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Japans økonomi minister og mest sentrale banker fredag oppfordret Washington å løse sine politiske gridlock, advarsel gjeld standard kan føre til grim "consequences" for den globale økonomien. TOKYO: Japans økonomi minister og mest sentrale banker fredag oppfordret Washington å løse sine politiske gridlock, advarsel gjeld standard kan føre til grim "consequences" for den globale økonomien. Nåværende uføret, hvor avslag av en høyreekstrem bakdel av det republikanske partiet å passere et budsjettforlik har resultert i en regjeringen nedleggelse, påvirker allerede valutamarkedene, finansminister Taro Aso sa advarsel det kunne forverres. Jeg tror dette kunne sannsynligvis føre til en situasjon hvor dollaren vil bli solgt og yen skal kjøpes,"fortalte Aso reportere. Yen har allerede steget til flere måneder diskant mot dollar, som handelsfolk flytter fra greenback og til trygg havn av den japanske valutaen. Fallende dollar er dårlige nyheter for Japans eksportører, en sentral pådriver for vekst i verdens tredje største økonomi, fordi svekker deres repatriated fortjeneste. Japanske enheten ble skiftet hender på 97.08 til dollar i slutten asiatisk handel. Men "min følelse er... gjeld grensen vil ha et internasjonalt betydelig innvirkning, sa Aso refererer til en truende 17 oktober frist som den amerikanske regjeringen trenger lovgivere å heve taket på hvor mye penger det kan låne. "Med mindre det er løst raskt, vil vi se ulike konsekvenser." Japan er store innehaver av amerikanske statsgjeld. Bank of Japan guvernør Haruhiko Kuroda ekko Aso bekymringer, men sa hvis følelsesmessig ladet standoff kunne løses raskt, det ikke må spore fledgeling U.S. økonomisk utvinning. Usikkerhet Kuroda, en tidligere leder av asiatiske utviklingsbanken, sa var kjernen fordi usikkerhet ville sette en belastning på global vekst. "Hvis en slik situasjon blir det kanskje har en alvorlig innvirkning på den amerikanske økonomien og verdensøkonomien

Outside the portfolios' 'Themes' and 'Commercial property' sectors, regular readers will know that the strategy guiding both portfolios since their inception five years ago has been to 'Go high, go deep and go east'. The emphasis has been on higher-yielding blue-chips and bonds, smaller companies and the Far East (including Japan from the end of 2012). This has served both portfolios well. However, the time has come to modestly refine the strategy for the Growth portfolio given market conditions and its freedom from an income constraint.

The think tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) predicts the UK economy will outstrip France and Germany within two decades even if Britain stays in the EU. But while leaving the organisation would have initial negative consequences, the CEBR's chief executive Douglas McWilliams suspects "that over a 15-year period, it would probably be positive." Britain is set to vote on a referendum on EU membership in 2017. The report predicts the UK's GDP will first move to fifth place ahead of France by 2018 before leapfrogging Germany around 2030. However, despite being forecast to be the second most successful of the Western economies after the US, it will fall behind the accelerating economies of India and Brazil. "Germany is forecast to lose its position as the largest Western European economy to the UK around 2030 because of the UK's faster population growth and lesser dependence on the other European economies," the report said. But added: "If the euro were to break up, Germany's outlook would be much better. "A Deutsche Mark-based Germany certainly would not be overtaken by the UK for many years if ever." It added that a factor driving the UK's move ahead of Germany is the assumption of a falling value for the euro, Germany's falling population and the UK's rising population. The gap between the two countries will fall from almost £610billion in 2013 to just £183billion in five years. The UK's GDP will grow from more than £1.59trillion in 2013 to £2.6trillion in 2028, compared to China which is predicted to be in top position with a GDP of more than £20.5trillion, ahead of the US with an estimated £19.7trillion Japan will fall from its steady position in the global league of third to fourth by 2028, overtaken by India and followed by Brazil, Germany and the UK. The positive report on the economy comes as a poll reveals more people believe they would be helped rather than harmed by a rise in interest rates. A survey reveals that a pre-

Adidas profit warning hits shares, puts 2015 goals under scrutiny Shares in German sports apparel maker Adidas dropped sharply on Friday and its 2015 targets came under scrutiny on Friday after the group issued an unexpected profit warning. Adidas, which has mostly exceeded sales and profit goals in the last couple of years, said late Thursday that weakening currencies in Russia, Japan, Brazil, Argentina and Turkey, a distribution problem in Russia and poor trading at its golf business meant targets were no longer attainable. Its shares, which hit an all-time high of 88.50 euros at the start of August, dropped almost 6 percent in early trading to a three-month low and were down 4.4 percent at 78.95 euros at 0825 GMT.