Falling oil prices should help Europe’s ailing economies, but the wider implications of the price drop remain to be seen | British Politics and Policy at LSE

The likely trade and commodities schism is like a sheet of fog, we know the sunshine is above it but how thick and deep is the fog. Like all things "the edge" is the interesting bit, where you enter and where you exit and right now this fog is the edge of uncertainty where industry and business meets economics and politics and especially political interference if not economic and industrial IMHO. We will see!! Hold on to your hat!




Falling oil prices should help Europe’s ailing economies, but the wider implications of the price drop remain to be seen | British Politics and Policy at LSE




"The change in the oil price is far from a zero sum game and, as with many economic changes, some will benefit while others lose out, ensuring there remains plenty of food (or oil) for thought."







http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/01/11/china-economic-crossroads/5Y37ZljkOUTypYNy1Tc0KO/story.html?s_campaign




"We now depend mainly on the central banks and a handful of key politicians at the top to keep their heads, calm their colleagues, and avoid the worst.

The cost of Chinese financial reversal to the real world of jobs and production is still small. Cool heads can keep it that way. "