mardi 30 mars 2010

Recommend reading (Highly)

"This evidence suggests economic fundamentals, rather than CDS market speculation, have been driving Greek government bond yields wider, said Damiano Brigo, co-author of the report.
The full report, entitled "Greece Sovereign CDS - A History of Myth and Reality," is freely available at www.fitchratings.com/FitchSolutions/Products&Services/QuantitativeResearch (link should be alright)
Griffith mentioned CAD as the alternative trade to come.
Yeah, read it? Only Austrian have done better.
“Ireland has left the pigsty for the time being and it has come out smelling of roses,” said Stuart Thomson, who helps oversee more than $100 billion as chief market economist at Ignis Asset Management in Glasgow, Scotland. “It doesn’t face the same problems that the southern Mediterraneans face this year.”
Expect more of that in the coming months, the money is flying to Scotland and London at light speed.

lundi 29 mars 2010

I'm out. That's how it works, the Euskadi's nation rights don't rely on how may be judged any of its rights movements and anybody's rights, member of one these organisations do not depend on how the organisation may be considered otherwise at least as long as their land is partially occupied, no peace treaty signed and the population forced into a citizenship they haven't necessarily agreed on or accepted on an individual basis. That do work for any of the small nations territories occupied and as long as it is.
The same apply to the Zem case, when it can contribute to illustrate the abuse at the heart of the system, a contribution must be made to show that the type of abuse essentially directed at the small nations interests and rights can spread and hit anyone. It is the best way to establish beyond any doubts that the ideology inspiring one the regime and two a handful of organisations is dangerous and threatening. The right for Zem to speak is the right for the small nations people to speak out and take the fight for their rights one step further. Frankly, it doesn't matter too much if you share or not any of Zem's opinion on anything, the important factor is the right to speak out. The racist accusation is often used recklessly to kill the small nations demand for rights, the opportunity to expose the true face of the people behind these organisations very close to the regime, their lies and intimidation methods asking for Zem to be fired when it can be proved with the tape, he never said what they pretend he said must be used.
Hard to tell... you're in a democracy when you have a local Fox, a pretty good indicator media wise.
Hey that's dumb, use this one, email is a java window, can't copy it, have to go to the page http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/economics/bci/onmend.pdf
No, not until next week.
He's off today and she's out, her break, then I go.
Are you done with it? Hand it back then. I wanna go soon.
A dinner with Elisabeth....
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/4-24032010-AP/FR/4-24032010-AP-FR.PDF
I guess it depends how went the dinner www.fitchratings.com

Meesages of Support to the People of Russia

I guess it can be sent here
http://eng.kremlin.ru/articles/send_letter_Eng1a.shtml

Messages of Support for Russia and Moscow

Didn't find much so far...
http://www.russiansinaustralia.org.au/RusSchools_RusLanguage/message_of_support_Cr.M.Lavender.htm
Above a link to the Ethnic Community of South Wales.
May be to the embassy... will check.
Send a few of that bench to the north pole dressed for a weekend in the Bahamas, done.
Guy, quand tu vas appeller Zem pour lui dire que t'as réfléchi et que bon.... si il te dit en fait j'ai bien réfléchi et il y a une pré disposition génétique, il n'est pas sincère, ne prend pas de taxi pour aller lui "casser la gbipbip", ris et dis lui, oui bien sur, la spécialisation dans les activités humaines, c'est gage de professionnalisme.
I was in for a few trades, I'm done now.

