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"Out of Order"

Karlruhe (Baden Wurtenberg) is since 1950/51 the German residence of Law. Translated, "Karlsruhe" also means "machine ganz kaput, no longer of any use, out of order". And it's these days all about "out of order" in another interpretation being "acting beyond one's legal capacity". Yesterday, the hearings before the German ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  July 06, 2011
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Pijnloze oplossing is fictie

Pijnloze oplossing is fictie - image (deze tekst verscheen in De Standaard afgelopen weekend) - Geert Noels, hoofdeconoom en stichter van de vermogensbeheerder Econopolis, zegt dat de tijd van schuldgedreven groei definitief voorbij is. Hij waarschuwt voor kwakzalvers die ons naar de afgrond brengen. Politici en bankiers zouden moeten kijken naar ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  August 12, 2011
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Seeking shelter in chocolate gold bars

Seeking shelter in chocolate gold bars - image "Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  August 04, 2011
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Een 'banken-ontbinder' voor Europa

Een 'banken-ontbinder' voor Europa  - image Geert Noels stelde hier op vrijdag 29 juli voor om een Europese bankenliquidator op te richten. The EU should be able to close down insolvent banks. Banks should be orderly liquidated when they are in insolvency… Some banks should become smaller, some zombie banks should be closed down in an orderly fashion. A European ...

  • Written by Daan Struyven
  • On  July 31, 2011
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9 hours, 4' and 33", in 3 movements

9 hours,  4' and 33 "This is a usual coordination meeting, not an emergency meeting on Italy", the official version. Vittorio Grilli, a well respected economist and head of the Italian Treasury, was present as well and sounded nevertheless a different tune. The 17 European finance ministers gathered yesterday for 9 hours and the outcome of the ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  July 12, 2011
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Sympathy with Greece is mostly misplaced

Sympathy with Greece is mostly misplaced - image My Sunday readings included i.a. The New York Times, John Mauldin, The Daily Mail, and a lot of statistics by Eurostat, IMF and OECD. All the facts and hard data on Greece point to a country where citizens cheat their government, and where the government has been cheating Europe. John Mauldin , the ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  June 26, 2011
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Wat heeft de EU voor ons gedaan ?

Wat heeft de EU voor ons gedaan ? - image Andere tijd, ander decor en andere politieke leiders,... zelfde discussie. Het zou in Griekenland kunnen zijn, of in Spanje, of in België... wat heeft de EU ons bijgebracht ?

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  June 22, 2011
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Greece : Who will pay the Ferry-man ?

Greece : Who will pay the Ferry-man ? - image The next article appeared in De Standaard and expresses the views of Geert Noels & Econopolis on the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis : De banken: risktakers moeten mee betalen. 'Tot voor zes maanden was de aanpak van het Grieks probleem: steeds meer geld op tafel leggen. Maar langzaam maar zeker evolueert het in een andere ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  June 17, 2011
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Trichet nails it, too late ?

Trichet nails it, too late ? - image In an interesting speech addressing the London School of Economics (13/06), JC Trichet elaborates on the pros and cons of monetary and economic policy in EMU, this in comparison with the US. Some slides of his presentation, and in particular 1, tells a lot. The picture below just depicts to what extend convergence on ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  June 15, 2011
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Please send more money !!

Please send more money !! About a year ago, the following joke circulated in financial markets worldwide when the sovereign debt crisis broke out : Rather than work hard, live within his means and save for the future, a dissolute student decided to invent a system for beating the bank at roulette. After months of experimentation with betting ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  May 31, 2011
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Draghi zoals Riccardo Ricco

Draghi zoals Riccardo Ricco Uit Knack:U twitterde: ‘Beseffen ze bij de ECB dat het een fout signaal is om Mario Draghi te benoemen tot directeur?’ Waarom? Noels: "Mario Draghi is zo kort na de financiële crisis niet de figuur die breekt met het verleden. Hij had een vooraanstaande functie bij investeringsbank Goldman Sachs in de periode toen de crisis ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  May 05, 2011
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3 vragen over Griekenland

3 vragen over Griekenland 1. Is een Griekse schuldherschikking onvermijdelijk ? 'Een of andere aanpassing van de terugbetalingsmodaliteiten van de Griekse schuld is niet te vermijden. Voorbeelden daarvan zijn een verlenging van de looptijd, het overslaan of kapitaliseren van een rentebetaling, het nemen van een 'haircut' (bijvoorbeeld aanvaarden ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 25, 2011
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European Shadow-play : Games without frontiers

European Shadow-play : Games without frontiers - image It passed unnoticed, the European summit of heads of state on 11/03 because of more tragic events at the other side of the globe. It was nevertheless an important primer and the current blueprint is waiting for confo on 24-25/03. In 1971, even Republicans like former president Nixon proclaimed :"We have all become ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  March 23, 2011
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Zonder remmen over de top

Zonder remmen over de top De slogan dat de crisis achter de rug is, klinkt steeds luider. Helaas moeten we na een keynesiaans gestimuleerd herstel ons beginnen af te vragen hoe we de volgende groeivertraging gaan aanpakken.

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  March 05, 2011
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London Calling

London Calling - image The latest string of monthly figures on foreign holdings of US Treasuries gives some surprising results : Of the big global players, only Japan and Brazil keep on accumulating US debt at a steady pace. Opec, Russia and the Carribean seem to be losing interest while China apparently heralds status quo, if we believe the official ...

  • Written by Christof Govaerts
  • On  January 24, 2011
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