{"id":608,"date":"2011-10-04T14:37:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T13:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=458"},"modified":"2011-10-04T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T13:37:52","slug":"is-western-growth-realistic-70-of-the-us-economy-consumer-spending-centric-traditional-sources-of-value-are-being-usurped-e-g-leaving-chinas-global-market-share-of-trade-40-vs-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=608","title":{"rendered":"Is Western growth realistic?.. 70% of the US economy consumer spending centric, &#038; traditional sources of value are being usurped e.g. leaving China&#8217;s global market share of trade 40% vs UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those that get involved in M&amp;A and turnaround &#8211; I think these trends are relevent in challenging the traditional sources of value and margin..<\/p>\n<p>Food for thought;<\/p>\n<p>Consumer demand is &gt; 70% of the U.S. economy, yet consumers are not spending.. so who will buy products and services? <a href=\"https:\/\/abcn.ws\/okU9sD\">https:\/\/abcn.ws\/okU9sD<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet when you look at the rest of the world &#8211; there is not much systemically stopping us in the UK, just what apears to be a complacent culture!&#8230;The macro economic drivers to address limiting success in the UK (World Economic Forum).. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/qJwnfe\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/qJwnfe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since 2007 the share of the East has of global trade has widened e.g. 40% China vs. the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/r6AHLJ\">https:\/\/econ.st\/r6AHLJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strange Western responses&#8230;<br \/>\nCreating more market trade barriers &#8211; Perfect Storm? US Senate to vote to increase duties on Chinese imports, as China&#8217;s manufacturing shrinks for 3rd qtr.. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/oEUjTK\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/oEUjTK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put the plug back in ! &#8211; Is the European Financial Stability Facility simply delaying the inevitable? <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/rsXNNA\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/rsXNNA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those that get involved in M&amp;A and turnaround &#8211;  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-globalisation","category-growth","category-news-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}