As per latest world economic review there has been an increase of 6.4 percent in prices of oil. Global economic review suggests that this has happened owing to an announcement of deductions in supply by United Arab Emirates, which is among major oil and gas producing countries.
According to latest economic review of world prices of oil are down by more than a $100. In recent times highest price of oil has been $147 – a mark that was reached in July 2008. According to detailed economic review in world prices of oil are $45.22 per barrel and there has been an increase of $2.72.
However, in depth economic review at world level by leading economists suggests that prices of oil would not go beyond a certain limit as most world economies are still recuperating from aftereffects of global financial recession.
Much of this limited increase in prices of oil, as per economic review for world, could be attributed to slow economic growth of various countries around globe. Fact also remains that most companies and common consumers have cut down on their usage of energy resources to a significant extent in recent times owing to uncertainty in global financial scenario.
As per financial experts’ world economic review newest housing benefit program initiated by Barack Obama would not be able to help all sectors of economy of United States of America. They have opined that even though this program adopts a very all-encompassing approach vis-à-vis various sectors of national economy it would, unfortunately, be unable to cater to all sections of American economy.
This program is supposed to provide benefits to borrowers of house loans with poor credit records and thus, very little prospect of getting a loan. They would be provided loans at low rates. However there have been other opinions as per new world economic review regarding this program.
It has found support from several quarters and has been called a major step that has been taken in a proper direction. It is estimated that this move would be able to reinstate lost confidence among house owners in United States of America. Latest world economic review has also confirmed that stocks in United States of America have been going down in spite of a number of financial packages announced by Barack Obama.
With a traumatic implosion – economic, financial, political, and social – now taking place in Greece, we should expect heated debate about who is to blame for the country's deepening misery. There are four suspects – all of them involved in the spectacular boom that preceded what will prove to be an even more remarkable bust.
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Nouriel Roubini, a.k.a. “Doctor Doom”, is chairman of Roubini Global Economics and professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Roubini has been consistently cited as one of the world’s top global thinkers. This year, he was voted as the most influential economist in the world by Forbes magazine.
Non-Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. Lecturer at Yale University's School of Management and Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Author of "The Next Asia".
Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2007. Prime Minister of the UK between 2007 and 2010. Inaugural 'Distinguished Leader in Residence' at New York University. Advisor at World Economic Forum
CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO. Served as President and CEO of the Harvard Management Company for 2 years, while also working at the IMF for 15 years. In 2008, his book "When Markets Collide", won the Financial Times award for Business Book of The Year in addition to being named as the one of the best business books of all time by The Independent.
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