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In het Vlaams regeerakkoord van juli 2009 werden de ambitieuze plannen uit de doeken gedaan van een zogenaamd “Vlaams ...
Als er de voorbije jaren één opvallende zaak was in het investeringspatroon van de olie- en gas producerende bedrijven, dan is het ...
Begin deze eeuw werd de Belgische energiemarkt geliberaliseerd. Maar het is voor iedereen duidelijk dat dit niet tot de verhoopte ...
The answer is "yes", that is if you read today's main article on Bloomberg. The main story line being : "The criticism about the FED ...
Dit oude sprookje kennen we haast allemaal, we herinneren ons vast en zeker het idyllische plaatje uit onze kindertijd. Een hard ...
The LTRO operation of late December by the ECB has relieved some tensions on money markets and bank funding cost in the short term. ...
China, de grootste exponent van deze regio, kampt met een dalende groei en sommige media brengen het nieuws alsof het een negatieve ...
Een flink jaar geleden zou deze titel meewarend zijn onthaald, maar anno 2012 zijn de zaken toch wat gewijzigd.Elke mens die weet wat ...
Whenever you hear these words, tourist, buyer or businessman, be aware !! The last couple of weeks, we have been focusing a lot on ...
Apple is on the brink of becoming the biggest company in the world in terms of market capitalization. It will exceed the size of ...
Google has become a multi-billion company, making most of its revenues from advertising. Research now shows that Google earns the ...
A Twunhc, is a lunch presentation organized via Twitter. A bit like a "flash mob" of nerds. It was organized by the Belgian ...
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The labor market, the most important one in economic terms as far as I am concerned. We used to have the idea that the European labor ...
Het ene pensioensparen is het andere nietWie dacht dat men met de ogen dicht aan pensioensparen kon doen, is deze week toch abrupt ...
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New figures on US home foreclosures were recently released and for some, it might even induce some feeling of optimism. So the worst is behind us ? Not yet, and certainly not as far as the FED is concerned. But let's first take a look at some basic stats.
Earlier this week, we mentioned the rally on high yield European short term government bonds in anticipation of Wednesday's ECB LTRO auctioning (Long Term Refinancing Operation). Markets had expected something in the range of 300-400 bio EUR. The final result was 489 bio EUR spread over 523 bidders, on average almost 1 bio EUR per ...
After November's hectic month on all sorts of government bonds, ranging from PIIGS over to Belgium over to credits globally, December has kicked off under a different Zodiac sign. In fact, the latest auctions on government bonds have staged various rallies on different countries.Now the question would be : Has the Belgian state ...
De laatste maanden betoogden misnoegden in Brussel, Antwerpen, Leuven en Oostende tegen de inhaligheid van de banken. Het “Occupy Wall Street” protest startte deze zomer in New York en vertakt zich nu wereldwijd. Bonussen, zoals de 600,000€ voor de Dexia- CEO Pierre Mariani in 2010, liggen zwaar onder vuur. Zijn bonussen altijd te ...
"...after the gunshot", replies the answering machine of Herr Flick. Today, a newspaper from progressive left origin had the audacity to bundle all the reactions - or rather lack of reactions - from various members of the board of governors from Dexia and the Communal Holding. The summary is quite a revelation. On the ...
Negen punten verdienen de aandacht van het beleid om verdere schade na Dexia te voorkomen. Want de financiële crisis is met de nationalisering van Dexia niet achter de rug. Lees hier de column die Geert Noels publiceerde in De Tijd.
A "Dear John" letter is more than often an ominous sign : "I love you but, it's not easy, difficult circumstances, hope we can still be friends, etc etc ; A dear "Jean Claude" letter apparently is even worse. Yesterday, some blogs pointed to a particular "farewell letter" towards Jean Claude Trichet, presiding his last ECB monetary ...
On the international blogosphere, economists and market watchers are trying to give an answer as to why the US (along with the central banks of Great Britain, Japan, and Switzerland) is providing dollars to European banks that have lost their ability to access dollar capital markets? John Mauldin has the following answer and ...
Barry Ritholtz is de meest invloedrijke Amerikaanse financieel-economische publicist-blogger-journalist. Hij was gastspreker op de recentste editie van de Econopolis Economic Encounters (8 juni), met een zeer gesmaakte uiteenzetting over de globale economie, de toestand in de VS, de rente, de dollar, de nieuwe media, en zoveel ...
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 ...
For some months now, the Basel Committee is pondering on how to tackle the issues of systemic risk. It seems the outcome might well be something along the lines of "agreed it's moral hazard but it's OK".End of April, Reuters leaked a Bundesbank initiative to set up a so-called SIFI list (Systemically Important Financial ...
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 ...
Rating agencies : when the music plays, you most of the time don't need them around and when the music stops, you really don't want them to be around. Yesterday, after years of not being welcome to the party, Moody's invited itself once again and guess what : They even gave a round of free drinks ! ...
Speaking on CNBC at a FDIC sponsored forum last week, FED chairman Bernanke was asked how quantittative easing could be called a success in view of rising interest rates and commodity price spikes. His answer revealed that the FED now officially admits having a third mandate : "Our policies have contributed to a stronger ...
Experts almost unanimously are pushing for a nationalisation of the banking sector, especially in the US. As this decision will determine to an important degree the next decade, it might be interesting to look at some counterarguments before deciding. The case for nationalisation can be summarised : ...
In a rare appearance before national broadcast, Ben Bernanke yesterday on CBS gave comment on the state of the economy and his intentions further up the road. Apparently it took 1 bad number - November pay-rolls released last Friday - to ring the alarm bells inside the FED. Just 1 month after QE2 has been announced, it seems QE3 is ...
De regeringsvorming zit in het slop. Tot op vandaag heeft ons land echter geluk: er is geen nieuwe financiële crisis, en de aandacht van Europa of buitenlandse investeerders voor de Belgische situatie is erg gering. Ons land moet echter opletten, want de begroting en de garanties voor de redding van de Belgische banken vragen om ...
Vanaf 1 januari 2011 gaat het toezicht op financiële instellingen ook op Europees niveau gevoerd worden. Tevens komt er een Europese Raad van Systemische Risico's, een orgaan dat moet toezien op systemische risico's. Dat laatste zal voorgezeten worden door de voorzitter van de ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet. Positieve punten ...
One of the scarce hilarious moments in the motion picture "Das Boot" concerns the "usual" exercise of emergency diving after an enemy alert. When the U-boot goes beneath 250 m, the infrastructure crumbles and shakes with bolts flying around. The chief engineer smiles to the propaganda representative aboard - having cold sweat and ...
* Blankfein (Goldman Sachs) defends speculation as helping investors to hedge risks* Senator says: this is like gambling , it has nothing to do with farmers trying to hedge insecurity Bottom line: Wall Street is worse than Vegas: * the bookies are betting against their own house * they bet against ...
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February 22, 2012
A note on Banzai Bonds
February 21, 2012
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February 20, 2012
Bejing weekend press coverage : Monetary Pre-empt ?
Hebben we de trein gemist?
February 17, 2012
Once upon a time....trains
February 16, 2012
"We don't wish to make a profit" & preparing for "clean" cuts
February 15, 2012
Basel - Frankfurt : 0 - 5
March 30, 2011
Guest Post : Peak Oil, a hot issue, again ?
POSTCARD FROM ASIA - INDIA'S ROAD AHEAD
November 4, 2010
Is this the real reason for QE2 ? - Update
June 18, 2010
De olievlek van BP... bij u thuis
May 28, 2010
Hold-up van 100 miljoen euro op klaarlichte dag
