Tom Williams, account manager at GO Markets, explains why he thinks America has 'slowed down'
The departing Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, told investors just before he left there were signs on the wall for a US long-term slowdown. If he is right, what does this mean for the US dollar and other major economies? After all, it is said that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. This economic crisis has been the worst since the great depression in the 1930s, and the US has felt the full force of the financial tsunami. Many markets are looking to the US for a sign the recovery is well and truly underway, but the messages are certainly mixed. The bigger question i...
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