よい年をお迎えください!!

恒例により、Financial Times の The World in 2019 から取り上げておきたいと思いますが、1年前は明示的に日本が入り、それは「日銀は金融引締めを行うか?」の問いに対して、予想される回答はNoだったんですが、今回はとうとう日本は無視されたようです。わずかに関係しているのは、最後の20番目の「ゴーン抜きで日産とルノーの連携は継続するか?」だけで、答えは Yes でした。しょうがないので、以下、FT のサイトから引用して羅列しておきます。

• Will Brexit be stopped?
• Will Jeremy Corbyn become UK prime minister?
• Will France's Emmanuel Macron get his reforms back on track after the gilets jaunes protests?
• Will populists make big gains in European Parliament elections?
• Will the Democrats attempt to impeach President Donald Trump?
• Will the trade truce hold between Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping?
• Will Russia escalate military action against Ukraine?
• Will there be a new financial crisis?
• Will Narendra Modi still be prime minister after India's parliamentary polls?
• Will the disputes in the South China Sea blow up?
• Will Jair Bolsonaro boost Brazilian economic growth?
• Will Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman survive the aftermath of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi?
• Will the S&P 500 finish 2019 above 3,000?
• Will Ethiopia's prime minister be able to maintain the momentum of one of Africa's most striking transformations?
• Will Brent crude end the year below $60 a barrel?
• Will Uber achieve the biggest IPO in history?
• Will Mark Zuckerberg step down as chairman of Facebook?
• Will the US yield curve invert?
• Will Huawei lose its foothold outside China?
• Will the Nissan-Renault alliance survive without Carlos Ghosn?