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November 20, 2011

The party led by Hervé Morin Sunday presented its program for the 2012 presidential election. One proposal is to increase the legal working time for France to regain its prosperity. The details. The new center, chaired by Hervé Morin, "welcomes the solidarity displayed by members of the euro area to contain the fire but called Greek EU officials to seize the opportunity to finally put in place a genuine European economic government.

The President of the New Centre, Hervé Morin, future presidential candidate, said Sunday during his campaign that he would defend the idea of ​​an increase in working hours, with a 37-hour week, that France found its prosperity. "We constantly talk about the restoration of public accounts and the return to a balanced budget.

Europe

– Provide Europe with a single presidency created by the merger of the European Council President and the President of the European Commission

– Making of the European Commission the true government of the Union

– Provide the euro area economic governance: generalization of qualified majority voting, can create Eurobonds to communitarise part of European debt, creation of a Monetary Fund and a European rating agency.

– Establishment of a European reindustrialisation.

November 18, 2011

The news is unnoticed but it is historical: the Central Bank of China has authorized the Central Bank of Austria to make investments in renminbi. Decryption with François Godement, China specialist and Director for Strategy Asiacentre. The yuan's Bank of China has signed an agreement with the Austrian Central Bank allowing the latter to make investments in renminbi. What is the meaning of this agreement?

The news is almost unnoticed but it is huge. This is another step in Beijing's policy to internationalize the Chinese currency. The Chinese government seeks to ensure that the renminbi becomes progressively currency regulations of global trade flows. He also wants it to become a reserve currency, equal to the dollar and the euro.

November 11, 2011

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that there is a definite risk that the major economies fall into recession, unless their authorities take urgent measures to stimulate growth.

In a note which had been prepared for the G20 summit held in Cannes last week, but was not published until Friday, the Fund believes that the recovery of advanced economies patina.

"Paralysis and inconsistency have exacerbated the uncertainty, loss of confidence and increased tension of the financial market," he diagnosed.

The most advanced countries should urgently propose program medium-term fiscal consolidation credible and further reform the financial sector, while the emerging edge must accelerate the appreciation of their currencies, he said.

In particular, the IMF observes, there is "considerable uncertainty" about how to achieve fiscal sustainability in the United States, Japan and some countries in the euro area.

November 10, 2011

HSBC reported Wednesday a fall from higher than expected profits in the third quarter due to sluggish performance of its investment arm and an increase in bad debts in the United States.

The first European bank also warned that it could leave the United Kingdom, where its headquarters for more than twenty years, due to new rules on capital that could cost him dearly.

Over the period from July to September, HSBC made a profit taxable underlying decline from 36% to $ 3 billion (2.18 billion euros).

The bank has already cut 5,000 positions from the first quarter of the 30,000 cuts announced by 2013.

HSBC said its provisions for credit risks, and charges were up $ 700 million at quarter end compared to their levels of last year at this time, partly because of the moratorium on foreclosures in the the United States.

"The outlook for the global economy are very difficult, as problems in developed markets beginning to affect the growth rate worldwide," said HSBC.

Ryanair is riding on the difficulties of Berlusconi

November 8, 2011

The airline offers Silvio Berlusconi to "escape with Ryanair" while Italian Prime Minister through a political crisis that could lead him to step down. Screenshot known site www.ryanair.com / it's November 8, 2011

"Dear Silvio, a new opportunity to escape with Ryanair." It is this formula that the low-cost airline has launched an advertising campaign on its website to promote its flights to 9.99 euros from Rome.

November 6, 2011

The European Central Bank (ECB) often discussed the possibility of ending its purchases of sovereign debt in case the Italian Rome would not implement the promised reforms, said Yves Mersch, a member of the Governing Council of the ECB .

"If we find that (effective) our work is undermined by a lack of efforts of national governments, then we must ask us to question the effect (of interventions)," said he in an interview published Sunday by the newspaper La Stampa.We discuss all the time. "

This is partly because the yields of Spanish and Italian sovereign bonds in early August had reached a level considered difficult to sustain over the long term for these countries to more than 6%, the ECB had resumed its buyback program obligations.

Since the last three months, it bought for about 100 billion shares, of which over half were Italian government bonds.

Friday, the yield on Italian 10-year loans reached a new high since the creation of the euro area, 6.43% due to the distrust inspired investors in the country, where a vote of confidence in the House planned Tuesday could bring down the coalition government led by Silvio Berlusconi.

November 3, 2011

The title Kellogg was down sharply after two hours of trading Thursday, within the scope of operations and prospects disappointing, mainly because of additional costs associated with improving the manufacturing process leading manufacturer of grain.

