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Food and Water Supply

Asia/Pacific

The Current State of Global Water Supply

Is a Water Crisis Looming?

Asia/Pacific : Europe : Latin America : Middle East and Africa : North America : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges :

Food Subsidies

Food Outsourcing, GM Crops, Bilateral Agricultural Treaties: Innovative Solutions to Ease Global Food Shortages?

Agriculture Outsourcing: Courting Political Risk or Food Crisis Solution?

Gulf Cooperation Council : Other South Asia : South Asia : Sub-Saharan Africa : Advanced Economies : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges :

Food Supply

Russian Wheat Crisis a Rising Risk for Inflation in Africa

Chinese Drought Threatening Food Supply?

China : North East Asia : Sub-Saharan Africa : Advanced Economies : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources :

Europe

The Current State of Global Water Supply

Is a Water Crisis Looming?

Asia/Pacific : Europe : Latin America : Middle East and Africa : North America : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges :

Latin America

The Current State of Global Water Supply

Is a Water Crisis Looming?

Asia/Pacific : Europe : Latin America : Middle East and Africa : North America : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges :

Middle East and Africa

The Current State of Global Water Supply

Is a Water Crisis Looming?

Asia/Pacific : Europe : Latin America : Middle East and Africa : North America : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges :

Food Subsidies

Food Outsourcing, GM Crops, Bilateral Agricultural Treaties: Innovative Solutions to Ease Global Food Shortages?

Agriculture Outsourcing: Courting Political Risk or Food Crisis Solution?

Gulf Cooperation Council : Other South Asia : South Asia : Sub-Saharan Africa : Advanced Economies : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges :

Food Supply

Russian Wheat Crisis a Rising Risk for Inflation in Africa

Chinese Drought Threatening Food Supply?

China : North East Asia : Sub-Saharan Africa : Advanced Economies : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources :

Food Insecurity

Natural Disasters Threatening Global Food Security?

Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Foreign Policy and Geostrategic Risks :

North America

The Current State of Global Water Supply

Is a Water Crisis Looming?

Asia/Pacific : Europe : Latin America : Middle East and Africa : North America : Geostrategic and Long Term Issues : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges :

RGE Analysis

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Wen Ex Machina

By Adam Wolfe and Rachel Ziemba Sep 1, 2010

CROSS ASSET MONTHLY

Currencies: The End of Exuberance

Natalia Gurushina Aug 31, 2010

CROSS ASSET MONTHLY

Fixed Income: Unconventional Policies Create Uncertainty

Arun Motianey Aug 31, 2010

MENA Focus: Fearing a Food Crisis

By Ayah El Said, Maya Rusinowicz and Rachel Ziemba Aug 18, 2010

Europe Weekly Spotlight: Eurozone Q2 Growth; Is Germany Rebalancing?; Polls Near in Latvia and Sweden

By Elisa Parisi-Capone, Katharina Jungen, Mary Stokes, Parul Walia, David Rogovic and Eric Persson Aug 13, 2010

Rising Food Crisis: Heading the Malthusian Way?

Kavitha Cherian Apr 18, 2008

Oil Supply; Agricultural Commodities; Inflation in Asia; Brazil COPOM Hike; Emerging Europe Inflation

Christian Menegatti Apr 17, 2008

EconoMonitors

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Some Thoughts on Haiti’s Suffering and Courage

Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla Feb 3, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Helping Haiti

Thomas Trebat Feb 1, 2010

US EconoMonitor

An Important Letter Sent to the President about the Danger of Climate Change

Fabius Maximus Oct 21, 2009

Daily Digest

Opinions

America Has Become Too European

Spiegel online  Thomas Straubhaar Sep 02, 2010

Analysis

ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area, September 2010

ECB  Sep 02, 2010

Analysis

Introductory statement, September 2, 2010

ECB  Sep 02, 2010

News

ECB announces details of refinancing operations with settlement from 17 October 2010 to 18 January 2011

