Tag: financial

March 10, 2013 0

Not Enough Fingers to Contain the Leak in the Dyke

By News Desk

Please consider Dutch support EU referendum Dutch lawmakers have been forced to debate a referendum on any further transfers of power to the EU after a citizens’ petition demanding a plebiscite garnered 40,000 signatures in two weeks. Although parliament is not obliged to follow through with legislation, the move underlines the surge euroscepticism in one of the EU’s founding members, which could pose an obstacle to any further integration needed to bolster the eurozone

March 7, 2013 0

In Praise of Theft and Fraud (But Not Deceit)

By News Desk

For a look at "hockey stick inflation" please consider Is Inflation the Legacy of the Federal Reserve? Wolf : If the BoJ sought to return to the level of nominal GDP implied by 3 per cent annual growth from 1997, it would be committing itself to annual increase of close to 9 per cent a year over the next decade. That could surely reduce the real burden of debt! Mish : Wolf is disingenuous.

March 6, 2013 0

Eurozone Downturn Accelerates Despite German Growth; Divergence to France Widest in 15 Years

By News Desk

The Markit Eurozone Composite PMI Final Data shows the Eurozone downturn accelerates . Key Points: Final Eurozone Composite Output Index: 47.9 (Flash 47.3, January 48.6) Final Eurozone Services Business Activity Index: 47.9 (Flash 47.3, January 48.6) At 47.9 in February, the Markit Eurozone PMI® Composite Output Index came in above the earlier flash estimate of 47.3 but remained down on January’s reading of 48.6. The index therefore signalled a steepening of the downturn in business activity, contrasting with the easing trend which had been evident in the three months to January