dimanche 28 mars 2010

Les propos de Zem sont condamnables? Est ce que dans le pire des cas.... il n'est pas à égalité dans l'appréciation qu'on lui prête du regard qu'il aurait sur 2 communautés qu'il aurait agrégé hazardement? (hazardly)avec le regard de l'ensemble de ses détracteurs dans l'absence du plus petit degré de conscience du respect des Droits (Terre, Langue, Culture) des nations Corse, Basque, Breizh et....
??
Le plus important, c'est que Zem puisse dire ce qu'il dit quel que soit ce qu'il dit et que ceux qui pensent qu'il ne devrait pas le dire ou qui pense qu'il a tort puisse eux aussi le dire et disposer à égalité avec lui de temps médiatique équivalent pour faire connaître leurs désapprobations et ou désaccords??
Weard debate... for a common standard elsewhere in the world. I guess you can't invent yourself more than 200 years of a 1st Amend education?
like it better?
Le plus inquiétant, ce qu'il dit, ce que ses détracteurs entendent et ce dont ils se servent pour exposer ce qu'ils croient être la pensée que ces propos révèleraient? (to be kept for education, haven't seen for a long time a so obvious example of how works the totalitarian thinking).
Dans un échange où Zem est sommé de se soumettre à la culpabilité de la société dans les difficultés que rencontre une société multiculturelle et des conflits qui naissent de ces confrontations, il dit, (ce que j'entend), s'agissant du comportement des forces de police dans l'exécution de contrôles dans des lieux publics accusé de pratiquer des contrôles "au faciès" (an accusation of racial profiling), "il est un fait, que le comportement des forces de police dans les contrôles est induit par la conclusion empirique qu'elles font des arrestations auxquelles elles ont déjà procédé" (pas dans cet ordre, elles font ces contrôles parce que la majorité (des arrestations auxquelles elles ont déjà procédé) des trafiquants sont noirs ou arabes, c'est un fait (qu'elles ont ont déjà constaté et qui déclenche d'autres contrôles de même nature, c'est un fait que ce constat est le déclencheur de la nature de ces contrôles).
Ses détracteurs entendent "c'est un fait que la majorité des trafiquants sont noirs ou arabes (dans cet ordre)", bien que ce n'est pas ce qu'il ait dit, ils auraient pu en conclure que Zem avait fait ce constat et lui dire, "Zem tu te trompes, c'est peut-être un constat que tu as fait mais celui-ci est parcellaire et empirique, ce n'est pas la réalité, les chiffres sont .... ce qui vient contredire le constat que tu as fait"?
Ce n'est pas ce qui va se passer. A partir de ce que ses détracteurs croient ou veulent croire qu'il a dit, ils vont lui prêter l'intention d'affirmer que "la majorité des noirs et des arabes sont des trafiquants" et plus " la majorité des trafiquants arrêtés sont noirs et arabes" mais encore plus révélateur de la teneur totalitaire de la pensée de ses détracteurs, ils vont se servir de ce qu'ils lui font dire dans "la majorité des noirs et des arabes sont des trafiquants" pour instruire que ces propos qu'il n'a pas tenu sont révélateurs de la pensée qui l'habite "les noirs et les arabes ont une pré destination (au point où on en est) génétique à l'activité criminelle" caractérisant s'il en est (la prédestination génétique) la pensée raciste. "Il est fait", acte d'accusation, jugement et culpabilité établie, il ne reste plus qu'à exécuter la sentence.
L'intégralité du procédé est totalitaire, le plus significatif et ce qui caractérise le mieux l'inspiration totalitaire c'est la tentative à partir de mots de déduire la pensée dont on croit, veut croire ou faire croire qu'ils révéleraient, c'est tout le sens du 1er Amend de la Constitution des Etats Unis.
I can't think of a better recent example of why the 1st Amend makes so much sense, you can't use someone words to profile his thoughts.
Online, say what?

vendredi 26 mars 2010

Ne pas bouder le succès des Mouvements d'Affirmation des Droits Corses

Pourtant la lecture des résultats du troisième tour de l'élection du Président de l'Assemblée de Corse fait naître une petite pointe de regret, avec ses 12 voix au 3eme tour Camille de Rocca Serra et ses plus fidèles soutiens détenaient la clé pour l'élection de Gilles Simeoni car avec au coeur de son action les intérêts de tous les Corses et la défense de leur avenir, la famille des mouvements d'affirmation des Droits Corses avec beaucoup de responsabilité s'était rassemblée derrière la candidature de Gilles Siméoni avec le retrait de Josepha Giacometti.
Dans cette élection du Président de l'assemblée, on y verra la main de Paris, la marche sera longue vers la reconnaissance universelle des Droits Corses et si l'on avait souhaité divisé la famille des mouvements d'affirmation des Droits Corses et surtout entré le plus tôt possible dans une série de provocations visant à nuire à leurs popularité, on aurait certainement pas fait autrement. Pourtant la mobilisation de la Nation Corse dans cette élection pour ses mouvements de défense laisse penser que ce n'est qu'une étape.

jeudi 25 mars 2010

Makes you cry... cry and you get badly hitching nose and eyes ... take Terri's advice should try it.
And Colleen.... shining!
Guillermo, long time nosee... How are things going?
Well, well, well.... No Jenny.

