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2010 Global Economic Forecast:

Better than ’09, but still not good

At the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, Penn., last September, leaders representing 90 percent of the global economy agreed to continue fiscal and monetary help for as long as it takes to put the world back on a positive growth path. The help these countries have already provided has begun to put the global economy back on its feet, although the first few steps have been shaky indeed.

Economy.com projects that growth in developed countries will gradually gather speed through 2010 and pick up the pace the following year. In its initial phase, the recovery will be jobless at best; at worst, it will be a job-loss recovery as employers wait to make hiring decisions until they are confident the recovery is more than a mirage.
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Infrastructure REITs:

An effective tool to fund America’s infrastructure needs?

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 earmarked more than $100 billion of government funds for infrastructure-related spending—an amount unseen since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency. But stimulus money funds only a small portion of the work that needs to be done. Many experts contend that real estate investment trusts (REITs) may be an effective tool to fund America’s infrastructure needs, but many hurdles must be overcome to make infrastructure REITs a reality.
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Investment Notes

While the tourism, hospitality and leisure sector continues to be challenged by current economic conditions, a new survey from Deloitte suggests reason for cautious optimism heading into the holiday and winter travel season. 

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Foreign Exchange

International retailers believe the market has bottomed out and that 2010 will see a significant recovery in certain retail sectors and territories, according to new research from CB Richard Ellis, the Wisconsin School of Business and France’s HEC Business School. Central Europe, Germany and France head the list of target markets for 200 international retailers.

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