Tuesday, January 5, 2016

First China and the United States, then the world

http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-01-04/factory-slumps-in-us-and-china-heighten-global-economy-fears

This article is stating that because China’s economy is dropping, so is the United States’ economy. Both of these are very large economic powers in the world and they are both depressing which could potentially have some very negative repercussions. This drop in these major influencing countries could possibly lead to smaller neighbouring countries falling as well.
              Both Australia and Brazil have slowed in growth, and this article is saying that this is because of the United States and China’s drop. Both the United States and China are really big countries that have large populations and a large amount of imports and exports. Therefore if they have to slow their exports and imports, then it will affect everyone that has any part of these transactions / trades. This article explains that the United States’ exports to China has dropped 4 percent, which may not seem like a lot but I was thinking about how much we trade each other, and 4 percent of that is still worth a lot of money. I was reading another article for this project and it said that the stocks for these countries has dropped more than 10 percent. That is a lot and a bit worrisome.

              It is scary to think that these drops could continue and bring worse problems. If our biggest economic contributors are falling exponentially then the world should be ready to support themselves. As I have been reading the Princeton Review, I have been learning about how much each action for the economy effects other issues. If the United States and China are falling, it won’t be long before everyone else is too. We might even see some new countries come to power.

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