Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, Today's news: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9a83fc6-ed06-11dd-88f3-0000779fd2ac.html Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com>wrote: > The economy is retracting at a far quicker rate than other countries right > now. The main reason is that the strong yen has caused exports to decrease > at an alarming rate - even Toyota and Honda are doing dismally, and the > less > said about the likes of Sony the better. With demand constriction in their > major markets, i.e., USA and Europe, things dont look too good for export > led economies - China, Japan, South East Asia, etc. India is slightly > better > placed on this score as only 15% of our GDP comes from exports - but we > have > huge current account deficits which means you can do far less to prime the > economy. The jury is out on who fares better. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com > > wrote: > >> Hi Jayanand, >> is Japan crashing more??? >> I thought their only problems were due to their strengths, less borrowing >> etc. leads to their currency not devaluing as much as others, such as the >> US >> and UK which have both been living way beyond their earnings for years. >> Surely their problem is that their profligate customers have stopped >> spending other peoples money. >> Frank >> >> On 28 Jan, 2009, at 02:48, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >> Usual marketing nonsense. I am not sure how many takers there would be in >>> current economic conditions, particularly as Japan is crashing a bit more >>> than the rest of the world. I assume that this is squarely aimed at the >>> Japanese. >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Bill Clough <bill_clough@yahoo.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> USA >>>> TEXAS >>>> VICTORIA >>>> 27 January 2009 >>>> >>>> HI there-- >>>> >>>> Drool. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/special_editions/leica_M8-2_safari/ >>>> >>>> >>>> --bc >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >