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Tag Archives: Austerity
Austerity strike paralyses Greece
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Police protest against austerity in Portugal
Normally they are on the other side of the barricades. But hundreds of police officers have gathered in Lisbon to call for the Prime Minister to resign and to condemn next year’s budget, which includes the biggest tax hikes in … Continue reading
Greece Creates 70K Government Jobs While Promising Cuts
How will Greece’s official creditors react? (click here if video is not observable)
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Euro, Eurozone Sovereign Spreads, Germany, PIIGS, Politics, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged Austerity, Greece, Public Sector Jobs, Troika
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Stratfor: Effectiveness of Austerity in Europe (Portfolio)
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Posted in Black Swan Watch, Euro, Eurozone Sovereign Spreads, Germany, PIIGS
Tagged Austerity, Europe, Greece, Italy, Spain, Strafor
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Stratfor: Germany’s Eurozone Dilemma
It’s the politics, stupid! Will the Germans and the rest of the core open up their checkbook to the periphery? Doubtful. (click here if video is not observable)
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Euro, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged Austerity, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Germany, Transfer Union
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Real Pain in Spain
Youth unemployment (<25 years) running at 50 percent! The stuff the “clash of generations” is made of. It’s starting to feel the world is about three sparks away. (click here if video is observable)
Real Pain in the Eurozone
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Posted in Black Swan Watch, Euro, PIIGS
Tagged Austerity, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Portugal
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Athens traders count the cost of anti-austerity riots
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Posted in Euro, PIIGS, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged Austerity, Greece, Political Unrest, riots
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Brazil’s Roussef warns Europe on austerity
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Posted in Black Swan Watch, BRICs, Euro, PIIGS, Policy, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged Austerity, Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, Europe
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Austerians Rising
Interesting chart from the Economist. Note the Brits are much less supportive of spending cuts as they are actually experiencing the pain of an austerity program. In other countries austerity is more of a concept than a reality. The Economist … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Deficit, Charts, Fiscal Policy, Policy, Politics
Tagged Austerity, Political Economy, Politics, Public Opinion
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