Why is China Lashing Out?

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First, we have the fast rise in Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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It's more expensive to transport goods. Prices of goods go up, inflation is affected.

In 1974, prices of petroleum had risen sharply, and in 1980, Governments were fighting against air pollution generated by the transportation sector.

The situation is, by no means, unconnected with the soaring price of oil, which is causing serious problems in the global economy and threatening the economic gains made by many developing countries.

So, with no near term risk of inflation or depression, why have gold prices started to rise sharply again in the last few months?

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This price hike caused Kweichow Moutai shares to soar. A Beijing Morning Post reporter calculated and found that Kweichow Moutai s share price had increased by RMB95, or more than 14 , over the eight trading days since the company announced its price hike.

A war in the Persian Gulf still the world s gas station would affect oil exports for some time, and energy prices would skyrocket, dealing a severe blow to a global economy that is teetering on the brink of recession.

Yet the company's stock soared 17 per cent on Thursday, a sign that investors view the move as a proactive measure that portends a stronger future for Macy's.

Certainly, agricultural investment should develop responsibly. But, while many have seen the scares provoked by spiking food prices in recent years as an opportunity for investment, opportunities should not be mistaken for solutions.

205. With regard to article 11 of the Covenant, which provides that everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living, the Committee recalls with concern the poverty affecting approximately 50 per cent of the population of Guinea.

In just two years, Greece s budget deficit jumped from 4 of GDP to 13 . Now other European Union countries seem under threat, and the EU and the International Monetary Fund are grappling to stem the crisis before another nation trembles.

Before the crisis, credit expansion in China kept pace with GDP growth. Since the end of 2008, however, credit amounting to 35 of GDP has been issued annually, causing the credit to GDP ratio to soar from less than 150 before the crisis to 250 today.

We do not know how to handle the fiscal issues posed by the financial crisis. Doubts about the sustainability of government debt produce sudden surges in interest rates, as risk premia rise dramatically with perceptions of the likelihood of default.

This trend will have many consequences, most obviously for the welfare state, notably pensions and healthcare. While expenditure for both is rising rapidly, the offsetting revenues are coming from ever fewer people in employment.

This argument is true most of the time. But when an economy faces a major adverse shock, such as a sharp increase in oil prices, then the twin goals of stabilizing inflation and maintaining economic activity conflict, and the central bank s job becomes more difficult.

Finally, the one Middle East conflict that could cause oil prices to spike a war between Israel and Iran is a risk that, for now, is contained by ongoing international negotiations with Iran to contain its nuclear program.

Calamity can still be averted if the costs of inaction escalate steadily. The worst problems, however, are those with inaction costs that remain invisible for a long time, but increase suddenly and explosively.

In mid June, the prolonged surge in stock prices finally drove an unnerved China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to impose restrictions on offline private fund matching. The decision immediately triggered a sell off, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 2 in just one day.

China s outward FDI is poised to increase sharply again in 2010, judging by the first half of the year, when it was rising at an annual rate of 44 . Revaluation would accelerate this trend.

During the East Asian crisis of 1997 1998, poverty rose sharply. For example, Indonesia s poverty rate soared from roughly 11 to 37 during the crisis, mainly owing to the massive depreciation of the rupiah.

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ROME A severe food crisis currently threatens southern Sudan. In East Africa, where millions of people already are dependent on food aid, a sharp rise in the cost of staple crops looms.

Nobody can know at this point whether Portugal or Italy might be the next stops on this road of resistance. The result, however, is quite predictable soaring risk premia throughout the periphery.

This is the country that scholars study when they want to understand financial crises. The country s largest such crisis, in 2001, brought down the local banking system and caused the Argentine government to default on its debts.

As a result, the debtor countries bond prices would collapse, interest rates would soar, and banks would be threatened with collapse. If the contagion from Greece intensified, the next weakest country, probably Portugal, would find itself unable to support its banking system or pay its debts.

Before 2007, banks enjoyed high returns and soaring stock prices. But excessive indebtedness and losses on the risky investments that had been made triggered the global financial crisis and led to the failure, or near failure, of many major financial institutions.

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Booming home prices gave Americans the confidence, and the financial wherewithal, to spend more than their income. America s household savings rate was at levels not seen since the Great Depression, either negative or zero.

One group Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (BELL) experienced a surge in yields on their government bonds in 2009, followed by a sharp decline. Another group Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain (PIIGS) has had more mixed outcomes yields have soared on Greek and Portuguese bonds, while Ireland s were falling until recently.

And clearly, with what's going on with fossil fuel usage, or when as the fossil fuel is going away, as oil hits its peak oil, you know, we really have to start thinking about whether or not we should, or could, be moving food 1,500 miles before we eat it.

The US sovereign debt market shows no similar evidence of having reached a limit yet. But bond markets do not issue many early warning signals witness the sudden run up of yields in Italy and Spain a year ago.