Category Archive: 2) Swiss and European Macro

Prof. Dr. Peter Bofinger, Mitglied im Sachverständigenrat, blickt skeptisch auf die weitere Konjunkturentwicklung in Deutschland. Sogar eine Rezession sei wieder möglich.

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Who’s the Next Downgrade Domino to Fall?…The UK?

2012-11-21

2012-11-21

Who Downgrades France MUST downgrade the UK, too After Moody’s downgraded France, we are waiting the next major sovereign to suffer the same fate. According to the must-read interactive graph on the BBC, France now has a medium risk of default, but the UK is still in risk status “low”. According to the BBC, each citizen …

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The Eurozone crisis between euro-morons and zombie-bankers

Falling Unit Labour Costs, but Rising Production Prices in the Periphery. Is this Competitiveness?

2012-11-17

2012-11-17

Currently European HICP inflation is at 2.5%, far above the 2.0% official ECB mandate, but the euro is becoming weaker and weaker. German salaries are rising with 2.6% per year. At the same time, the ECB cannot hike interest rates, because it wants to provide cheap money to the periphery. The periphery continues to buy German products, even …

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Swiss and German Economic Indicators, Update November 1

2012-11-01

2012-11-01

Swiss & German Economic Indicators, August 2012

Euro Crisis Has Affected Germany, Switzerland Still Immune Most Recent Events The Swiss SVME PMI has risen from 43.9 to 46.1. This PMI is dominated by machinery, metallurgical and electric equipment exporters organized in the Swissmem organization. As opposed to the chemical industry, they were not innovative enough to adapt to the stronger franc; but …

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Euro Crisis Has Affected Germany, Switzerland Still Immune

2012-10-26

2012-10-26

Swiss and German Economic Indicators, October 2012 Both Swiss and German economic indicators show continued signs of stability, but the German situation has become worse and might affect the Swiss. Especially low unemployment, rising real wages and strong trade balances are signs of robustness. Despite that, Germany’s industrial production is weaker than last year, …

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Swiss Exports Rise Thanks to Higher Export Prices. Sorry, What ????

2012-10-22

2012-10-22

Or how Swiss exporters are able to widen their margins thanks to the SNB currency manipulation Last week the Swiss export data for the third quarter was released. The news agency report was simple: Exports from Switzerland fell by a real 8.0 percent in September to 16.49 billion Swiss francs ($17.87 billion), the Federal …

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Frank Schäffler – Rede zum Altersvorsorgeverbesserungsgesetz (Drs. 17/10818)

2012-10-19

Frank Schäffler (FDP-Fraktion) redet anlässlich der ersten Lesung vom 19.10.2012 zum AltvVerbG im Bundestag.

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74.8 percent of Norwegians Say No to EU Membership

2012-10-14

2012-10-14

In the latest poll, 74.8 percent of the Norwegian population says no to EU membership, while 17.2 said they would vote yes in any referendum. 7.9 percent have not decided. Seven out of ten voters of the ruling party do not share the party’s views on the EU and would have voted no in a possible referendum, … Continue reading...

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Frank Schäffler Seitenweise: Smart Investor

2012-10-12

Frank Schäffler Seitenweise: Geld, Bankkredit und Konjunkturzyklen

2012-10-04

Frank Schäfflers Buchbesprechung zu Jesus Huerta de Sotos Buch „Geld, Bankkredit und Konjunkturzyklen” http://www.frank-schaeffler.de

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Frank Schäffler SEITENWEISE: Freiheitsfunken II

2012-09-28

Frank Schäfflers Buchbesprechung zu Roland Baaders „Freiheitsfunken II”

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Zurück zur D-Mark? – Der Wirtschaftsweise Peter Bofinger im Interview

2012-09-25

Dietmar Deffner im Interview mit Peter Bofinger, einem der fünf “Wirtschaftsweisen” der Bundesregierung zur Eurokrise Mehr Nachrichten bei http://www.N24.de

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Heiner Flassbeck bei Kontext TV

2012-09-21

by Heiner Flassbeck

In Kontext kommen Stimmen aus dem In- und Ausland zu Wort, die in den privaten und öffentlich-rechtlichen Medien zu kurz kommen. Abonniert uns und werdet Teil der ALEX Familie! LET´S CONNECT: ALEX Web: http://www.alex-berlin.de ALEX Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ALEX.berlin.de ALEX Twitter: http://twitter.com/ALEX_berlin_de

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Peter Bofinger zur Euro-Krise: Das Sparkonzept geht nicht auf

2012-09-21

Der Wirtschaftsweise Peter Bofinger kritisiert die strikte Sparpolitik in Europa. Wie die Länder in Europa wieder zu soliden Staatsfinanzen kommen und warum auch der deutsche Sparer von einer Gemeinschaftshaftung profitiert, erklärt Bofinger in unserem Video.

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Peter Bofinger: Die Schwächen der makroökonomischen Lehrbücher

2012-09-14

Ihnen hat dieses Video gefallen? Dann tragen Sie sich jetzt in unseren Newsletter ein und bleiben Sie informiert über neue Veröffentlichungen: http://ecapio.org/newsletter/ Jetzt Feedback zum Video abgeben: http://goo.gl/forms/xLjiv9P89H Vortrag von Peter Bofinger (Universität Würzburg, Mitglied des Sachverständnisrats) bei der “Ersten Pluralistischen Ergänzungsveranstaltung zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik” veranstaltet...

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Frank Schäffler Seitenweise Schweizer Monat

2012-09-14