International Economic Week in Review: 2017 Ends on a High Note

            This was a good year for the global economy.  The EU, which has suffered from two potential economic crisis in the last seven years, had one year of consistently good economic data.  The UK has yet to experience severe negative post-Brexit developments (although weak construction spending may develop into a broader problem in 2018).  Canada has emerged from its oil-market caused recession, Japan is growing at a solid pace and Australia continues to expand.