ECB  Sep 02, 2010

Analysis

Jean-Claude Trichet Says ECB Will Extend Unlimited Loans Into 2011

Bloomberg Audio/Video Report  Sep 02, 2010

Analysis

Eurozone GDP Growth Confirmed at 1.0% Q/Q in Q2, Annual Growth Revised Up to 1.9%

Global Insight  Sep 02, 2010

Research

Default in Today’s Advanced Economies: Unnecessary, Undesirable, and Unlikely

IMF  Paolo Mauro, Carlo Cottarelli, Lorenzo Forni and Jan Gottschalk Sep 01, 2010

Analysis

Advanced Economies Need Long-Term Efforts to Tame Public Debt, IMF Studies Find

IMF  Sep 01, 2010

Research

Fiscal Space

IMF  Atish R. Ghosh, Jonathan D. Ostry, Jun I. Kim and Mahvash S. Qureshi Sep 01, 2010

Blogs

The solution to all the ECB’s problems, by Goldman Sachs

FT Alphaville  Tracy Alloway Sep 01, 2010

News

Confronting Multiple Problems, Obama Faces Tough Odds

New York Times  David E Sanger Aug 31, 2010

Analysis

Chinese PMI rebounded to 51.7% in August

Li and Fung  Sep 01, 2010

Opinions

How Germany is Undermining the Economic Recovery of the U.S. and the European Union

The New Republic  Noam Scheiber Aug 30, 2010

Opinions

Beware those who think the worst is past

Financial Times  Carmen Reinhart and Vincent Reinhart Aug 30, 2010

Analysis

Fiscal policy in a Liquidity Trap: A helicopter drop for the Treasury

VoxEU  Ricardo Caballero Aug 30, 2010

Analysis

China's Economy: High Altitude, Low Visibility

Caixin  Andy Xie Aug 30, 2010

News

Warning on public sector job cuts

FT  Aug 30, 2010

Analysis

Asia Weekly Watch: China takes another step towards internationalization of its currency (II) | Australia’s elections result in a hung parliament | Southeast Asian 2Q GDP growth is slowing, but still well above trend

BBVA Research  Aug 30, 2010

Analysis

The Emerging Markets’ Century

The American  Desmond Lachman Aug 28, 2010

News

Japan Eases Monetary Policy to Combat Yen’s Rise

New York Times  Hiroko Tabuchi Aug 30, 2010

News

China Fortifies State Businesses to Fuel Growth

New York Times  Michael Wines Aug 30, 2010

Analysis

Reconsidering the International Monetary System

IMF  Panel Presentation by John Lipsky Aug 29, 2010

Analysis

China beyond the Turning Point

IFPRI  Ayala Wineman Aug 25, 2010

Analysis

Global: Good Slowdown, Bad Slowdown

Morgan Stanley  Joachim Fels and Manoj Pradhan Aug 27, 2010

Analysis

Central banking in uncertain times: conviction and responsibility

ECB  Speech by Jean-Claude Trichet Aug 28, 2010

Opinions

Carmen Reinhart Sees Seven More Years of High Unemployment

Bloomberg Audio/Video Report  Aug 27, 2010

Analysis

The Dangers of Germany's Dependence on China

Spiegel online  Aug 27, 2010

Blogs

China: Limits to the Banking Shell Game

WSJ China Real Time Report  Aug 27, 2010

Analysis

U.K. Q2 GDP Growth Revised Up to 1.2% Q/Q

IHS Global Insight  Aug 27, 2010

Analysis

U.S. Q2 2010 Gross Domestic Product (Second Estimate): GDP Growth Revised Down to 1.6%

Bureau of Economic Analysis  Aug 27, 2010

Analysis

UK output, income and expenditure 2nd quarter 2010

Office for National Statistics  Aug 27, 2010

Analysis

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Saudi Arabia

IMF  Aug 27, 2010

News

European banking supervisor CEBS issues guidelines for reverse stress-tests

European Voice  Jim Brunsden Aug 27, 2010

Analysis

Driven by the Markets?: ECB Sovereign Bond Purchases and the Securities Markets Programme

DIW, Berlin  Ansgar Belke August 2010

Analysis

Prices vs quantities in the great trade collapse

VoxEU  Ann Harrison, Mona Haddad and Catherine Hausman Aug 27, 2010

Opinions

This Is Not a Recovery

New York Times  Paul Krugman Aug 27, 2010

Opinions

Fitch Comments on Recent Basel Regulatory Capital Proposals

FitchRatings (free registration)  Aug 26, 2010

News

Fairness should never be a numbers game

FT  Nick Clegg Aug 26, 2010

Research

Islamic Banking: How Has it Diffused?

