For context, recall that the global economy is a tightly bound, highly integrated system, which means disruptions in one subsystem quickly ripple though the entire system. Disruptions tend to amplify one another, creating a cascading effect much like an avalanche: everything looks perfectly stable until the entire mountainside gives way.

The indicators are not looking very healthy for global business and economy. Although, some of the seventeen indicators may be flawed. It looks like rough weather ahead.