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Etienne Dhuit 
Le sommet de l’APEC à Pékin et le «siècle du Pacifique»
Le sommet de l’APEC appelle l’attention sur l’Asie-Pacifique. L’importance croissante de cette partie du monde ne signifie pas l’avènement du « siècle du Pacifique ». Pourtant, les Européens ne sauraient s’en désintéresser.
oct 27: Daily Briefing: positive AQR results, Positive pro-EU win in Ukraine, Fed to delay ending QE-3
[image:1,s] SNBDL Daily Briefing Report prepared using big data solution Quid Our take from the last 72 hours news Central banks news: As expected, the ECB announced yesterday, Sunday, the result of the Asset Quality Review (AQR), it first stress test since the central bank took over as the Single Supervisor of the banking system. Over 130 banks have been tested, 25 failed showing EUR 25bn capital gap. The results show that the AQR was credible and the capital needs are manageable. The failing banks are exactly those which are known for the last decade to have: business model issues, cost structure problem, asset quality weaknesses due to the lack […]
Oct 21: Daily briefing: Adapting to new oil prices, Fed likely to postpone QE, ISIL shifting away from Kobane
[image:1,l] SNBDL Daily Briefing Report prepared using big data solution Quid Our take away from the last 24 hours news Central banks news take away: Since Bullard’s comment about postponing ending asset-purchase program known as QE3, many FOMC members (though not all voters) have started to discuss the topic. There are three main topics discussed. First, market should correct if that’s needed. However, Dallas Fed President has not indicated whether all correction are equal and what would be Fed adequate reaction should this correction be the result of excessive fear about Ebola, a fear “originated” by vested interests groups. Second, short term low inflation should not be a reason to postpone QE ending. But neither Rosengreen nor Fischer has […]
L’intégration européenne, solution au mal budgétaire de la France?
Entretien avec Michel Dévoluy, professeur d'économie européenne à l'Université de Strasbourg et codirecteur de l'Observatoire des politiques économiques en Europe (OPEE). Il est l'auteur de « Comprendre le débat européen - Petit guide à l'usage des citoyens que ne croient plus à l'Europe ». Dans quelques jours, la France saura si son budget 2015, tel que présenté dans le projet de loi de finances, sera finalement accepté par Bruxelles. Une difficile épreuve en temps de crise. Et si la solution se trouvait dans une Europe plus intégrée politiquement?
Oct 3. Daily Briefing prepared using big data: Russia future at risk, Draghi-nomics likely to succeed
London, October, 3rd 2014 [image:1,s] SNBDL Daily Briefing Report prepared using big data solution Quid Our take away from the last 24 hours news ECB President Draghi revealed the details of his stimuli plan. It did not include any outright sovereign bond QE for now as we were expecting. This disappointed both carry-trade bugs and EU-Skeptics, for obviously different reasons. The former wanted to continue to enjoy moral hazard profits (profits which are quickly disappearing) while the latter wanted to increase tension within EU by giving food for two thoughts: 1) German taxpayers are paying for “lazy” French, Italians etc. (in EU-Skeptics parlance), and 2) France, Italy, Spain youth are leaving in difficult conditions because of […]
Union européenne: la Commission Juncker passe son grand oral
A partir du lundi 29 septembre, les 27 futurs commissaires européens seront auditionnés par le Parlement européen, qui pourrait demander au nouveau chef de l'exécutif européen, Jean-Claude Juncker, de revoir sa copie.
Daily briefing 22 septembre: G20 Finance ministers in Cairns
The report and analysis have been prepared using Quid a big data solution. This report focuses on the most important issues out of 10,000 articles produced by top contributors amongst 35,000 sources during the last 24hours (or from Friday 3am LDN to Monday 3am for Monday’s reports).
Porto Alegre: première ville à avoir misé sur le budget participatif
Aujourd'hui d'actualité en France, le budget participatif est à la mode dans de nombreuses villes du monde depuis plusieurs années déjà. Au Brésil, la ville de Porto Alegre, pionnière en la matière, a lancé le dispositif en 1989 après la victoire du Parti travailleur (PT) aux municipales. Retour sur la première expérience de budget participatif, une innovation vecteur de démocratie et de justice sociale.
