(ZY.4.08) Economics

Although political risks persist on the trade front, the US economy should post solid if not booming growth, averaging 1.9 percent this year and 1.8 percent in 2021.
The economics of the energy sector means that Australia's legacy coal generators will be retired over the next few decades and replaced by the cheapest forms of renewable energy.
The difficulties of agreeing on effective responses to policy challenges and growing political tensions in many countries are significant downside tail risks for the global economy.
The Turkish economy will experience a major downturn this year, in spite of the government's encouragement packages, citing internal political instability as well as geopolitical risks, including Syria's not-so civil war next door, and a general slowing down of the global economy.
Brazil's economy will contract more than previously forecast and is heading for the deepest recession since at least 1901 as economic activity and confidence sink amid a political crisis.
Iran's landmark nuclear deal will revive a domestic economy that has struggled under a decade of sanctions and help ease political tensions in a volatile region.
The attractive economics of renewable energy not only create opportunities for deployment but also have the potential to lead in the creation of new energy microsystems.
Mature economies will suffer most as they don't have the population growth to increase demand nor powerful enough labour unions or political parties to (re-)allocate gains in what continues to be a global economy.
Economists expect GDP growth to slow down in both countries: in the US from 2.3% in 2019 to 1.8% in 2020, according to the latest survey by the National Association for Business Economics, and from 6.2% to 6.0% in China based on downgraded predictions just released by the Asian Development Bank.
Overall growth in Turkish economy will continue to be slow: Economic and political tensions will continue to bring uncertainty, whilst exchange rates and trading confidence will continue to be challenges.
Following a 3.8 per cent GDP contraction in 2018, national organisations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank expects Nicaragua to drop by another 5 per cent this year.
Trump seems to hope a trade deal with China will bolster the U.S. economy and spark a stock market rally that would give him political momentum going into an election year in 2020.
Global Palliative Care market is expected to show the growth at a CAGR ~8.1% during the period 2018-2023.
An economic crunch in the last three months of the year would pose political risks for Trump and vulnerable GOP lawmakers in agricultural states seeking to ride an otherwise strong economy to reelection in 2020.
The ability to meet the security challenges of the digital economy will determine the success of economies, economic sectors, and perhaps even the political systems on which they are built.
In its most recent forecast, the World Bank projected that growth in the Euro Area, Japan, and China will gradually decline from 2017 levels in the 2018-2020 period.
A stuttering start to the year for exports of Swiss watches has put brands on alert, stoking fears that a slowing Chinese economy and political instability in Europe may choke sales growth in the coming months.
Brazil has kept its spot in the top 10, despite the ending of the commodities super cycle, tight credit conditions and political turmoil due to various corruption scandals: The economy is expected to grow 2.3% in 2019 after contracting by over 3.0% just a few years earlier.
In the fixed-income markets, meanwhile, sovereign interest rates have also been highly volatile, driven by political tensions, the Fed's trend of rate hikes and fears that the global economy could slow down more than expected in 2019.
GND sees climate change as a way to direct federal dollars to stimulate economic, social and political opportunity for those excluded from the 2019 economy.

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Last updated: 18 February 2020