Latin America finds itself vulnerable to US financial turmoil and the possibility the world commodity prices will fall, short-term. Factors include the fall price of crude oil when world economies slow and demand drops. Japan, US, China, and India economies are slowing down. However, while the world economies are not in recession then China demand for raw materials from Latin America will remain strong. Millions of Chinese farmers are migrating to cities for industrial jobs; infrastructure is being built for the new growth; China needs steel, telecom, and agricultural food. US inflation could raise and US consumption decrease and as this happens demand for global manufactured products decrease affecting foreign economies. Asian companies are in the business of production not consumption. US money could move back home, interest rates drop, and the US stock market surge upward. The US stock market surge will cause a surge in the booming commodities market lasting a couple of decades. The trend for US economy is increasingly strength for many decades to come. The strength will result from new ideas and innovations. The US will increase it oil exports in the hundreds of millions of barrels [Learn More ...]

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