Coface has held its 16th Country Risk Conference with the focus being on the current crisis in the Euro zone.
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Senior economist and JW Neville Fellow in Economics at the Australian School of Business Tim Harcourt says that immigrants make great exporters and their contribution to the economy is not to be ignored.
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Online shoppers are the winners when it comes to the strong AUD, with the Aussie boosting incomes from high commodity prices by increasing the community’s purchasing power of internationally produced goods and services.
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Eight developed countries have been removed from positive watch by Coface after the deterioration of the average strength of companies in Europe and the United States over the past year.
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The Australian Institute of Export (AIEx) is offering Dynamic Export readers free attendance to this year’s Annual Economic Review, designed to deliver insights to enable SMBs to survive difficult economic times.
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Back in early 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis, I predicted that the market to watch was Brazil. I thought Brazil offered the strongest prospects for investors and businesses looking to tap into its rapid growth fuelled by domestic consumption, infrastructure investment and intra BRIC trade. In truth, this wasn’t a difficult [...]
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Global banking giant Citigroup has identified Vietnam as one of the 11 3G (Global Growth Generators) countries to watch. Although overshadowed by its larger Asian neighbours China and India, Vietnam has experienced remarkable economic growth over the last decade, despite the global financial crisis and the nation’s low starting point. Citigroup economist Willem Buiter predicts [...]
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The four BRIC countries, together with the USA, comprise the five most influential economies in the world today based on three traditional economic drivers: The total area of their country (in square kilometres) Russia – 17.1 million USA – 9.8 million China – 9.6 million Brazil – 8.5 million India – 3.3 million Their large [...]
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Argentina presents significant export opportunities, especially through its affluent capital Buenos Aires, making it a Latin American country to watch. The Southern hemisphere nation of around 20 million people drawn from many cultures occupies a large land mass, 15.5 percent of the continent. Farming and mining underpin exports of agriculture and natural resources. With a [...]
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Hope springs eternal for the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme debate. New Minister for Trade Craig Emerson comes with a wealth of experience and qualifications. Seeing as Emerson has a doctorate in economics and experience as an economic analyst with the United Nations, he has been an adviser to various Labor government ministers, a [...]
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