Perhaps a way to mitigate the
risk of a global economic slowdown is to focus on those economies with favorable demographics and (reasonably) sound current and capital accounts.
Walsh's successful management of ATM, the Middle East's premier travel and tourism event, and hands - on leadership in facing the twin
challenges of the global economic slowdown and the Arab Spring, has given him a uniquely well - rounded perspective to drive new business opportunities.
On the other, the technological, economic and political issues that have to be resolved before a concerted worldwide effort to reduce emissions can begin have gotten no simpler, particularly in the
face of a global economic slowdown.
It is estimated, for example, that none of the [Millennium Development Goals] targets will be met in sub-Saharan Africa if current trends continue, and this is before account is taken of the real effects of the recent crises in food and energy, the rapid increase in impacts of climate change, and the major
implications of a global economic slowdown.»
In
light of the global economic slowdown, the performance and returns offered by U.S. commercial properties will continue to make them attractive for cross-border institutional investors, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds.
While most markets are expected to remain relatively solid, Calgary and Toronto will feel the
fallout of the global economic slowdown as these two markets share the same short - term over-supply issues, with several million square feet of new office space completed in 2009 and 2010, says the report.
It's a legitimate concern, considering the spikes in volatility this year caused by
fears of global economic slowdown, dissolution of the European Union and policy reversal by the Federal Reserve.