Category Archive: 2) Swiss and European Macro

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George Dorgan
George Dorgan (penname) predicted the end of the EUR/CHF peg at the CFA Society and at many occasions on SeekingAlpha.com and on this blog. Several Swiss and international financial advisors support the site. These firms aim to deliver independent advice from the often misleading mainstream of banks and asset managers. George is FinTech entrepreneur, financial author and alternative economist. He speak seven languages fluently.
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Swiss Purchasing Manager Index

Swiss SVME PM November 2012


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The Euro Crisis: the Reasons



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Ways to the Northern Euro

EU Labour costs 2011
Two ways for building the Northern euro, exit of Southern members or slow creation of Northern euro with currency interventions of central banks.

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2012 Posts on Euro Crisis and Euro Macro

Staatskrieger Peter Bofinger Austerität und Schuldenmacher in Lichtgeschwindigkeit 2585

2012-12-26

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Staatskrieger Peter Bofinger Austerität und Schuldenmacher in Lichtgeschwindigkeit 2585 — Mittwoch, 26. Dezember 2012 von Dr. Dietmar Moews als IT-Soziologe und Künstlergelehrter Einzelheiten zur Lage – live und ungeschnitten — aus Alphons Silbermann Zentrum Berlin Piratenthema heute: Der in der deutschen Volkserziehung zum goldenen Vordenker gepushte sozialdemokratisch durchwirkte Propagandist Jürgen Habermas verbreitet mit einer...

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Who Says No to Austerity and Global Imbalances, Must Say Yes to the Northern Euro

Eventually the euro will be abolished, a Northern Euro introduced: politicians and their economic advisors might just be waiting for a calm moment, especially with upcoming German inflation.

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The Upcoming Spanish Lost Decade(s)

2012-12-19

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2012-12-19

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To us, the big theatre surrounding Greece was just a preview of a much bigger crisis that will happen in the coming years in Spain, the upcoming Spanish lost decade(s). Greece was an absolutely desperate case; therefore, everything was quick. It took just two years till we arrived at the official sector participation and yearly German transfer …

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The Fairy Tale of Rising Competitiveness in the European Periphery

2012-12-17

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2012-12-17

Euro zone Labor Costs Q3 2012
In our post we look on two questions concerning competitiveness for the European periphery: When will local production be cheaper than imported products? Do people have the money to buy these local products? It does not help reducing labor costs if local production costs still more than imported products. The second aspect is: even if …

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Who is the Biggest Debt Time Bomb: Japan, France, the UK or the United States?

2012-12-16

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2012-12-16

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Some must reads: According to the Economist the biggest time bomb in the euro zone crisis is France. We wonder why the United States and Britain, that have same weak trade balances, the same weak competitiveness and a debt overhang, shouldn't have a problem? Just because France must do austerity according to the German Fiscal Compact wish, and the US and Britain do not need to do this? Or like Ray Dalio called it, are the US and Britain...

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4 Different Solutions for the Euro Crisis: Can it Be the Northern Euro? A Discussion

2012-12-15

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2012-12-15

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The discussion about the future of the Euro: Among a Post-Keynesian, a European Etatist, an Austrian economist and an advocate of a Northern Euro on the French website www.atlantico.fr. The French paper is asking: “Sommet européen : créer un euro du Nord est-il le seul moyen de sauver l’Europe de l’austérité ?” Is the creation of …

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Ach Heiner Flassbeck war mal…

2012-12-14

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Wussten ihr schon, dass Flassbeck früher der Berater von Oskar Lafontain war?

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Frank Schäffler – Parteitagsrede 08.12.2012

2012-12-12

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Frank Schäffler spricht auf dem Landesparteitag der NRW-FDP am 08.12.2012.

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Peter Bofinger beim Zinsgespräch 2013

2012-12-11

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Peter Bofinger, Professor für Volkswirtschaft an der Universität Würzburg, erklärt im VOL.AT-Interview anlässlich des Raiffeisen Zinsgesprächs 2013 die Ursachen der Euro-Krise und wagt einen Blick in die Zukunft der Gemeinschaftswährung. http://www.vol.at

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Viva la Democrazia! The Reign of the Spread is Finished!

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Claudio Messora, one of most well known critics during the "Reign of the spread" between Italian and German bonds.He happy about the return of democracy.

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The Full List of Monti Reforms: Which Have Been Really Implemented?

Mario Monti
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti passed 30 billion euros ($40.3 billion) in tax hikes (17 billion), pension and spending cuts (13 billion).

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The Euro Crisis: Details and chronology and the German Perspective on it

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The history of EU reforms, bailouts during the euro crisis and the German perspective on them

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In conversation with Jacques Noels, Founder, Crocus Technology

2012-12-06

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In this video interview, Jacques Noels explains the required skills and knowledge necessary to manage successfully a tech startup – in this case, a hardware company active in the field of secured memory chips.

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Euro Morons: Hyperinflation Successfully Avoided, Stagflation Successfully Created

2012-12-01

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2012-12-01

Stagflation
Keeping Greece in euro zone, eurocrats or better “euro morons” have successfully avoided a weak drachma and a following Greek hyperinflation. Instead they successfully created stagflation. Currently European HICP inflation is at 2.5%, far above the max. 2.0% official ECB mandate, but the euro is becoming weaker and weaker. German salaries are rising with 2.6% …

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