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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53719)	8/19/2009 3:30:18 PM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217890

According to IMF data, the BRIC countries accounted for nearly half of global growth in 2008 - China alone accounted for a quarter, and Brazil, India, and Russia were responsible for another quarter. Furthermore, the IMF notes that these economies accounted for more than 90% of the rise in consumption of energy and metals, and 80% of the rise in consumption of grains since 2002. seekingalpha.com and that is only the beginning. The SCALE is huge. Gargantuan I would say.