Today's note

I thought I had eard everything about America or US policies but no. After the Bush the fascist, Halliburton the criminals and more recently Goldman the crooks... now, something new, whatever happened in Abu Graib for which some service members went to the Military Commissions to be judged (and sadly I whished they have had a better defense as I still think Reservists not in uniforms on 9/11 with no officers were more than anybody else exposed to have suffered from something like a PTSD) is now described as a part of the Patriot Act... (today public senat Mrs Demas marty).
How did she reach such a conslusion based on?
Anjali has a lovely top but don't like the color, hope Jenny will have made some more spring colors.
:))

A message from Toronto trading desk....

“It’s like ‘Yeah, OK, great, I have a plan for winning the lottery, too.’ Show us something that works.”
Jean Claude not happy...
Now guess how long it will take the bench dreaming of a euro plunge to boost their export to find out about their energy bill future?
Have the graph, can you post it?
Fiscal train wreck may not be just a train, it is not taken seriously, figures are out and there is no plan it seems....
We'll wait for the documents in London beginning mid may I guess.
:)) hey ....
Q2 forecast was 0. now a growing negative outlook. No, we're moving.
Consumer Index is down 1.2% (was down 2.5% in january) Insee. Q1 growth they make it or not, think it will be under expectation.
At last, thought you may not show up, alright?
Soyez rassuré, le président de la LICRA a si j'ai bien compris en fait confirmé qu'Eric pouvait avoir eu cette impression car il existerait plus de délinquants dans les "couches défavorisées" de la "population" et qu'il y aurait plus d'immigrés récents naturalisés dans les mêmes couches..... ce qui expliquerait qu'il y ait plus d'immigrants naturalisés dans les délinquants....? expliquant qu'il y ait autant de délinquants français dans les prisons....??
It's weard stuff...!
Truly a liberal type of argument.... Most working class people are good citizens and don't want as far as I know be considered potential criminals just because they'ren't rich....

Two Days of News (Paris style)....

Headline today (A la Hune):))
DELINQUANCE
Photo d'Eric (the devil)
Des propos polémiques
Smart display.....?
Same day Page 36
Théatre de Paris
Le procès impitoyable SESNEC
???
A day ago
Two small cities sharing Paris city limits
On separate occasions, one lady over 80 is found in her flat beaten up, her throat cut, the place turned upside down...., another lady over her 80s too, push her lifesaver button, when the cops get there she had been beaten up and raped by four or five guys, in a terrible condition, she is taken to hospital....
Who gets the mainstream buzz...?
The devil...!

