BRIC+Economies

=BRIC Economies= toc BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China, whose economies share certain features: large population, large and growing educated middle class (managers, technicians and entrepreneurs), vast natural resources.

Russia, India and China also share the dubious distinction of possessing nuclear weapons.

BizEd blog
[|BRIC by BRIC]

China overtakes Japan...
...as the world's [|second largest economy]at the end of 2010.

BRIC Economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China)
As [|Russia's economic growth falters], questions arise as to whether it should remain as one of the BRIC grouping of large, fast-growing economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China).

US - Brazil currency alliance
//US attempts to enlist Brazil in a [|currency alliance]against China.// Like Australia, Brazil supplies raw materials (commodities) to the insatiable Chinese market. This has led to an appreciation (increase) in the value of the $A dollar and in the Brazilian Real, as those currencies are in high demand for large international commodities transactions.

A hard landing for China?
It's possible that China isn't going to save the rest of the world. They have [|their own problems]...

The Economist
[|Brazil]