Here is a brief look at the World Economy

1. STATE OF THE
WORLD ECONOMY
Paul Young CPA CGA
February 3, 2020

2. PAUL YOUNG
BIO
• CPA, CGA
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – FP&A
• SME – Business Transformation
• SME – AI and Data Sciences
• SME – Risk Analytics
• SME – Close, Consolidate and
Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• Academia: PF1, MS2, FN2 and FA4

3. AGENDA
• Global Growth
• GDP / USA
• GDP / Canada
• USA and China (Financial Markets)
• Stock Market
• World-Wide Debt
• World-Wide Real Estate
• Summary

4. GDP / GLOBAL GROWTH
Source - Scotiabank

5. GDP / USA

6. GDP / CANADA

7. USA AND CHINA FINANCIAL MARKETS
Source - https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/02/us-and-china-injecting-hundreds-of-billions-into-financial-
markets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancedna
no+%28nextbigfuture%29

8. STOCK MARKET

9. WORLD-WIDE
DEBT
Source -
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01
/14/global-debt-hits-all-time-
high-of-nearly-253-dollars--iif-
says.html

10. WORLD-WIDE REAL ESTATE
Source - https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-risk-to-world-economy-
synchronized-housing-slowdown-11580121001

11. SUMMARY
• World continues to experience slow economic growth
• Little has been done to transformed WTO - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/what-is-next-for-for-global-trade-
protectionism
• High real estate prices have put more and more pressure on housing affordability
• Government around the world struggle with high debt and deficits. Too many governments are not undertaking proper
transformation as part of ensuring their program spending is sustainable.
• Geo-political events continue to have an impact on the global economy
• Coronavirus
• Iran/USA
• Latin America
• Corrupt government around the world