Although a slowdown in the US will have implications for the world economy, the global economy may not be as susceptible to a US slowdown as it was a decade or so ago when the US cycle was almost synonymous with the global cycle.
Ewart S Williams: Upgrading financial regulation and supervision – a multi-dimensional challenge Regulators Round Table Presentation by Mr Ewart S Williams, Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, at the Unit Trust Corporation Investor Conference 2011, Port-of-Spain, 8–9 September 2011. *  *  *  The last few years have been a difficult period for regulators all over the world.