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• in Business
  Cyprus Seeks Financial Bailout
  No surprise in Europe, as tiny nation of Cyrus also asks for a bailout.
  by jasonshaw99 / on Jun 26, 2012
• in Politics
  Bad Time Paves For The Worse
  Dog days are coming
  by amohit / on Aug 18, 2011
• in Politics
  The Cat Is Out Of The Bag—The Prosperity Is Not To Return
  Thank your congressman/congresswoman, your mighty dollars are shrinking in values
  by amohit / on Aug 6, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “euro zone”

 

• US Dollar Breaks 100 Yen Barrier

  
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  On improving employment news and other economic data, the USD crashed through the 100 yen milestone and appears headed to 102 in the near term. The dollar touched 101.74 yen, a 4.5 year high. The euro also posted big gains against the yen settling at a 3.5 year high of 132.26 yen. Citing options set at 102 yen, many ...
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• What’s it all about?

  
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  G7 finance ministers meet London on Friday and Saturday. Since they and many more met in Washington only three weeks ago and not much has changed since, it’s tempting to ask what is the point of this British gathering. There have been mutterings from some of the travelling delegations to that effect. If there is an ...
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• What did he mean by that?

  
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  “What did he mean by that?” 19th century Austrian diplomat Metternich is said to have asked of  Talleyrand when he heard the French statesman had died. The euro zone crisis, and the response of its leaders, has often required the same question to be asked. There were some carefully chosen words from Germany ...
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• I’ll say it again…

  
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    European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi felt it necessary yesterday to depart from the script at a ceremony awarding an honorary degree to reiterate his message from last Thursday – that the ECB could cut interest rates again and was looking at pushing the deposit rate which it charges banks for holding ...
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• Jobs In US, Pro-Growth Gains Momentum In Europe

  
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  Jobs In US, Pro-Growth Gains Momentum In Europe The economy and the USD received a boost Friday when the US Labor Department released its April non-farm payroll report with unexpected good news. Markets reacted swiftly, pushing equities and the USD higher. Across the pond, the news was not as good. A statement by ...
  2 weeks ago

• ECB cuts rate, offers banks cash, explores loans to firms

  
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      The European Central Bank (ECB), which earlier today cut its main policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.50 percent, will continue to provide banks with all the money they need “for as long as necessary,” and wants to channel money to smaller businesses by creating a new market for asset-backed securities.   ...
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• Weekly Radar: May days or Pay days?

  
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  So, it’s May and time for the annual if temporary equity market selloff, right? Well, maybe – but only maybe.  A fresh weakening of the global economic pulse would certainly suggest so, but central banks have shown again they are not going to throw in the towel in the battle to reflate. The ECB’s interest rate ...
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• Gold price swing higher, all eyes on ECB now

  
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  Gold price went up in Thursday Asian trade, with the market checking likely fresh stimulus from the European Central Bank. Gold futures for June delivery advanced $7.70, or 0.5%, to $1,454 an ounce. Gold prices had swung higher after trading [...]
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• ECB cuts rate by 25 bps to 0.50%

  
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      The European Central Bank (ECB) cut the rate on its benchmark refinancing facility by 25 basis points to 0.50 percent, as widely expected, along with a 50 basis point cut on the rate on its marginal lending facility to 1.0 percent. The rate on its deposit facility will remain steady at 0.0 percent, the ECB said ...
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• ECB poised to act … modestly

  
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  It’s European Central Bank day and we have it on very good authority that a quarter-point interest rate cut is on the cards, which will take rates to a record low 0.5 percent. A plunge in euro zone inflation to 1.2 percent, way below the target of close to but below 2 percent, has cemented the case for action. In ...
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• Growth In Euro Zone?

  
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  May Day was an emotional day throughout Europe as virtually every major city entertained protestors declaring their outrage at the crippling austerity programs that have done nothing to create jobs and little to boost morale. Despite the continued suffering of the unemployed, the euro picked up traction with the ...
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• Taking stock

  
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  It’s May Day and most of Europe, barring Britain, is taking a holiday so maybe it’s a day to take stock. But first, a nervous glance at little Slovenia. Last night Moody’s cut its debt rating to junk, forcing Ljubljana to abandon a planned bond issue which looked set to raise several billion dollars and making ...
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• No Let(ta) up for euro zone

  
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  Fresh from winning a vote of confidence in parliament, new Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta heads to Berlin to meet Angela Merkel, pledging to shift the euro zone’s focus on austerity in favour of a drive to create jobs. He may be pushing at a partially open door. Even the German economy is struggling at the ...
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• Finally, an Italian government

  
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  A weekend packed with action to reflect on with more to come. Top of the list was the formation (finally) of an Italian coalition government. Market reaction is likely to be positive, although Italian assets rallied last week, and today’s auction of up to 6 billion euros of five- and 10-year bonds should continue ...
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• Monetary Policy Week in Review – Apr 27, 2013: One central bank cuts, pressure grows on Europes politicians

  
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      Last week nine central banks took policy decisions, with Hungary continuing its rate-cutting spree and the other eight banks (Namibia, New Zealand, Philippines, Fiji, Japan, Mexico, Colombia and Trinidad & Tobago) keeping rates unchanged as pressure mounted on euro zone policy makers to get serious about ...
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• IMF’s David Lipton Calls On European Policy Makers To Take Decisive Economic Action

  
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  Europe needs to act on several fronts. Countries will need to have clear and specific commitments to medium-term fiscal consolidation, with the appropriate pace to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.WashingtonIMF Says Decisive Action in Europe Can Strengthen Growth and Avoid Economic Stagnation … April 25, 2013IMF ...
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• A.G.R.I = Analysis of Global Risk Intelligence from the Environmental Parliament

  
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  “It is the mark of an intelligent educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Of an even higher intelligence is the mind that is able to entertain conflicting thoughts without prejudice and preference until such time that the merits of each are fully manifest and thus allow for the correct ...
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• Weekly Radar: Question mark for the ‘austerians’

  
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  One of the more startling moves of the week was the fresh rally in euro government debt – with 10-year Italian and Spanish borrowing rates falling to their lowest since late 2010 when the euro crisis was just erupting and 2-year Italian yields even falling to 1999 euro launch levels. The trigger? There’s been a ...
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• “A turbulent pe…

  
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  “A turbulent period lies ahead for India”, says Kenneth Andrade, the Chief Investment Officer, IDFC Mutual Fund in an interview for Jaime Puebla on The National What is the asset class and geography you are focused on? Indian equities.  What … Continue reading →
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• Austerity — the British test case

  
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  First quarter UK GDP figures will show whether Britain has succumbed to an unprecedented “triple dip” recession. Economically, the difference between 0.2 percent growth or contraction doesn’t amount to much, and the first GDP reading is nearly always revised at a later date. But politically it’s huge. Finance ...
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