mercredi 24 mars 2010

:))
A te magna.
Fiscal train wreck is the head line.
Dig in there for lawsuits.
I don't know about that. EU laws, you guys have someone?
I mean money speaks.
I wouldn't go there, my opinion, it's a business, just stick to your interests.
Yop.
That's my way... you should just go ahead and claim all your rights and sue if you can, the regime should provide access to native languages and cultures....
When Gov Crist signed the latest agreement with The Seminole Tribe, you had all kind of people complaining saying the Seminoles are racist and stuff, some others complained they have too many rights and on and on....they shouldn't have all the gambling industry proceeds.... and all the rest, it's part of the game but so what.... The Seminole Tribe is now paying ads to promote Florida... people talk....
Don't think you can avoid it, they will use the argument, the racism stuff is a business, interests are competing that's all, just depending on which side you stand.
Well Maria is on after the closing bell.
Knew it.... about the social unrest... :) he talked about?
I learned a lot from it .... about their rethoric. Most of the abuse is in the dna of the political system, refering to history I guess the opposition to jacobins was partly motivated by that...
Have you read the last book?
Goin to Virginia mid april for a party ;) and Gijon is ok first few days of may if alright with that ?
He was after radicalisation and how it is part of your opponents or sometimes enemies(your situation) tactics to expose you and more what you stand for as ugly, haters driving away the mainstream folks....
And to some extent it does work... Most feel confortable to call you french.... and don't think they should be asking you if you do accept it and or accept to speak french as it isn't the language of the Land.... They are not educated.... I wish you had the opportunity to visit Florida, you'd see a very different world...
I wished I was home saturday, he'll be in Orlando but it's too soon.
Glenn did a good job tonight. Watched it?
:))
I'm going home before though,
I guess they can't say it.... some know the war on languages and cultures, land spoliations are the main cause of the type of problems he was talking about but .... you know all the EU has signed that charter, they had some very good reasons to do so ....
Next, Gijon? but when?
Isn't a citizen's vocation to play the role he wishes in politics?

mardi 23 mars 2010

Got yourself a Harley?
Remembering Jon ANZA, his life, his dreams, his hopes for his People and his Land. He wished he had the choice, he would have loved to live in a world of dignity and respect for his Land, his People, his Culture and Language. It wasn't the case, he fought back as much as he could. He died executed, "heart attack" style by criminals and cowards hiding behind the worst ideology and uniforms. I'm sad I never had the opportunity to shake his courageaous hand and do hope one more time I'll be given the opportunity to read about his life, his family, his friends and the dream every single Basque has the right to have, at last the Freedom for a nation under the worse barbaric domination, divided, humiliated and spoiled for centuries.

lundi 22 mars 2010

No, they won't .... they have waged a war on the Small Nations Rights and they will go on....
With all due respect I'd recommend you stop by Fitch report on regions public finances, should provide some support to establish for years to come the local gov program and ability to finance it...?
You may have to register but it's worth it, the complete report is available at a reasonable cost I think, sometimes it is made available.
All the key ratios are in the complete report for Corsica (last page).

Balance Commercial NCVS 2009 et 2008 - Les importations baissent, les exportations aussi et presque également améliorant de peu la balance commercial

Les chiffres proviennent d'Eurostat :
Jan - Dec 2008 : -69.5M * Jan - Dec 2009 : -54.5 M
Les importations Y/Y-1 enregistrent une contraction de 17%, les exportations de 16%.

Les bons élèves enregistrent un excédent :
Allemagne, Belgique (Flandres), Danemark, Suède, Finlande, Rep Tchèque, Hongrie, Irlande et Pays Bas.
Say what...? Well,
Plus de 1.5 milliard d'engagements "hors bilan" des bilans ne seraient pas comptabilisés de la manière la plus souhaitable.... certaines d'entre elles auraient des engagements réels supérieures de 30 à 50% à ceux qui sont publiés...., en l'absence de coupes budgétaires significatives (un sujet sensible...) dans certains cas, leurs endettements augmenteraient à un rythme soutenu avec des risques informatifs dans la mesure où l'indigence des normes comptables et du cadre de régulation pourraient "encourager" des comportements à risque pour les finances publiques...
En outre Fitch souligne que leurs revenus vont stagner alors que les pressions pour une hausse de leurs interventions seront en augmentation laissant percevoir une hausse prévisible de leurs endettements depassant de 50% le niveau de 2009 à l'horizon de 2012.
Bien?

