Klaus Regling Financial Times Emu’s critics will eat their words again By Klaus Regling Published: December 16, 2010 Criticising Europe’s monetary union is – once again – fashionable. The basic concept of Emu – with a centralised monetary and exchange rate policy and decentralised fiscal and structural policies – cannot work, according to a growing number of economists and analysts. Some have always been sceptical about a unified currency, arguing that a “one size fits all” monetary...Read Full Story
This past weekend, EU leaders opened doors for a permanent bailout fund to replace the temporary European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) when it ends in 2013. The idea of the fund, otherwise known as European Stabilization Mechanism (ESM), came about after Ireland asked for a bailout and more recently, concerns that Spain or Portugal may need one too. To allow the EU the right to establish the mechanism, EU leaders decided to tweak the rules a lil’ bit on the original Lisbon Treaty...Read Full Story
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Morgunblaðið Miðvikudaginn 09. nóvember 2011. Loftur Altice Þorsteinsson Skaðlegar hugmyndir um skipan bankamála eftir hrunið Valdaaðallinn veit ekki sitt rjúkandi ráð, eftir að allur almenningur hefur öðlast skilning á skaðsemi »torgreindu peningastefnunnar«. Ekki gengur lengur að reyna að telja fólki trú um að »minniháttar ágallar« hafi valdið bankahruninu. Enginn hlustar lengur á fullyrðingar um að ef þessir ágallar verði lagfærðir muni efnahagslegur stöðugleiki hagkerfa og fjármálalegt...Read Full Story
Morgunblaðið Mánudaginn 04. júlí 2011. Loftur Altice Þorsteinsson Efnahagsráðherra »örvar umræðu um framtíðarstefnu í peningamálum«Allir sem hugleiða ríkjandi peningastefnu á Íslandi hljóta að komast að þeirri niðurstöðu að hún er glæpsamleg. Ekki er hægt að nefna »torgreindu peningastefnuna« annað, enda leiðir hún til stöðugs falls krónunnar og þar með til aukinnar verðbólgu, aukins eignabruna og hækkunar á lánum almennings. Með sterkum gjaldmiðli, sem merkir gjaldmiðill sem heldur ver...Read Full Story
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Gilbert schools may lose elementary art classes, see bigger class sizes and experience cuts to programs if current budget levels are not maintained, district leaders told the governing board. The Gilbert Unified School District governing board is expected ...
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors will take up the university's budget at its regular quarterly meeting today and Monday in Blacksburg. There is also a scheduled presentation on the school's nationally publicized Stadium Woods issue on Monday. Committee ...
The board of Generali has removed its chief executive, Giovanni Perissinotto, bringing to an end a short but bitter battle between the executive and a Mediobanca-led group of shareholders in Europe’s third-largest insurer by premiums. Ten of Generali’s ...
Grim U.S. jobs data on Friday suggested the turmoil in the euro zone, which pulled the single currency down by about 6 percent last month, is taking its toll on the world's largest economy, stoking fears of a worldwide slowdown. The downbeat non ...
Click here to read selected emails. The Des Moines Public Schools staff blacked out some words or names before sending the emails to The World-Herald. We have blacked out other words or sections for taste or because they were emails from Sebring ...
The National Labor Relations Board is inviting briefs from interested parties on the question of whether university faculty members seeking to be represented by a union are employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act or excluded managers.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — As expected, all Wal-Mart board members were re-elected at the shareholders meeting here Friday, and proposals challenging company practices were voted down, the company said. Because the founding Walton family owns almost ...