http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/a-fistful-of-euros Blog Articles Tagged with 'a-fistful-of-euros' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150016?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Well as far as I can see, in this the great second depression cycling race, we now have a small breakaway peloton formed out there in front as we struggle to reach the Tourmalet summit, with teams from Germany, Spain, China , Russian and even U... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:06:49 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150016?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150017?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Well, these are not easy times for those who are economically active in Spain, and doubly not-so when many of those with money to spend over the holiday season decide to take advantage of the cheap pound and go and spend it over in the UK (in fact in... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:14:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150017?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150018?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros OK, so now here s the chart you really need to see (below). The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI hit 33.2 in December, a series record. More to the point you can get a comparison between what is happening now and the 2001 recession lite with... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:50:49 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150018?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150019?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros And lands in China. Well China isn t quite in Great Depression mode yet, but manufacturing activity - which forms the core of the Chinese economy and accounts for 43% of all activity - is already very close to a technical recession, and phew, it wa... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:48:43 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150019?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150020?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros On behalf of the AFOE team I wish our readers a Happy New Year. Any bets on how long it will take to catch the first Slovak euro outside of Slovakia?PS: Do not make any resolutions. They seem to be bad for your health. ... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:11:29 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150020?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150024?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Very, very worrying news from India and Pakistan. I especially don t like all the stuff about school textbooks.On Friday, India warned its citizens to stay away from Pakistan, claiming that they were in danger from agencies that operate outside ... Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:41:31 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150024?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149740?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Oh yes, there is a difference of around 15 percentage points between the cost of insuring bonds against default in the countries they are respectively responsible for. But then, even in the more favoured case investors are demanding a premium which a... Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:37:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149740?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149741?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Well, one good turn deserves another. So if, like Paul Krugman (and me, I think, though I hadn t gotten as far as thinking through all the implications of what was happening when I posted the original piece) you take the view the Ukraine industrial... Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:15:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149741?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149742?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros In Ukraine, the evidence is still that policymakers do not quite understand the seriousness of the challenges they face, . Timothy Ash, analyst at the Royal Bank of Scotland. There is a burgeoning economic crisis in the European periphery, ... Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:06:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149742?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149743?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Well, it seems I m not the only one who thinks that the IMF have made a bad decision over Latvia, since this year s economics Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman seems to agree. From his New York Times blog:I ve been saying this for a couple of wee... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:51:43 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149743?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149744?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Only one thing is really clear about the Germany economy at the present time, and that is that it is shrinking rapidly. In fact it contracted far more than most analysts and observers expected in the third quarter (although I, for one, was not especi... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:13:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149744?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149747?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros The IMF finally announced it s Latvia bailout plan on Friday. The plan involves lending about 1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) to Latvia to stabilise the currency and financial support while the government implements its economic adjustment plan... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:48:58 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149747?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149476?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Among the International Monetary Fund recommendations following the mission to Belgium Tackle the imbalances inherent in the current fiscal federalism arrangements. Resolving vertical imbalances will require shifting more of the burden of fiscal c... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:03:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149476?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149478?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros On April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp exploded in the harbor of Texas City, Texas. The ship was carrying ammonium nitrate as part of Marshall Plan relief for post-war Europe. Ammonium nitrate is both an effective fertilizer and a potent explosive, and ... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:46:17 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149478?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149480?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros In view of Greece s EMU membership, the availability of external financing is not a concern, but the correction of cumulating indebtedness could weigh appreciably on growth going forward. While the risk of transmitting vulnerabilities to the euro a... Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:01:19 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149480?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149481?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros This, it seems, is the question of the day. According to the IMF Spain s economy faces a contraction of at least one percent next year. And the IMF stress that the risks to this forecast remain on the downside since the country s real-estat... Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:57:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149481?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149482?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros German finance minister Peer Steinbr ck has made some enemies lately, giving an interview in which he accused the UK of crass Keynesianism and complained that it had spent so many years lecturing the rest of the EU about fiscal rectitude. The ... Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:55:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149482?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148958?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros The global financial crisis has had a continual capacity to surprise policymakers and the latest unpleasantness would appear to be the failure of the IMF-backed stabilization program in Ukraine barely a month after it was announced. As we noted at ... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:04:54 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148958?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148663?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros Some bloggers thoughts and impressions concerning the horrible events in Mumbai that have me both horrified and puzzled. From Death Ends Fun:Everyone around me is talking of the terrorism, but there s an air of bonhomie about. Plenty of backslap... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:28:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148663?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148665?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros The US state of New Hampshire now has more female senators than male in the upper house of state government.After [the November 4] election, thirteen of the twenty-four state Senate seats in New Hampshire are now occupied by women. Peggy Gilmore (Dis... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:59:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148665?rsstype=tag&tag=a-fistful-of-euros