Showing posts with label Euro area austerity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Euro area austerity. Show all posts
Saturday, March 22, 2014

22/3/2014: Mind the Gap... Primary Balances Gap...

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Here's a chart from Pictet showing precisely why all the austerity has been the case of too-little-to-date when it comes to stabilisin...
Monday, July 8, 2013

8/7/2013: IMF on Euro Area: Repetition in the Endless Unlearning of Reality

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IMF released its statement on 2013 Article IV Consultation with the Euro Area The Statement reads (emphasis mine): "Policy actions ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

14/5/2013: Ending German Austerity... and then what?

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Everyone is running around with the latest catch-phrase designed to phase out thought: Germany must end austerity. So, folks, what will hap...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

30/4/2013: The horrors of Euro-austerity: Part 1

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The horrors of Euro-austerity are so vivid in this chart... It is obvious (to anyone who is economically blind or illiterate in a basi...
Friday, April 26, 2013

26/4/2013: Meanwhile, Patients Still Run the Euro Policy Asylum...

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Headlines (via Eurointelligence.com): Angela Merkel: "The European Central Bank would really have to increase the interest rates f...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

21/4/2014: Sunday Independent article

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My article on Euro area austerity policies failure in Sunday Independent - it's not in levels of cuts, but in the lack of real change ...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

25/2/2013: When 8 out of 10 economists agree?

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Eurointelligence today published a neat summary of some of the prominent economists' opinions about the Euro area macroeconomic polici...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

23/8/2012: More time for Greece is not an asnwer

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As Greek PM, Samaras, heads for talks with Angela Merkel this Friday, here's why 2 more years won't work for Greece: link here .
Saturday, July 21, 2012

21/7/2012: Globe & Mail July 2012: Italian dilemma

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My article on Italian debt v growth dilemma for Globe & Mail: link .
Thursday, June 7, 2012

7/6/2012: Sunday Times May 13, 2012

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times article from May 13, 2012. With Greek and French elections results ou...
Monday, May 14, 2012

14/5/2012: Euro area austerity - a chart

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Austerity in Europe? Ok, table below shows General Government expenditure as % of nominal GDP in 2011-2012 compared to 2000-2007 average. ...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

12/12/2011: Are debt repayments to be blamed for growth collapse?

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Some of the paper have clearly reached a bizarre level of Keynesian paranoia. Behold one example - The Guardian today (link here ) screamin...