/22/depression-recession-growth-job-losses-opinions-columnists-nouriel-roubini.html

The global economy is in the middle of a synchronized contraction that will push global growth into negative territory in 2009 for the first time in decades. This will be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and the worst global economic downturn in decades. Global trade volumes face their sharpest contractions of the postwar era--trade is expected to contract 12% in 2009 due to the severe and prolonged slump in global demand, excess capacity across supply chains and the continued crunch in trade finance.

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