ONE WORLD,THREE LEADERS

摘要

Director Roland Emmerich wowed audiences with 2012, a movie about a polar realignment that shifted land masses, collapsed cities and ultimately destroyed the planet. That doomsday scenario qualitatively isn't very different from the reality that research directors and analysts faced in 2011, with one disaster after another roiling world markets: sovereign-debt crises in Greece, Ireland, Spain and other European nations; civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa; a devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe in Japan; political gridlock in Washington that played a role in the historic downgrade of the U.S.'s credit rating; and more. Researchers - often coordinating with their peers across asset classes and countries -worked at a feverish pace to keep clients informed of what in the world was going on. Literally.