IMF  Kangni Kpodar and Patrick A. Imam August 2010

Analysis

China and India: Those two big outliers; Why have China and India been able to grow so quickly?

VoxEU  Utsav Kumar, Jesus Felipe and Arnelyn Abdon Aug 26, 2010

Analysis

Can Global Liquidity Forecast Asset Prices?

IMF  Reginald Darius Aug 25, 2010

News

Chile to Lift Benchmark Rate to 2.5% Next Month, Central Bank Survey Shows

Bloomberg  Sebastian Boyd and Randy Woods Aug 25, 2010

Research

Measuring National Income and Growth in Resource-Rich, Income-Poor Countries

World Bank  Eduardo Ley and Kirk Hamilton Aug 25, 2010

Analysis

Morgan Stanley Says Governments Will Default, Only Question Is How

Zero Hedge  Aug 25, 2010

Analysis

Conference: Derivatives, Financial Innovation, Financial Stability - presentations

Bank of France  July 8, 2010

Analysis

Redesigning OTC derivatives markets to ensure financial stability - papers

Financial Stability Review, July 2010  Banque de France Aug 25, 2010

Blogs

Submerging Ireland: S&P cuts to AA- from AA

FT Alphaville  Stacy-Marie Ishmael Aug 24, 2010

Analysis

PROFILE-Brazil's central bank chief Henrique Meirelles

Reuters  Ana Nicolaci da Costa and Maria Carolina Marcello Aug 24, 2010

Opinions

Stiglitz Says Europe at Risk of Double-Dip Recession

Bloomberg  Simone Meier and Dara Doyle Aug 24, 2010

Analysis

U.S. Existing-Home Sales Plunge 27.2% m/m in July 2010

National Association of Realtors  Aug 24, 2010

Blogs

The BoE behind closed doors – surprisingly philosophical

FT Alphaville  Aug 24, 2010

Analysis

Russia: Inflation Trend Reverses on Weather

BNP Paribas  Julia Tsepliaeva Aug 24, 2010

Opinions

The Yen’s Lesson for the Yuan

New York Times  Lee M. Sands and Joseph A. Massey Aug 24, 2010

Blogs

In Mexico, where the trouble isn’t

LA TImes  Christopher Reynolds Aug 23, 2010

News

Moody's Says A Fresh European Slowdown Will Result In A New Round Of Rating Downgrades

Zero Hedge  Aug 23, 2010

Analysis

North American M&A Activity, General Investment Picking Up in the Energy Sector

IHS Global Insight  Aug 20, 2010

Research

11. The Impact of Public Guarantees on Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Tilburg University  Reint Gropp, Christian Gründl and Andre Güttler Aug 23, 2010

Blogs

Bond switching in the Eurozone

FT Alphaville  Izabella Kaminska Aug 23, 2010

Analysis

First review of the Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece – Summer 2010

EU Commission  Aug 20, 2010

News

Greece to get second EU-IMF bailout loan

EurActiv  Aug 20, 2010

Blogs

Expansionary Austerity?

Paul Krugman  Aug 20, 2010

News

Weber Says ECB Should Plot Out Exit in First Quarter

Bloomberg  David Tweed, Christian Vits and Jana Randow Aug 20, 2010

Analysis

The Erosion of America's Middle Class

Spiegel online  Thomas Schulz Aug 20, 2010

Research

The Boom Not The Slump: The Right Time For Austerity

The Roosevelt Institute  Aug 19, 2010

Research

What Drives China's Food-Price Inflation and How does It Affect the Aggregate Inflation?

