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G-8 leaders face grave economic woes
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G-8 leaders face economic woes
SAPPORO, Japan — Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that’s depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.
The outlook has darkened dramatically since last year’s summit in Germany, when the leaders declared the global economy was in “good condition” and oil cost $70 a barrel — which seemed high at the time.
Since then, the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis has erupted, roiling markets and battering financial firms. Oil has doubled to above $140 and food prices have jumped, hurting the poor in particular and raising the threat of political instability.
“Things have changed for the worse across the board,” said Robert Hormats, vice chairman at Goldman Sachs (International) Corp. in New York.
Hormats argues that the economic problems now are more serious and widespread than during the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, where the pain was largely limited to emerging markets.
SAPPORO, Japan — Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that’s depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.
The outlook has darkened dramatically since last year’s summit in Germany, when the leaders declared the global economy was in “good condition” and oil cost $70 a barrel — which seemed high at the time.
Since then, the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis has erupted, roiling markets and battering financial firms. Oil has doubled to above $140 and food prices have jumped, hurting the poor in particular and raising the threat of political instability.
“Things have changed for the worse across the board,” said Robert Hormats, vice chairman at Goldman Sachs (International) Corp. in New York.
Hormats argues that the economic problems now are more serious and widespread than during the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, where the pain was largely limited to emerging markets.
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