Relembre: Paulinho da Força, que agora apoia Lula, defendeu o impeachment de Dilma

Money is a tool that facilitates the exchange of goods and services and represents your purchasing power. When you make a loan or investment there are two risks that you will lose that purchasing power.

Indeed, 2008 was the year about global economics and it is my contention, as well as the view of our think tank that 2012 will also be a year with global economics dominating much of the media. There are challenges all around the world, and I’d like to discuss a few these if I might. One of the big challenges happens to do with Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and the sanctions placed on that nation.

It is rather hard to compete with the computer when doing economic analysis. This is because computers are quite good at doing math once they are programmed, and although economics isn’t an exact science, those who study it, do the research, and use the tools certainly see it as such. Meaning they will use these equations to guestimate the future trends.

Okay so, what are the economic trends for 2012 here in the US? Well of course it is an election year, and generally our economy does okay in an election year, however in this particular year the European crisis will also affect our GDP growth slowing us down to 1% or thereabouts. That certainly won’t make the current administration look very well, even if the unemployment rates are slowly dropping, at least as per the official version.

The straight answer is because we want to influence the future to our benefit. Once we decide what we want, we plan to achieve it.