http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/economics-and-demography Blog Articles Tagged with 'economics-and-demography' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150016?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150017?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149740?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149741?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149742?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149743?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149744?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149747?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149476?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149480?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149481?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149482?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148958?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148665?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography 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=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148666?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography Now this is a very interesting question, isn t it? The only honest answer I can give is that I don t know, and indeed I haven t the faintest idea. The government of Latvia (the Baltic state which is currently most rife with rumours about ... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:26:20 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148666?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148667?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way TolstoyWell this is an interesting little fable of modern family life, even if all the families involved may not be ones which many of my readers would normally wish to... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:17:16 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148667?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148394?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography The IMF has released yesterday s concluding statement of its mission to Italy. It s mixed reading. On the one hand, Italy is looking at a full year recession for 2008, let alone 2009 (the latter being the benchmark prediction for most OECD ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:17:29 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148394?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148395?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography While we are likely to see a substantial drop in euro-region inflation, Bank of Spain forecasts for the 15-nation euro area do not show price drops. That is they show an enormous moderation in price gains, but they do show price gains, ac... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:03:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148395?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148396?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography Well it must come as something of a relief for any Italian readers we have here at AFOE to learn that UniCredit SpA, Italy s biggest bank by assets, has definitely NOT incurred losses on the Russian interbank market. Although perhaps I should reph... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:07:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148396?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1146362?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography As Barcelona-based property consultants Aguirre Newman publish a report that suggests Spanish property prices may need to fall by at least 23% for the market to return to any kind of normality, we learn today that Spain s annual inflation dropped a... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:33:41 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1146362?rsstype=tag&tag=economics-and-demography