Fitch: French Regions Face Pressure on Public Finances

dimanche 21 mars 2010

Visit


If you go for it, I'd recommend you get John Locke. It brings what the continental thoughts misses the more....
It was some I sometimes need and didn't take with me when I left. Thomas Paine and John Stuart Mill, so I did, wasn't sure but thought the Oxford Classic collection may do the trick. Went back to the store, headed to the enquiries, so nice and pleased to make your visit a good time, showed the way down to the basement and here it was, picked up Thomas and John, complete writings (well most of ...) and... and .... the invisible hand.... my eyes dropped right there... Edmund..... Burke.... ( Reflections on the Revolution in France).... didn't know Edmund... and guess what...."What impressed him about political institutions was not their origins in speculative theories, but their capacity or failure to meet the real needs of men living in a political community. Some upheavals, like the American Revolution, could be applauded because they sought to reaffirm the political that were peculiar to a particular society. Burke wrote in support of Poles, Corsicans, and the peoples of India for the same reason. Other revolutions , however, notably the french, were damned for cutting the peoples off from their roots. "
Dabipbip... I had missed Edmund for the last 50 years.... knew nothing about him and his correspondance with non parisians....eretics....???!!???
Now, you want an example of the invisible hand, I wanted MC's book, Courage and Consequence and after a tapas lunch, frustration a bad instinct....! I don't have should I mention it....? takes me back to the bookstore to drive me to Edmund writings....
I must add, make ends meet is for everybody, Oxford Classic Collection runs a special, buy one, get one free.... where?
That's why it's crazy to have cabinet's members runnin in locals...!
I was told I was unfortunate, five copies had been ordered but hadn't been received yet. Thought hey, alright, coffee time, can't beat that. Instead of coffee, we decided to go for some lunch and on the way we found a true tapas bar, looked nice and sounded good, we went for it....

Getting out, don't know why... I had had a nice lunch..., I was frustrated, I didn't get MC's book... thought I'm going back to the bookstore, I can't get MC's but I wanted to order from Barn's the books I couldn't order from the LoA as I wasn't to be able to collect any orders home, being here and not there, not the there though I was when I wanted to buy it from the bookstore... hey!

Still getting it?

What are you guys doing?
That day it came back to my mind I wanted Karl's book and that I should get it while I'm here, now there, I'm writing so it's there but it was here when it got back to me... thought I won't be able to get it in Paris, don't know many very found of MC's music there, I mean here. So, I entered the first bookshop and asked, the book been out for a week, they might have it, wrong pick, it was an editor bookshop and not MC's, offered to check just in case was told... was surprised to find out someone may think it was possible to edit MC's not knowing it but told myself not everyone watching the same cable I guess...? Up to now, getting it?
Alright.
Walked out after asking where I may find it, was told there was a big bookstore up the road and headed there, walked in and asked.
And.... it is about the invisible hand.
Why? Think Glenn likes the invisible hand.
I got something Glenn woud have loved but it might of interest for Corsica and so, I write here; hope you'll like it.
C'est une erreur de croire qu'il n'existe pas un capital politique considérable défitivement acquis à l'affirmation des Droits Basques, les méthodes comme les idées de l'ETA font l'objet de débats au Pays Basque mais pas les Droits inaliénables de la Nation Basque sur sa terre.

De qui a été victime Jon Anza, qui a donné l'ordre et quelles exlications pour une fusillade en Seine et Marne?

Si cette fusillade n'avait pas fait de victime.... on s'en amuserait! En plein période électorale, entre les deux tours.... une fusillade impliquerait no kidding des membres de L'ETA.....hugh... et la police!
Qui d'autre que le régime de Paris peut signer un pareil montage....
Depuis le début de l'année, plus de 10 militants soupçonnés d'appartenir à la branche la plus véhémente des mouvements de l'affirmation des Droits Basques ont été interpellés par le régime de Paris, aucun d'entre eux n'a fait usage de ses armes alors qui était présent en Seine et Marne en plus des policiers en tenue et des militants supposés des Droits Basques en action et qui a engagé la fusillade...?
Des agents sans "tenue" ont ils tenté de "prendre en charge" certains militants pour les "interroger"....ce qui aurait provoqué des tirs de défense connaissant le sort de Jon...?

