Wednesday 7 December 2011

Mizuho Financial Global: European Debt Crisis Causing Anxiety


Although economic growth in Asia remains robust, an interest rate cut in Australia and reduced economic growth estimates highlights the extent to which the economic troubles of Europe and the United States are spilling into the region. Trade and financial activity have already started to weather the turbulence in Europe and they risk being diluted further if the European debt crisis become an economic crisis.

According to financial analysts at Mizuho Financial Global, “The economic climate is changing very rapidly, not just weekly and daily, but hourly. Growth forecasts for the region — which includes China and much of Southeast Asia — dropped to 7.2 per cent, from a previous estimate of 7.5 per cent and it could go as low as 5.4 per cent if the West’s troubles intensify and tips the United States and Europe back into recession. However, there are hopes of at least a modest improvement in the United States after some better-than-expected manufacturing and jobs data, although unemployment remains obdurately high.

European policymakers are to gather in Brussels to create a solution to the Eurozone’s sovereign debt problems, as over the last few weeks the crisis has spread beyond the peripheral Eurozone nations and taken hold in larger economies like France and Italy, which has severely dented investors’ confidence. This rapid corrosion has prompted a number of support measures from the financial institutions and the European Central Bank has lowered interest rates and is soon expected to do so again.

The Asia-Pacific region is not so laden with high government and household debt levels as Europe and the United States, and Asian banks have little exposure to European debt. However, the region depends on Western markets for its products but economic growth in China has decelerated as Beijing tries to cool down markedly rapid growth. Analysts at Mizuho Financial Global say that trade in Asia is now being affected by reduced economic activity in Europe, with the joint problems of sovereign credit and the banks, which is likely to put the dampeners on economic activity over the period ahead.

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