Fool me not againBY BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012 9:25AMSomehow I feel as confident that despite the current bout of palpitations in the financial markets because of the game of chickens again being played in Washington, America will eventually jump over the cliff. |
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It was during a family sojourn to the seaside town of Pescara, Italy, Rob DeDominicis first laid eyes on what would become the harbinger of his future. Andrew McKean writes.
I still disagree on one aspect - Greece. With their austerity measures in place Greece has zero chance of growing its way out of its mess. It has no currency policies at its disposal like the US has. How does it fix itself? I don't believe it will until it defaults on its debt and gets out of the euro. I agree with your views on the US and China - they are going in the right direction. Europe on the other hand is an awful mess. Even the strong economies such as Germany and France are being pulled down by Greece and co. The sooner they make the hard decisions the better so we can all move on. Until then there is still the euro story to spook equity markets.