Cenários: o que diz Roubini (parte 1+(1/2))

Afinal, antes de Bernanke e a deflação, alguns textos que se enquadram no texto de Roubini de que aqui falamos.Do artigo do The New York Times "Fear of Deflation Lurks as Global Demand Drops" salientamos os seguintes trechos:

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A - "the prospect that goods will pile up waiting for buyers and prices will fall, suffocating fresh investment and worsening joblessness for months or even years."

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B - "With economies around the globe weakening, demand for oil, copper, grains and other commodities has diminished, bringing down prices of these raw materials. But prices have yet to decline noticeably for most goods and services, with one conspicuous exception — houses. Still, reduced demand is beginning to soften prices for a few products, like furniture and bedding, which are down slightly since the beginning of 2007, according to government data. Prices are also falling for some appliances, tools and hardware."

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C - "the end of inflation may be the beginning of something malevolent: a long, slow retrenchment in which consumers and businesses worldwide lose the wherewithal to buy, sending prices down for many goods. Though still considered unlikely, that would prompt businesses to slow production and accelerate layoffs, taking more paychecks out of the economy and further weakening demand."

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D - "an economy may remain ensnared by deflation for many years, even when interest rates are dropped to zero: falling prices make companies reluctant to invest even when credit is free."

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E - "As layoffs increased and purchasing power declined, prices fell lower still, in a downward spiral of diminishing fortunes."

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F - "In past crises, like those that devastated Mexico in 1994 and much of Asia in 1997 and 1998, weak economies managed to recover by exporting aggressively, not least to the United States. But American consumers are battered this time. After years of borrowing against homes and tapping credit cards, consumers are pulling back.
From Asia to Latin America, exports are slowing and should continue to do so as the global appetite shrinks. This is spawning fears that major producers like China and India — which vastly expanded production capacity in recent years — will have to dump products on world markets to keep factories running and stave off unemployment, pressing prices lower."

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G - "But many of the finished goods China produces with these materials have ultimately landed in the United States, Europe and Japan. When consumers pull back in those countries, Chinese factories feel the impact, along with their suppliers around the globe."

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H - "Now, a glut of products may be building in the United States. Orders for trucks used by business have plummeted. Investments in industrial equipment are declining. Yet inventories have grown."

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I - Da Bloomberg a queda acentuada do Baltic Dry Index, e da India a desconfiança face aos bancos ocidentais "Banks saying no to payment guarantee from foreign peers" como sinais de uma derrocada do comércio internacional.

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J - Do Telegrah o artigo "The fate of Britain's small businesses is now political dynamite" que ilustra o garrote bancário às micro-empresas.

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K - Do Telegraph o artigo "China's toy makers face bleak Christmas as factories shut down" após a má publicidade dos brinquedos tóxicos, do leite e dos ovos melaminosos, a queda da procura tem arrastado as empresas chinesas para a falência.

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"Action by the authorities stems from the fear that the factory closures could spark riots. There have been sit-ins and protests across the Guangdong region in the last few weeks, as more and more factories have closed. On the day The Sunday Telegraph visited Dongguan, hundreds of unemployed workers gathered outside the city government's offices protesting over the failure to pursue factory owners who fail to pay their workers."