Around 4:05 p.m. GMT, group, owner of the trademarks Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispies, lost 7.00% to 50.25 dollars while the S & P 500 advanced 1.04%.

In 2010, the company had to recall millions of boxes of Froot Loops, and other cereal brands, due to suspicious odor.

She reached the third quarter net earnings of $ 290 million (211 million) or $ 0.80 per share, against 338 million ($ 0.90 / share) a year ago.

November 2, 2011

The surprise announcement of a referendum in Greece on the agreement reached last week in Brussels causes stupor in Europe. George Papandreou, Prime Minister, endangering its political future and the country's membership in the euro area. But also the very existence of the latter. Decryption. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has surprised everyone by announcing Monday, October 31 to hold a referendum on the European Agreement of 26 October.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Monday decided to submit the European Agreement on the rescue plan of the euro zone to the approval of its citizens. This plan, adopted in pain by 17 members of the euro area on October 26, provides for the deletion of a portion of the debt of Athens, in exchange for austerity and still more vigorous supervision of a strengthened donor country (EU, ECB and IMF), the famous "troika".A meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, the EU and the IMF is also scheduled for tomorrow Wednesday in Cannes, which is scheduled for the G20 summit.

Papandreou's why he called the referendum?

The Greeks "do they want the adoption of the new agreement or reject it? If the Greeks do not want it, it will not be adopted," said the Prime Minister on Monday night before the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party (PASOK ). "The will of the Greek people be binding on us," he added. What is certain is that the announcement of the referendum is a real surprise. Members of the majority, including Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, were not aware. Two Greek Socialist MPs already challenged the decision of George Papandreou, the one announcing his defection, the other calling for a cabinet "national salvation".A poll published last weekend showed that a majority of Greeks believe the decisions of the European Summit negative, only 12.6% considering them positive.

What will happen if the majority rejects?

This is the future of Greece in the euro area is at stake the Cypriot economy Christopher Pissarides, Nobel laureate, is not optimistic. "If no victory, Greece would fail immediately. I do not see it stay in the euro," he predicted. "The risk is that the international community shuts off the money and the country ends up leaving the euro," said Christoph Weil, an analyst at Commerzbank. The negative consequences of this event for Greece would be immense. Of course, out of the eurozone would allow Greece to devalue its currency and become competitive.

October 31, 2011

The Australian court on Monday ordered Qantas to resume flights, interrupted in the context of social conflict unprecedented ten years.

The airline has grounded all its aircraft Saturday and canceled 447 flights, which affected nearly 70,000 passengers, and brought the conflict to a climax.

The unions are demanding salary increases and improved working conditions. They also challenge the strategy of the company to focus its international activities in the Asia-Pacific region. The company management wants it, remove a thousand jobs.

The immobilization of the fleet has forced Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Melbourne before the court, which ordered the company to resume flights and unions to end the strike.The judges have left them 21 days to resolve the conflict.

Qantas announced that flights would resume on Monday afternoon part.

"We are delighted that after 24 hours of chaos, common sense prevails again in the sectors of air transport and tourism in Australia", welcomed Bill Shorten, Deputy Treasury Secretary.

"I think Qantas has taken an extreme decision Saturday," she commented on Julia Gillard, head of government. "Without really inform the government and the passengers, she had pinned her to the ground. She did as she had other alternatives," she added.

The strike took place at the wrong time for the Australian government, which hosted this weekend the 21st Commonwealth summit in Perth.Seventeen heads of state and government would leave Australia with Qantas. However, they have done with other companies, assured the Prime Minister.

"The business environment is being degraded rapidly in Europe"

October 28, 2011

For Benoît Heitz, responsible for forecasting global economic at Societe Generale, the degradation of the environment is not yet sufficient to announce a recession.

Europe will she fall back into recession?

The business environment is being degraded rapidly in Europe. This degradation affects all sectors and all countries. It was partly due to the crisis at work currently generating considerable uncertainty about the future, agrees and makes it more complicated financing and forced European states to austerity measures. However, even very poor, the level of the business climate remains consistent with a very small increase in activity, as evidenced particularly in industrial production in the euro zone, France and Germany.

How will evolve the euro?

It is undeniable that the crisis of public debt in the euro area weighs on the course of the single currency.However, the dollar is weakened by the weak economy in the United States, the concerns generated by last summer by the political debate on the budget and the debt and the expectation of monetary policy remains sustainable ultra- accommodative. In total, we expect an exchange rate of euro / dollar relatively stable beyond a very volatile as of weakness of any currency. In a broader perspective, the fact remains that these two currencies would be permanently impaired. Therefore, the pressure to appreciate the currencies of major emerging economies and countries like Switzerland would be persistent.