Nouriel Roubini tells the Yalta meeting what factors will determine the development of the economy over the next five years

21 September 2013

Over the next five years, global economic development will be determined by four key trends that have already emerged. This was the topic of the speech the world-renowned economic analyst, Professor of the Leonard Stern School of Business, Nouriel Roubini, gave to the 10th Annual Meeting of  the Yalta European Strategy “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”.

Over the next five years, global economic development will be determined by four key trends that have already emerged. This was the topic of the speech the world-renowned economic analyst, Professor of the Leonard Stern School of Business, Nouriel Roubini, gave to the 10th Annual Meeting of  the Yalta European Strategy “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”.
In his view, the first thing to consider is an interest rate increase. Despite the fact that the USA is still maintaining a crisis strategy of keeping interest rates at an artificially low level, very soon there will be a rate increase in all the major economies of the world.
“This will be the result of the stabilization policy”, said Roubini. “The era of zero interest rates is coming to an end, and very soon the fund raising process will be moving in the opposite direction.”
The second thing we have to consider is the slowdown of the Chinese economy, which will lead to a change in the economic model in China. According to Roubini’s forecast, the growth indicators in China will drop from last year's 10-11 percent to 7.5 percent this year, and by 2015 they will have dropped down to an annual average of 6 percent.
A third factor is the continuing economic and financial risks in the Eurozone. “Despite the fact that the threat of a collapse and the withdrawal of Greece and Italy has lessened, the European economies remain fragile. The weak growth, the anaemic economy, and the issues of competitiveness are unresolved”, he said of Europe. 
The final factor affecting economic development over the next few years is the change in the balance of supply and demand in the energy sector. The balance will change under the influence of shale gas deposit development in many countries, particularly in the USA and the Latin America. The demand for energy resources is growing. However, the situation in Syria, Iran, Libya, and Egypt will change the current state of affairs. “The reality of geopolitical “noises” will remain influential in the energy market”, Roubini predicts. “And the energy price will rise even more than has been previously predicted.”

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