Après les paillotes en Corse,....les pompiers Catalans...., n'a pas amusé ni en Euskadi, ni en Catalogne, un sourire ironique peut-être en Corse...

habituée.... aux facéties du régime.... et aux oeuvres de "basse police parisienne" dans les territoires occupés....

samedi 13 mars 2010

Well, watch it, I wouldn't bet on that one.... lots of politics involved and I think some are trying to hard push the Germans into a bailout but.....
Got these two for you, both eyes open and any early guess of a weak greeback doesn't right to me.... I 'd go for, soon probably, a disconnect between US markets and EUs as economies diverge....
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62C0FR20100313
http://www.cnbc.com/id/35835153
Don't know if you had a hold pon that one
http://www.cnbc.com/id/35774681
Later today.
On the road again.

jeudi 11 mars 2010

I don't have much.... Here we go,
"Nous avons besoin d'avoir des grandes régions de gauche (...). Nous devons le faire pour protéger les Français, pour garantir le service public pour les Français qui n'ont pas de patrimoine", a poursuivi Martine Aubry.
And.., doesn't really fit your landscape... not used to public faith vs private faith but sitting on one side those directly interested into a "statu quo", public faith isn't just their beliefs, it happened to also be their job " let's make sure we keep some customers"... on the other side, you have the private faith saying, only a sound economy can and will provide enough opportunities for everyone to get out of the need for a nanny state, handouts and too much of public faith which always ends up damaging the economy... well, what if the private faith proves itself unable to get its stuff together, to enforce laws and to manage with efficiency the labor market and engage into fiscal conservatism....
I guess sacked? But nevertheless, wishing you guys the very best and success for your claims over your lands on the path to Freedom.
About the "faction".. Republicans, I mean, true ones... never entertain any confusion in between a political faction and small nations getting together to protect their rights over the lands, cultures and languages. Yours is the only one to do that....

Going back in time.... Protectionism? Say what, captain say what?

Wall Street barred from European bond sales in retaliation for credit crisis

Going to be ugly : Leading PIIGS to Slaughter

Leading PIIGS to Slaughter
Don't Curb Hedge Funds, Geithner Warns Europe: Report

306.8 Milliards de prêts des banques françaises au coeur de la crise Grec et des difficultés prévisibles d'autres pays de la zone euro.....?

I don't know what it is... I guess it is some kind of distraction for the polls and somehow justify no rights for small nations, hopefully, we'll see more sanctions coming, it is a good start.
:)) Do not support terrorist states! When are you going there?
:)) you're workin on it?
Look, I welcome the decision. For national security you cannot rely on manufactured products you do not control every step of the process and have accurately checked every single background involved. Australia should question its decision.

jeudi 4 mars 2010

Greek, Portuguese Workers Strike, Protest Against Deficit Cuts

Why can't elected officials and their opposition(and staff) put up a plan, go to every townhall and or use tv and internet, explain what went wrong, who did it and when, how too much money has been spent, take the blame because the People won't be happy, they have been betrayed in a way, their trust was somewhat abused, explain their plan and how long it will take, acknowledge everyone will have to make an effort, the powerful and elected officials taking a fair share of the wages reduction leading the effort, sell the plan telling the People everyone sticking and committing themselves to this effort will result in everyone getting out of the hole, the sooner the better?

More numbers, March 4th release here.

Eurostat shot ....

Le PIB de la zone euro et celui de l’UE27 en hausse de 0,1%, -2,1% et -2,3% respectivement par rapport au quatrième trimestre 2008
Au cours du quatrième trimestre 2009, le PIB de la zone euro1 (ZE16) et celui de l’UE271 ont augmenté de 0,1% par rapport au trimestre précédent, selon les premières estimations publiées par Eurostat, l’office statistique de l'Union européenne. Au cours du troisième trimestre 2009, le taux de croissance avait été de +0,4% dans la zone euro et de +0,3% dans l'UE27.
En comparaison avec le quatrième trimestre 2008, le PIB corrigé des variations saisonnières de la zone euro a enregistré une baisse de 2,1% et celui de l'UE27 une baisse de 2,3%, après respectivement -4,1% et -4,3% au trimestre précédent.

And now everyone had a bad name... STUPID

mercredi 3 mars 2010

It's just weard to me.... how was it?

Various Govs and politicians summoned by Banks to discuss regulations of budget deficits, awful amount of debts and various lies about the economy?

