Posted on 11/06/2014 8:56:02 PM PST by blam
Tyler Durden
11/06/2014
The recent spread of Ebola has led to a tragic loss of human lives and stands to devastate West African economies. As the situation has evolved, and despite the equity market's apparent belief that it's all over, Goldman has examined the global economic and market implications of the outbreak.
It would appear Ebola is a thing of the past...
But implications remain as Goldman Sachs explains,
We survey our economists and equity analysts to provide a sector-by-sector breakdown of the disease’s impacts to date and, drawing on past episodes of pandemic threats, its potential effects. We find that the economic costs of pandemics can be severe, but that the hit to growth is usually mostly limited to the region where the disease is centered.
The economic outcomes of a pandemic are often largely determined by an outbreak’s secondary effects, such as the “fear factor” and policy responses. History suggests that most impacts on stocks are typically short-lived and driven more by sentiment than by tangible effects on business activity, although this may not be the case in the mining sector.
Still, Ebola is not expected to alter the global demand and supply balance in most exposed commodities, with the possible – but still unlikely – exception of cocoa.
Breakdown of Ebola impacts to date and what we could expect
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(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
“...exception of cocoa.”
No chocolate?!? Fear of chocolate?!? Life not worth living!
(P.S. Don’t take the vaccine!!!!! It will only make Bill Gates richer. I KNOW he “needs” at least 27 yatchs.)
Ebola chocolate.
So why does the Obungler want to import Ebola to America? Maybe he just wants to make sure we feel the same misery that Africa feels.
This evening, I saw my teen daughter hustle something in her hand from one schoolbag into another. I asked, “What is that you are trying to hide? A chocolate bar??!!”
“It’s... it’s ‘feminine products’,” she replied.
I started laughing. “Yeah, right. That’s the ideal excuse” I told her. “Just start calling ‘chocolate’ by the name of ‘feminine products’.” A necessity that women can’t live without.
We both had a good laugh at that.
ping
Yes, Firestone did shut the epidemic down as far as it touched them. Rather than post links, there are some good articles if you google firestone rubber ebola.
I thought chocolate also came from S. America. I know that is not to be confused with cocaine.
“I thought chocolate also came from S. America”
Cacao trees originated in the Americas but the bulk of chocolate production comes from the ebola zone of western Africa, Ivory Coast in particular
http://thestoryofchocolate.com/Where/tropics.cfm?ItemNumber=3300
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Thanks for the ping!
Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......
(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
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