Saturday August 27, 2005

Globalization's First Oil Shock - Stephen Roach

peakoil.com -> morganstanley.com

This is the first oil shock in the modern era of globalization. That means its impacts are likely to be compounded by the cross-border linkages that shape the global trade cycle. In today's US-centric world, that spells unusual vulnerability. If higher oil prices take a toll on the over-extended American consumer, repercussions in the rest of an externally-dependent world will be all the more acute. That puts Asia, the world's most rapidly growing region, right in the cross-hairs of the energy shock of 2005.

Globalization complicates the transmission of shocks around the world. That's especially the case with respect to the current energy shock. Countries will be hit both by the direct effects of rising energy costs, as well as by the indirect impacts of energy-related pressures on their major trading partners. To the extent that the American consumer remains the principal engine of growth on the demand side of the global economy, those nations that rely on exports to the US as major sources of growth will be hyper-sensitive to any energy-related cutbacks in US consumption.

- Stephen Roach is the Managing Director and Chief Economist of Morgan Stanley.

(2005-08-27 18:53:50 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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