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发帖数: 6973 | 1 So far.
Taiwan's economy: Mirror, mirror on the wall; The ugliest economy of them all? The Economist, Feb. 12, 2009.
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109874
My comment:
(1) The title plays on the Cinderella, where her step mother asked, "Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?"
(2) To this date, the Ma administration still insisted on its forecast for
2009 GDP growth rate is PLUS 2.2%, despite
(a) the consensus among economists (reported 3 days | c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 2 Sorry. Not Cinderella. Snow White.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?"
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: So far.
: Taiwan's economy: Mirror, mirror on the wall; The ugliest economy of them all? The Economist, Feb. 12, 2009.
: http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109874
: My comment:
: (1) The title plays on the Cinderella, where her step mother asked, "Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?"
: (2) To this date, the Ma administration still insisted on its forecast for
: 2009 GDP growth rate is PLUS 2.2%, despite
: (a) the consensus among economists (reported 3 days
| c**********e
发帖数: 2007 | 3 Worse than Iceland???
all? The Economist, Feb. 12, 2009.
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?"
):
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: So far.
: Taiwan's economy: Mirror, mirror on the wall; The ugliest economy of them all? The Economist, Feb. 12, 2009.
: http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109874
: My comment:
: (1) The title plays on the Cinderella, where her step mother asked, "Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?"
: (2) To this date, the Ma administration still insisted on its forecast for
: 2009 GDP growth rate is PLUS 2.2%, despite
: (a) the consensus among economists (reported 3 days
| c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 4 Good question!
Polya Lesova, Iceland's economy to contract 10%; rates on hold. MarketWatch,
Jan. 29, 2009.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/iceland-central-bank-sees-economy/story.aspx?guid=%7BC0904653-AE88-406D-8986-B87A5F947220%7D&dist=msr_4
Quote:
"Unemployment is likely to peak at 11% in the first quarter of 2010 and
remain high longer than projected, the central bank also said. Inflation,
which was 16.8% in the fourth quarter of 2008, appears to have peaked and
will decline quickly in
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: Worse than Iceland???
:
: all? The Economist, Feb. 12, 2009.
: Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?"
: ):
| c**********e
发帖数: 2007 | 5 In 2008, Iceland stock index lost 94.5%, Ukrane lost 85%.
So I guess those countries are in bad shape economically.
MarketWatch,
said.
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: Good question!
: Polya Lesova, Iceland's economy to contract 10%; rates on hold. MarketWatch,
: Jan. 29, 2009.
: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/iceland-central-bank-sees-economy/story.aspx?guid=%7BC0904653-AE88-406D-8986-B87A5F947220%7D&dist=msr_4
: Quote:
: "Unemployment is likely to peak at 11% in the first quarter of 2010 and
: remain high longer than projected, the central bank also said. Inflation,
: which was 16.8% in the fourth quarter of 2008, appears to have peaked and
: will decline quickly in
| c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 6 You said, "I guess those countries are in bad shape economically."
No doubt.
However, Taiwan should not stoop so low to measure up against Iceland or
Ukraine.
I will deal with stock exchanges only--not other economic indicators--of
various nations.
(1) FTSE All-World Index Series* http://www.ftse.com/Indices/FTSE_All_World_Index_Series/index.jsp
("The series is divided into Developed and Emerging segments")
Note *: FTSE Group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_Group
("The letters F-T-S-E are no l
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: In 2008, Iceland stock index lost 94.5%, Ukrane lost 85%.
: So I guess those countries are in bad shape economically.
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: MarketWatch,
: said.
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