Economy

The most negative scenario post-1989. The free-fall trend that started in 2015 has stagnated among the lowest levels in the past 10 years.

March 2016 marks the end of the 5th year since the start of the Syrian conflict. Influenced by the Arab Spring sweeping across a number of countries in the region, protestors in many parts of Syria took to the streets demanding political reform.With the Syrian conflict now entering its sixth year, the United Nations have declared that over 4.6 million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries, with two-thirds of those settling in Lebanon and Jordan.

China’s economy showed moderate but steady growth with a year-on-year GDP increase of 6.93 percent at comparable prices in Q3 2015.

The confluence of economic growth, rising middle class, and upcoming ASEAN Economic Community have drawn many international players to the potential of frontier markets.

“Discontent”, “disappointment”, “mistrust”, “pessimism”, “crime”, “poverty”, “corruption”, “insufficient economic growth”… The list goes on and on.

Cautious optimism for the future. After a dismal showing for all index assessment categories last month, things are looking better this time around, with two out of three assessments improving compared to last wave.

China’s economy showed moderate but steady growth with a year-on-year GDP increase of 7.0 percent at comparable prices.

Pessimism Invades Outlook of Present and Future…

The economic and political situation caused Brazil to face difficulties.