November 20, 2014
Hong Kong’s People Have Spoken – End the Protests
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Hard hitting global and local news
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This really rocked Tony Abbott’s boat, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald Mr Abbott gave an impassioned defence of coal and, reportedly, argued against inserting a line in the communique recommending the abolition of fossil fuel subsidies, an objective of the G20 for many years.
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Links Ukraine’s Elections: Stabilization Through Eradication November 1, 2014 ( Ulson Gunnar – NEO ) – Curiously, Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Foreign Minister and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-Office, congratulated Ukrainians for their elections  of the parliamentary assembly and hailed them as another important step toward "stabilization." It is a curious statement considering the nature of the elections themselves, carried out under the duress of deadly internal conflict, with multiple regions of the country not even participating in the elections and the intimidation and barring of opposition parties from participating in campaigning and polling. Despite claims of Ukraine’s elections leading to "stabilization," instead it appears they are leading to the rise in prominence of ultra-right Neo-Nazi parties like Svoboda whose supporters are pictured above.
See the article here: El-Erian: "Europe Is One or Two Rounds of Sanctions From Recession"; El-Erian Far Too Optimistic
As for wages, they are actually rising not only in the US, but also in Europe as I pointed out in European Service Prices Plunge at Steepest Rate Since January 2010; Reflections on Keynesian Stupidity . In the US, the Fed did stave off for now, another round of price deflation
Flash Germany Composite Output Index at 54.3 (54.1 in September), 3-month high. Flash Germany Services Activity Index at 54.8 (55.7 in September), 4-month low. Flash Germany Manufacturing PMI at 51.8 (49.9 in September), 3-month high
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US Dollar, Euro, Yen, British Pound Forward Curves "Europe Has Become Japan" Seidner says that if he was washed up on an island and could periodically see one chart to let him know the state of the global economy the above chart would be the one as it shows interest rates, implied path of monetary policy, and the divergence between the US and the rest of the world. " From this perspective of the bond market, Europe has become Japan
See the original article here: Eurozone Rotting to the Core; Four Possibilities; Beyond the Math