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France: a housing market designed for the rich

February 2nd, 2013  |  by  |  published in Froggy News, Warning signs | 4 Comments »

France: a housing market designed for the rich

What’s wrong with the French Housing market? It favors the rich in many ways.

Protesting against each others

November 25th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Froggy News, Warning signs | Leave A Comment »

Protesting against each others

Recent gay marriage debate in France unveils the rise of moral values as pretexts for ruling political debate.

Guy Standing: “the Precariat is growing angry”

November 8th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Featured, Warning signs | Leave A Comment »

Guy Standing: “the Precariat is growing angry”

    Guy Standing is Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath and a founder member and co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), a non-governmental organisation that promotes a citizenship income for all. He worked at the International Labor Organization as researcher for many years and is author of “The Precariat — […]

A monetary carnage in Greece

August 5th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Warning signs | Leave A Comment »

A monetary carnage in Greece

Just a quick update on this blog in order to highlight one very worrisome (and little discussed) fact about the Greek crisis: the plunge of the money supply.

Euro crisis: worrying facts roundup

August 1st, 2012  |  by  |  published in Warning signs | Leave A Comment »

Euro crisis: worrying facts roundup

Being busy with my projects, I’m not posting very much these days. So here is a quick roundup of warning signs I’m looking in my radar.

Meanwhile in Ireland: mortgage arrears still growing

May 28th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Warning signs | Leave A Comment »

Meanwhile in Ireland: mortgage arrears still growing

While everyone is talking about Grexit, and all eyes are looking at Spain, more and more Irish people find it hard to repay their mortgages, which is a very bad sign of the inexistence of any sustainable recover of the irish economy. 

A run on the spanish banks?

May 21st, 2012  |  by  |  published in Warning signs | Leave A Comment »

A run on the spanish banks?

Is there a bank run on the Spanish banks? According to El Mundo, Bankia’s customers did withdraw 1bn euros on a single day last week (the information was then denied by spanish officials). True or not, these allegations are a good opportunity to have a look on the long-term evolution of the deposits in Spain.

European banks lifeline round up – march 2012

May 17th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Warning signs | Leave A Comment »

European banks lifeline round up – march 2012

As the crisis deepens, europeans banks are increasingly relying on central banks. What does it mean for the real economy?

The squeaky problem of the greek silent bank run

May 16th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Crisis routine, Warning signs | 1 Comment »

The squeaky problem of the greek silent bank run

With the crisis, greek banks have been suffering from huge deposit flight. Official figures show that at least 80 billion euros have been moved abroad since 2009. What consequences for the greek economy? And how to address the problem?

Confirmed: central bank of Cyprus is rescuing cypriot banks through ELA

May 11th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Warning signs | 8 Comments »

Confirmed: central bank of Cyprus is rescuing cypriot banks through ELA

The last balance sheet released by the Central bank of Cyprus confirms that the cypriot banking sector is under emergency liquidity assistance injection.

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