Hong Kong Monetary Authority  Wenlang Zhang and Daniel Law Aug 20, 2010

Analysis

EMEA Weekly: Will Stanley Fischer regret his hikes?

Danske Bank  Aug 20, 2010

Opinions

Appeasing the Bond Gods

New York Times  Paul Krugman Aug 20, 2010

News

Brazil holds its first online presidential debate

BBC  Aug 19, 2010

Analysis

Public sector finances: July 2010

Office for National Statistics  Aug 19, 2010

Analysis

U.S. Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report August 19, 2010: Initial Claims Rise to 500,000

U.S. Department of Labor  Aug 19, 2010

Analysis

Banking: The EU stress test and sovereign debt exposures

OECD  Adrian Blundell-Wignall and Patrick Slovik Aug 19, 2010

Blogs

For China, it’s diversify, diversify, diversify

FT Alphaville  Gwen Robinson Aug 18, 2010

Analysis

An assessment of the long-term economic impact of stronger capital and liquidity requirements

BIS  Aug 18, 2010

Analysis

Brazil: What Slowdown?

Morgan Stanley  Gray Newman Aug 17, 2010

Analysis

Global Economic Outlook: The global economy muddles along

Swedbank  Cecilia Hermansson et al Aug 17, 2010

News

Chile's Peso Breaches 500 as Fastest Growth in Five Years Beats Estimates

Bloomberg  Sebastian Boyd and Randy Woods Aug 18, 2010

News

Latinamericans trust the media and the military, shows regional poll

Merco Press  Aug 18, 2010

Blogs

Mexico Is Right To Retaliate Over U.S. Ban On Mexican Trucks

Forbes  Dan Ikenson Aug 18, 2010

News

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff closer to winning in the first round

Merco Press  Aug 18, 2010

Analysis

Assessing the macroeconomic impact of the transition to stronger capital and liquidity requirements

BIS  Aug 18, 2010

News

China Doubles Korea Bond Holdings as Asia Switches From Dollar

Bloomberg  Aug 18, 2010

News

Ambassadors Say Mexico Is Not a Failed State

The Texas Tribune  Julian Aguilar Aug 17, 2010

News

UPDATE 1-Brazil's Rousseff widens lead in Ibope poll

Reuters  Guillermo Parra-Bernal Aug 17, 2010

Analysis

Implementing a macroprudential framework: Blending boldness and realism

BIS  Aug 13, 2010

Analysis

On forbearance lending, bank bailouts, and distinguishing the walking wounded from the living dead

VoxEU  Max Bruche and Gerard Llobet i Codina Aug 17, 2010

Analysis

China's Q2 GDP Tops Japan's For The Third Time

Haver Analytics  Louise Curley Aug 16, 2010

Analysis

Unnoticed potential output revisions and their impact on the “stimulus/austerity debate”

VoxEU  Aug 17, 2010

Blogs

Hey Bric Spender - a special series on consumers

FT beyondbrics  Josh Noble Aug 16, 2010

Analysis

Inflation Report: August 2010

Bank of England  Aug 16, 2010

News

Thinking the unthinkable

The Economist  Aug 12, 2010

Analysis

Inflation, Not Deflation, Mr. Bernanke

Caixin  Andy Xie Aug 16, 2010

RGE Global Outlook Update


Table of Contents


Economic Outlooks:
 Global | U.S. | Japan
China | Eurozone
Germany | France | UK
India | Brazil


Global Issues
Growth & CPI | Commodities

Top 10 Most Read

1. Executive Summary: States of Flux: Stay Risk Averse
2. The Big Picture: It Will Get Worse Before it Gets Better
3. Approaching a Dangerous Stall Speed
4. U.S. Industrial Production Rises; Mixed Signals From Regional Surveys
5. Power Shortages Plague MENA
6. Wen Ex Machina
7. Dead Cat Bounce
8. China's PMIs Signal a Moderation, Not a Hard Landing
9. Commodities: No Pain, No Grain
10. Australian GDP Growth: Still Going Strong in 2010

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