Year In Review 2013

Did any of my 2013 predictions come true... You can be the judge of that but I'll do the analysis for you. First let me jog your memory:


1. Big bad USA may not be so powerful in 2014

2. If Jamaica does get its IMF deal, the bitter medicine will definitely come. Biter medicine including, higher taxes, cuts in employment, depreciation of currency and economic instability.

3. No real academic discoveries (tentative)

4. No developing country will achieve developed status

5. A horrible drought or disaster which spurs artificial international kindness

6. The world will only be fairly better off by only a few people's standards.

#1. US Government Shutdown!! Do I really have to say anything else

#2. Jamaica Got the IMF deal but it came with the stringent policy for the Austerity Program and has tied the governments ability to do much. There was a massive depreciation in the local currency from about 93:1 up to 106:1...massive...The country really felt the bitter medicine.

#3 &4 right on target 

#5. Typhoons in Asia, Tornadoes in the US killing few but displacing many people out of their homes, schools and businesses. Along with a few other earthquakes and tropical systems in the east.

#6. Ask yourself are you better off than you were after 2013? 

My 2014 predictions I'm going to put off for now.....

For any question send me an email mikolmortley78@gmail.com