AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
A general view of Yangshan deep-water port is seen in Shanghai, China, March 5, 2010. The prolonged weakness in the U.S. and Europe may be the least of Asia's troubles in 2011, economists say, as the region fights potentially destabilizing inflationary pressures.
AP Photo/Ben Margot
A sailboat passes a container ship being unloaded at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. Braving high unemployment and unsustainable levels of debt and budget deficits in Europe and the U.S., the world economy is expected to slow in 2011 with economists cutting their forecasts for growth in developed countries, Feb. 5, 2010. On the upside, Asian economies will continue to spearhead the global economic recovery.
AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
A customer, right, leaves his bicycle with vegetables he bought in Shanghai, China, March 11, 2010. The prolonged weakness in the U.S. and Europe may be the least of Asia's troubles in 2011, economists say, as the region fights potentially destabilizing inflationary pressures.
AP Photo/Hasan Jamali
Oil workers stand in front of a natural gas flame in the Persian Gulf desert oil field of Sakhir, Bahrain, March 21, 2010. Braving high unemployment and unsustainable levels of debt and budget deficits in Europe and the U.S., the world economy is expected to slow in 2011 with economists cutting their forecasts for growth in developed countries. On the upside, Asian economies will continue to spearhead the global economic recovery.
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sits on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to testifying before the Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economy, Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
An elderly woman walks past electronic stock boards displaying the Nikkei stock average, left, and the foreign exchange quotations of the Japanese yen to the euro and the U.S. dollar at a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, June 7, 2010.
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
Frank Wallace, who has been unemployed since May of 2009, holds a sign during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 23, 2010.
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
A money trader works at a dealing room at a foreign exchange firm where the U.S. dollar is traded at 83.40 yen in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010.
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
Workers examine giant blades to be used as part of wind turbines at the Vestas Wind Technology (China) Co. Ltd. factory in Tianjin, China, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. China's market for wind equipment is one of the world's largest, spurred by a government campaign to promote renewable energy to clean up its battered environment and curb surging demand for foreign oil and gas.
AP Photo/Amy Sancetta
Workers get ready to pull a piece of forged steel to be used in a heavy load helicopter out of a giant press at SifCo Industries in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 18, 2010.
AP Photo/Michel Euler
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, bottom second left, talks with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, bottom left, during a group photo session at the G20 Summit at COEX convention center in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010.
AP Photo/Peter Morrison
Ajai Chopra, left, Deputy Director of the European Department of the IMF and an unidentified colleague pass a beggar as they make their way to the Central Bank of Ireland for crucial talks with the Irish government in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010.
AP Photo/Peter Morrison
Thousands of Protesters hold a rally at the General Post Office in Central Dublin, Ireland. Over one hundred thousand people marched through the city to protest against the Republic's four-year austerity plan, Nov. 27, 2010.
AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis
Police clash with demonstrating students outside Greece's parliament, in the latest protest against austerity measures, in Athens. Police fired tear gas and clashed with youths during the brief incident after some 1,500 people marched through the Greek capital, Dec. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
High-rise buildings are seen at the Pudong New Development Zone in Shanghai, China, on Dec. 7, 2010. The prolonged weakness in the U.S. and Europe may be the least of Asia's troubles in 2011, economists say, as the region fights potentially destabilizing inflationary pressures.
AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
People stand in front of a billboard featuring the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, also known as the father of modern China at the Pudong New Development Zone in Shanghai, China, Dec. 7, 2010.
