Dr. Clint R. Laurent discusses how the resolution of sovereign debt problems in the United States and the Eurozone will affect economic activity and the flows of trade and finance across the globe. Specifically, he touches upon the substantial challenges faced by India and the rest of east Asia in the composition of demand and output and how major bond, equity, and currency markets anticipate the incipient cyclical and structural shifts in the world economy.

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