Are we headed for a global recession?

The trials of China and other emerging countries on top of the unresolved eurozone debt crisis, Japan’s inability to revive itself and the Federal Reserve’s likely imminent rate increase are fanning talk[3] the world economy is headed for recession. The underlying concern is that policymakers can’t combat any slump as high government debt hampers fiscal stimulus and interest rates are already at record lows. While no one can rule out a global recession because events somewhere could surprise much like the so-called Arab Spring did in 2010, the world economy probably has enough going for it to avoid such a gloomy outcome. Its key advantages are that the US is prospering while China is only slowing, not shrinking. Read the full article: (VIEW LINK)