Hard to be Easing
The United States Federal Reserve’s decision to undertake a third round of quantitative easing, or QE3, has raised three important questions. Will QE3 jump-start America’s anemic economic growth? Will...
View ArticleThe Year of Betting Conservatively
The upswing in global equity markets that started in July is now running out of steam, which comes as no surprise: with no significant improvement in growth prospects in either the advanced or major...
View ArticleNouriel Explains More Positive Outlook on Greece to WSJ
The recent Greek debt buyback announcement and apparent softening of German rhetoric on the troubled eurozone (EZ) member-state represents a short-term boost to morale, Nouriel Roubini told the Wall...
View ArticleNouriel: Politics Will Define 2013
Speaking with Christine Freeland of the New York Times, Nouriel Roubini described the shift from a market focus on risk in 2012 to a worldwide recognition that political action—European elections,...
View ArticleNouriel on Bloomberg: U.S. Growth Will Be “Barely 1.7%” in 2013
On Bloomberg Surveillance, Nouriel said that U.S. growth would barely register 1.7% in 2013 and pointed to a high risk of the U.S. going over the fiscal cliff: “If we do so, the market reaction is...
View ArticleU.S. Has Been Let Down by Its Leadership
The deal reached in Washington on New Year’s day prevented the US economy from falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. However, given the dysfunctional nature of the American political system, it won’t...
View ArticleThe Year Ahead in the Eurozone: Lower Risks, Same Problems
Financial conditions in the eurozone have significantly improved since the summer, when eurozone risks peaked because of German policymakers’ open consideration of a Greek exit, and the sovereign...
View ArticleNouriel at Davos: Global Tail Risks Remain
Speaking with CNN’s Poppy Harlow at Davos, RGE Chairman Nouriel Roubini reiterated the biggest outlying risks to the global economy: U.S. fiscal woes, the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, a potential...
View ArticlePreparing for a Perfect Storm
The global economy this year will exhibit some similarities with the conditions that prevailed in 2012. No surprise there: We face another year in which global growth will average about 3 percent, but...
View ArticleThe Global Economy on the Fly
In the last four weeks, I have traveled to Sofia, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, London, Milan, Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Istanbul, and throughout the United States. As a result, the myriad...
View ArticleDe-Risking Revisited
Until the recent bout of financial-market turbulence, a variety of risky assets (including equities, government bonds, and commodities) had been rallying since last summer. But, while risk aversion and...
View ArticleRoubini and Bremmer on Charlie Rose: Unveiling New Abnormal
After the Great Recession, commentators have espoused their idea of the “New Normal”—a post-growth era of stagnant developed economies. But is it so simple? Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer appeared on...
View ArticleNouriel Roubini Speaks at NYFA 2013: Is Africa’s Robust Growth Sustainable?
Over 600 business and political leaders gathered recently in Libreville, Gabon, to debate and help shape Africa’s road map. RGE Chairman Nouriel Roubini shared his perspective on what the future holds...
View ArticleAutumn’s Known Unknowns
During the height of the Iraq war, then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spoke of “known unknowns” – foreseeable risks whose realization is uncertain. Today, the global economy is facing many...
View ArticleThe Great Backlash
In the immediate aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, policymakers’ success in preventing the Great Recession from turning into Great Depression II held in check demands for protectionist and...
View ArticleSeven Things You Should Know About the Art Market
Recently, I wrote a newsletter about my views of the art market. Specifically, I addressed why, in my view, art had finally come into it’s own as a true asset class. (I compiled a list of a dozen...
View ArticleVideo: Conversations with Nouriel Roubini: Technology
Innovations in robotics and artificial intelligence promise mind-boggling advances and higher productivity, but at a cost. Nouriel Roubini outlines the transformative effects the technological...
View ArticleVideo: Conversations with Nouriel Roubini: Dysfunction in DC
Nouriel Roubini discusses the underlying causes of dysfunction in DC and assesses the impact gridlock may have on the US economy in coming years. Can divided US leadership enact the necessary...
View ArticleVideo: Conversations with Nouriel Roubini: Emerging Markets as Investment...
Now that the golden era for emerging markets has ended, Nouriel Roubini looks ahead. Which emerging markets will put their houses in order and grow, and which ones face overwhelming odds? In the race...
View ArticleRussia: 21st Century Empire?
During the last year, the conflict in Ukraine has come perilously close to a state of full-blown though undeclared war. Looking back over the past 12 months, we’ve seen a seismic shift in the political...
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