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November 21, 2008
FRENCH PRESIDENCY OF EUROPEAN UNION EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 six month term agenda will focus on the environment, immigration, and defense
- - PEUGEOT announced a 3500 staff reduction plan through buy out packages - - European Commission announced new COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY measures: investment aid for young farmers under Rural Development will be increased from €55,000 to €70,000; the requirement for arable farmers to leave 10 percent of their land fallow is abolished;milk quotas will expire by April 2015 and a 'soft landing' is ensured by increasing quotas by one percent every year between 2009/10 and 2013/14 - - RENAULT announced production reductions in answer to the rough decline of the automotive market: the scheduling of Days Not Worked (DNWs) includes in France, the Flins plant temporary closure from Nov 20th to Dec 3rd, and STA Ruiz from Dec 10th to Jan 3rd;in Romania, the Dacia Pitesti plant will temporarily close from Nov 20th to Dec 7th; in Spain, the Valladolid assembly plant will stop production for 11 days, and the Palencia plant will stop production for 7 days in November and 7 days in December. As per union rules, workers will be paid 85% of salary - - CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT fell -1.3% in the Euro area and -1.7% in the EU 27: constructions dipped -0.4% in France and -1.7% in Germany compared with the previous month according to Eurostat. The strongest construction production gaps were recorded in the UK -8.5% and in Spain -7.8% Buildings and Civil Engineering works were impacted as well, with production down respectively -1.5% and -1% in the Euro area and -2.3% and -3% in the EU 27. In one year production dipped -3.8% in the Euro area and -3.1% in the EU 27. Spain's -24.1% and Sweden's -19.8% observed the strongest declines. France's construction output decreased by 1.1% __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INFLATION RATES FRANCE & EURO AREA OCTOBER EURO area : 3.2% flash estimate Eurostat __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION of manufactured products rescind in OCTOBER more COMPANY CREATIONS dip -1.1% in OCTOBER more NEW PASSENGER CAR REGISTRATIONS tumble -14.5% in OCTOBER in western Europe more ECONOMIC SENTIMENT INDICATOR plummets in OCTOBER main indices fall below long-term average. Nordic states no exception more CONSUMER CONFIDENCE reaches new record lows in OCTOBER more
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| BULLETIN 2008
Of millions, billions and trillions and still pouring in In perfect alignment with human nature, it took brutal bludgeoning to trigger
the intervention of rescue missions well after massive damages, and certainly
not of the so-called collateral type, were already happening. Agreed, the blood
spill will continue for a while. there exists no past reference equal to the
present time global crisis, and, the ones who will intend to resolve the mess we
are all in are certainly people of strong determination. What will thus be the
outcome of November 15th when world leaders of the g8 and g5 groups
meet to debate about putting the world back on its feet? Leaving aside cultural
differences and potential diplomatic incidents of any kind, one key word is
likely to remain high on the agenda : profit. As to how it will be redefined,
some leaders are likely to choke on such an oxymoron as ethical profit while
others in good faith may grasp the moment to put another word higher up on the
agenda: regulation. The kind that already exists having been blatantly ignored
by a vast majority, new rules will certainly emerge and become even more
confusing by the time they are translated, and itemized on an even longer time
table that no one will really want to abide by and that will necessitate more
world leaders meetings. Another plethora of unconventional words, --
independence, , control, fundamentals, diligence, monitoring,- and the likes --
will get gold medal status and prodigal sons, aka hedge funds, rating agencies,
speculators, will get serious reprimand and, little else. As for the eccentrics,
-- golden parachutes, stock options, overblown bonuses-- they will get what they
deserve, a cold shoulder, and be left alone for each nation to choose whether to
remove them or not. out of the good, the bad and the ugly , a new who’s who is
about to be re-written. How long will it last prior to being reviewed, disputed,
and put aside ? yet we are running out of time... |
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