US recovery relatively immune to global slowdown

We don’t think that the US will catch the latest economic cold that is currently afflicting Europe and parts of Asia. It’s worth remembering that the US is a fairly closed economy, which means it’s relativity immune to global developments. In any case, current levels of activity in the euro-zone and China are consistent with US exports to those regions continuing to grow by 5%-10% a year.

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