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December 30, 2008

芸術は暴落だ?


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金融危機はアートの世界にも深刻な影響を与えています。 売り上げは少しずつ減少し、価格の相場は下落し続けています。 明らかに、 好調な市場 は過去のものになりつつあります。以前までは、富裕層の間では絵画などの芸術作品を所有することが常識でした。サザビーやクリスティーズといった超一流オークションでさえ、美術品が売れ残ることが多くなっています。アメリカのサブプライム問題の影響が世界経済に広がりだして以来、多くの専門家がアート市場の苦境を予言していました。アート市場が金融危機の影響をまともに受けている原因としては、その主な顧客がヘッジファンドや個人資産家であることが挙げられます。 しかし、驚くべきことに、美術品の価格は高く保たれています。これは、ロシアや中東の顧客が今回の金融危機の影響をほとんど受けていないことが原因のようです。

December 27, 2008

Obama Prepares his Team

It will be a fight indeed, the fight to fix the US’s struggling economy. President elect Obama has begun putting together his economic team who would form his cabinet and advisers as he prepares to take office January 20, 2009 in what would be hailed as the most expensive inaugural event ever dwarfing the budget of previous presidents. His team is working to boost the reach of the bailout proposal which is to be used by them to re-structure and fix the economy. Vice President Biden is also hard at work trying to lobby for the proposed additional money from the Federal government but they are in for a rough ride.
News of misspending of previous bailout funds are starting to surface and congress won’t make it easier this time for the new presidency. They are trying to get the money out of the banks and into the pockets of the ordinary American as fast as they could. Just hope it comes in time to make a difference for people are still losing jobs, homes and just about everything in what has been seen as the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression.