Soros predicts financial crisis similar to 2008

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Soros is reading the tea leaves
Soros is reading the tea leaves

Fabled fund manager George Soros has said that global markets are facing many potential pitfalls, and that the current environment is eerily similar to that of the financial crisis in 2008.

Soros, the man who broke the Bank of England with his 1992 trade against the sterling during Black Wednesday, said China is struggling to move towards a more sustainable economic model.

Crisis planing 

“China has a major adjustment problem,” Soros said, according to Bloomberg News.

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“I would say it amounts to a crisis. When I look at financial markets there is a serious challenge which reminds me of the crisis we had in 2008.

Global markets 

Soros’s warnings comes as global markets continue to worry over China’s slowing economy. The communist juggernaut’s stock markets were suspended after just 870 seconds of trading yesterday,for the second time this year, after the central bank accelerated the depreciation of the yuan.

Robert joined the HRreview editorial team in October 2015. After graduating from the University of Salford in 2009 with a BA in Politics, Robert has spent several years working in print and online journalism in Manchester and London. In the past he has been part of editorial teams at Flux Magazine, Mondo*Arc Magazine and The Marine Professional.

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