2011 has already been the most memo

2011 has already been the most memorable year in ages and we haven't even reached April yet. Revolutions have swept the Middle East, an unprecedented earthquake and tsunami have hit Japan, civil war has erupted in Libya, the price of oil has been soaring and the entire globe is teetering on the brink of economic collapse. It seems like almost everything that can be shaken is being shaken. Unfortunately, it does not appear that things are going to settle down any time soon. The Japanese economy has been dealt a critical blow, the European sovereign debt crisis could flare up again at any moment and the U.S. economy could potentially plunge into another recession by the end of the year. The global economy and world financial markets were really struggling to recover even when things were relatively stable. If all of this global instability gets even worse it could literally rip world financial markets apart.
Yes, things really are that bad. The mainstream media has been really busy downplaying the economic impact of the disaster in Japan and the chaos in the Middle East, but the truth is that these events have hugeimplications for the global economy. Today our world is more interconnected than ever, so economic pain in one area of the planet is going to have a significant effect on other areas of the globe.





The following are 8 economic disasters which could potentially rip world financial markets to shreds....





1 War In Libya



2 Revolutions In The Middle East
Protests just seem to keep spreading to more countries in the Middle East. On Friday, five Syrian protesters were killed by government forces in the city of Daraa. Subsequently, over the weekend thousands of protesters reportedly stormed government buildings in that city and set them on fire.

3 The Japanese Earthquake And Tsunami
Japan is the third largest economy in the world. When a major disaster happens in that nation it has global implications.
The tsunami that just hit Japan was absolutely unprecedented. Vast stretches of Japan have been more thoroughly destroyed than if they had been bombed by a foreign military power. It really was a nation changing event.
The Japanese economy is going to be crippled for an extended period of time. But it is not just Japan's economy that has been deeply affected by this tragedy.

4 The Japan Nuclear Crisis
Even if the worst case scenario does not play out, the reality is that the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is going to have a long lasting impact on the global economy.


5 The Price Of Oil
Most people believe that the U.S. dollar is the currency of the world, but really it is oil. Without oil, the global economy that we have constructed simply could not function.
That is why it was so alarming when the price of oil went above $100 a barrel earlier this year for the first time since 2008. Virtually everyone agrees that if the price of oil stays high for an extended period of time it will have a highly negative impact on the world economy.

6 Food Inflation
Many people believe that the rapidly rising price of food has been a major factor in sparking the revolutions that we have seen in Africa and the Middle East. When people cannot feed themselves or their families they tend to lose it.
According to the United Nations, the global price of food hit a new all-time high earlier this year, and the UN is expecting the price of food to continue to go up throughout the rest of this year. Food supplies were already tight around the globe and this is certainly not going to help things.]

7 The European Sovereign Debt Crisis
Several European governments have had their debt downgraded in the past several months. Portugal, Spain, Greece and Ireland are all in big time trouble. Several other European nations are not far behind them.
Right now Germany seems content to bail the "weak sisters" in Europe out, but if that changes at some point it is going to be an absolute nightmare for world financial markets.

8 The Dying U.S. Dollar
Right now there is a lot of anxiety about the U.S. dollar. Prior to the tsunami, Japan was one of the primary purchasers of U.S. government debt. In fact, Japan was the second-largest foreign buyer of U.S. Treasuries last year.
But now as Japan rebuilds from this nightmare it is not going to have capital to invest overseas. Someone else is going to have to step in and buy up all of the debt that the Japanese were buying.

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2011 is reeds die mees onvergeetlike jaar in ouderdomme en ons het nog nie bereik April nie. Omwentelings het gevee die Midde-Ooste, 'n ongekende aardbewing en tsunami getref Japan, het burgeroorlog in Libië uitgebreek, het die prys van olie is stygende en die hele wêreld is geleë op die rand van ekonomiese ineenstorting. Dit lyk asof byna alles wat geskud kan word, word geskud. Ongelukkig is dit nie blyk dat dinge gaan om te gaan sit enige tyd gou. Die Japannese ekonomie afgehandel is 'n kritieke waai, kan die Europese soewereine skuld krisis opvlam op enige oomblik en die Amerikaanse ekonomie kan potensieel duik in 'n ander resessie teen die einde van die jaar. Die globale ekonomie en die wêreld se finansiële markte is regtig sukkel om te herstel selfs wanneer dinge was relatief stabiel. As al hierdie globale onstabiliteit kry selfs erger kan dit letterlik rip die wêreld se finansiële markte uitmekaar.
Ja, dinge regtig is wat sleg is. Die hoofstroom media is baie besig downplaying die ekonomiese impak van die ramp in Japan en die chaos in die Midde-Ooste, maar die waarheid is dat hierdie gebeure hugeimplications vir die globale ekonomie. Vandag is ons wêreld is meer verbind as ooit, so ekonomiese pyn in een deel van die planeet gaan 'n beduidende effek op ander gebiede van die wêreld te hê. Die volgende is 8 ekonomiese rampe wat moontlik rip die wêreld se finansiële markte aan flarde ... . 1 Oorlog In Libië 2 opstande in die Midde-Ooste Protes lyk net versprei na meer lande in die Midde-Ooste te hou. Op Vrydag, is vyf Siriese betogers doodgemaak deur die regering troepe in die stad van Daraa. Daarna het die naweek duisende betogers na bewering die regering geboue bestorm in daardie stad en steek dit aan die brand gesteek. 3 Die Japannese aardbewing en tsoenami Japan is die derde grootste ekonomie in die wêreld. Wanneer 'n groot ramp gebeur in die nasie dit het globale implikasies. Die tsunami wat net getref Japan was absoluut ongekende. Uitgestrekte Japan het meer deeglik vernietig as wanneer hulle was gebombardeer deur 'n buitelandse militêre mag. Dit was regtig 'n nasie gebeurtenis. Die Japannese ekonomie gaan vermink word vir 'n lang tydperk van die tyd. Maar dit is nie net Japan se ekonomie wat diep geraak is deur die tragedie. 4 Die Japan kern krisis Selfs as die ergste geval scenario speel nie, die werklikheid is dat die krisis by die Fukushima Dai-ichi kernkragsentrale gaan hê 'n langdurige impak op die globale ekonomie. 5 Die prys van olie die meeste mense glo dat die Amerikaanse dollar is die geldeenheid van die wêreld nie, maar dit regtig is olie. Sonder olie, die globale ekonomie wat ons het gebou eenvoudig nie kon funksioneer nie. Dit is hoekom dit so kommerwekkend wanneer die prys van olie het bo $ 100 per vat het vroeër vanjaar vir die eerste keer sedert 2008. Feitlik almal is dit eens dat indien die prys van olie bly hoog vir 'n lang tydperk van die tyd wat dit sal 'n baie negatiewe impak op die wêreld-ekonomie het. 6 Food Inflasie Baie mense glo dat die vinnig stygende prys van voedsel is 'n belangrike faktor in vonkend die omwentelings dat ons in Afrika gesien het en die Midde-Ooste. Wanneer mense kan hulself of hul families nie voed hulle geneig om dit te verloor. Volgens die Verenigde Nasies, die globale prys van voedsel getref 'n nuwe hoogtepunt vroeër vanjaar, en die VN verwag dat die prys van voedsel om voort te gaan om te gaan in die res van die jaar. Voedselvoorrade was reeds styf om die wêreld en dit is beslis nie van plan om dinge te help.] 7 Die Europese soewereine skuldkrisis Verskeie Europese regerings het hul skuld afgegradeer in die afgelope paar maande gehad het. Portugal, Spanje, Griekeland en Ierland is almal in groot moeilikheid. Verskeie ander Europese nasies is nie ver agter hulle nie. Op die oomblik lyk Duitsland die inhoud van die "swak susters" om borgtog in Europa nie, maar as dit verander op 'n punt dit gaan 'n absolute nagmerrie vir die wêreld se finansiële markte te wees. 8 Die Sterwende VSA Dollar oomblik is daar 'n baie angs oor die Amerikaanse dollar. Voor die tsunami, Japan is een van die primêre kopers van die Amerikaanse regering skuld. In werklikheid, Japan was die tweede grootste buitelandse koper van Amerikaanse skatkiswissels verlede jaar. Maar nou as Japan opgebou uit hierdie nagmerrie dit is nie van plan om kapitaal te belê in die buiteland te hê. Iemand anders gaan hê om in te gryp en koop al die skuld wat die Japannese is die koop.