Not just now banks may be asked to fund some crazy spending policies, they may have to provide a set of excuses for the politicians responsible of the mess who don't want to admit to their people they screwed....
Alright.

Banks, Regulators to Meet With EU Agency Over Sovereign CDS

Keeping in mind. The "vilains" never cause any "crisis", they do trade it and sometimes "winningly".
Crisis always come from the lack of conservatism regarding fiscal policies, crazy spending and political demagogues making social promises they forget to fund and to explain that the beneficiaries will get the bill soon or later and the latest, the ugliest.... but thanks to them, they have ressources, they recently found the "vilains" (traders and the" Master Vilain" Goldman).... and the evil itself.... "speculation"...
Markets to determine the price premium for the risk. Taking the risk, the elected officials gambling on public finances to "finance" their political capital and credibility for reelection carelessly and sometimes recklessly for the consequences.
We do a lot for you with your money, you don't know it yet, we borrowed it for you.

Greece : Summary

From a political perspective, no support package can be offered to Greece without a commitment from its government to drastically reform budgetary spending since without reform there can be no guarantees that Greece will not limp from one crisis to the next. Today Greece has announced a freeze on pensions, a cut on civil servants bonus payments, another EUR2.4 bln spending cuts and a rise in VAT to 21% from 19%.
At 19% the vat has proved to be poorly collected as the Greeks experienced harsh economic times.

Le volume des ventes du commerce de détail en baisse de 0,3% dans la zone euro et dans l'UE27

En janvier 2010, par rapport à décembre 2009, le volume des ventes du commerce de détail a diminué de 0,3% tant dans la zone euro2 (ZE16) que dans l’UE272. En décembre 2009, le commerce de détail avait augmenté respectivement de 0,5% et 0,2%.
En janvier 2010, par rapport à janvier 2009, l’indice des ventes a reculé de 1,3% dans la zone euro et de 1,6% dans l’UE27.
Source : Eurostat

The Greek sales tax raise will question the Greek gov ability to collect it on the long term?

UK jobs market improves, but more pain is around the corner

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Will the green business reduce the record hight UE unemployment rate?

Some very ambitious goals for the EU Commission.....?
Para centrar los esfuerzos y facilitar los progresos, la Comisión propone que la nueva estrategia económica se centre únicamente en cinco objetivos. En primer lugar, aumentar la tasa de empleo de la población entre 20 y 64 años del actual 69% al 75% en 2020. Bruselas también pide incrementar el nivel de inversión en investigación, desarrollo e innovación (I+D+i) del actual 2,9% al 4% del PIB. El Ejecutivo comunitario quiere además incluir en la estrategia económica los objetivos ya acordados de lucha contra el cambio climático: reducción de las emisiones del 20%, ahorro energético del 20% y cuota de renovables del 20%.
El cuarto objetivo que propone Bruselas tiene que ver con la educación y consiste en reducir la tasa de abandono escolar del 15% de media actual (en España el doble) a menos del 10% de aquí a 2020, y en aumentar la cuota de población entre 30 y 34 años que ha completado la educación terciaria (tanto la universitaria como la no universitaria) del 31% al 40%. Finalmente, la Comisión quiere que en los próximos 10 años se reduzca un 25% el número de personas que viven por debajo del umbral de la pobreza respecto a la cifra de 2008, lo que significaría sacar de la pobreza a 28 millones de personas.
Michelle, you will translate, won't you? I know it's a bit early...

Deficit : The political rages to reduce the deficit

El Partido Popular (PP) ha pedido una reforma "en profundidad" del conjunto del sector público y establecer un escenario creíble de reducción del déficit sin necesidad de subir los impuestos.

Spain : Consumer's confidence goes down by 7.6 points

La confianza de los consumidores vuelve a caer por la crisis tras el repunte de enero
El agravamiento en la percepción sobre la situación económica provoca un descenso de 7,6 puntos en el indicador.

lundi 1 mars 2010

:)) cow!
I know, he may go to NYC to complain....
It is said an Euskara and Corsican version of stats are on the way. Breizh?
Alright, alright I did.
You can have it in Deutsch.
No, next shot is March 4th and 18th for PIEEs.