Thursday, June 19, 2008

2008

1: Script for a fiction story: Mortgage related loans are issued to people with a poor credit history, then they are repackaged as securities and are sold across the globe! Impossible!

2: Remember the good ole times when oil was 100 dolars a barrel?
January 2008!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Global Dynamics: Agriculture - Industry - Services

China
GDP
composition by sector:
agriculture: 11.9%
industry: 48.1%
services: 40%
note: industry includes construction
(2006 est.)

India

GDP
composition by sector:
agriculture: 19.9%
industry: 19.3%
services: 60.7% (2005 est.)


Japan

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1.6%
industry: 25.3%
services: 73.1% (2006 est.)


Brazil

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 8%
industry: 38%
services: 54% (2006 est.)

EU
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 27.3%
services: 70.5%
(2006 est.)


USA

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 20.4%
services: 78.6%
(2006 est.)