Asia getting hammered?

annarborgator · Post by **annarborgator** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:07 pm

Seems like it. Some good charts from the EconomPic Data blog:

China's economy grew at the slowest pace in seven years as the global recession dragged down exports, increasing pressure for more government spending and lower interest rates. Chinese GDP grew 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier.

The 6.8% figure just "happened" to match the median estimate of 12 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. A look at Chinese exports (as measured in yuan) shows how far things have fallen.

http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2009/01/dont-mention-decoupling.html

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:15 pm

just goes to show how reliant EVERYONE is on the economic health of these United States of America....i'm sure korea's chart aint much different

everyone's got skin in the game.

annarborgator · Post by **annarborgator** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:27 pm

Yep, several econ blogs I read have been sort of ridiculing the idea of "decoupling".

IHateUGAlyDawgs · Post by **IHateUGAlyDawgs** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:29 pm

what econ blogs do you read, AA?

annarborgator · Post by **annarborgator** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:22 pm

www.nakedcapitalism.com
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/
http://abnormalreturns.com/ (more a daily collection of links of interest...no real commentary here)
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/
http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/
http://angrybear.blogspot.com/
http://seekingalpha.com/
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
http://www.econbrowser.com/

The top two are the two that I do my best to at least lay my eyes on everything they post. The others I keep track of most days but less religiously.

annarborgator · Post by **annarborgator** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:56 am

One more that may be a little more "out there"....fairly well respected but the guy, Karl Denninger, does not pull ANY punches on his views of the market.
http://market-ticker.denninger.net/