I don't see much depression in Brazilian economy, nor asian economies. I could be partly blind, though - or maybe I just don't get it. If countries have any brains they will not throw money into any drain that just seems to spiral downwards, and if perception is that the US is not a good place to invest - it sort of intensifies everything.
I am waiting for a big propaganda/media push saying how conditions are extremely good for investing in the US - while all the time the world is really changing, with fortunes and power shifting.
Changing the fundamental opinion and perception of people is the hardest thing to accomplish - it takes a god damn long time listening to crap before you see the holy light, so to speak. People just don't want to change their opinions and certainly not their way of life adopting to a new reality. They would rather suffer until they're with their back to the wall, and absolutely need to do something different. Then they learn to do that, and are anew set in their ways.