Ministers blast violence at ultra-Orthodox rally  17/05/2013

Deputy Finance Minister Mickey Levy slammed ultra-Orthodox demonstrators who took part in a Jerusalem rally protesting the universal draft law, claiming that the reported violence displayed at the scene had “crossed all the red lines.”...

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Times of Israel


Germany prepares its military for the 21st century  17/05/2013

The reform of the German military is the most radical overhaul of the Bundeswehr in its history. New challenges such as international terrorism and global cooperation require a smaller, more flexible troop structure...

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Deutsche Welle


Report: 'US government in GM-industry's pocket'  17/05/2013

US diplomats lobbied aggressively to support its genetically-modified food industries, a campaign group has revealed in a new report. The US even pushed EU countries to change laws to allow GM crops in...

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Deutsche Welle


Hollande propose un gouvernement économique de la zone euro  17/05/2013

François Hollande a proposé jeudi la mise en place d'un gouvernement économique de la zone euro, avec un président nommé à sa tête, qui serait chargé notamment d'une harmonisation de la fiscalité des pays membres et de lancer un plan de lutte contre la fraude fiscale...

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Les Echos


Yuan appreciation burdens exporters  17/05/2013

The recent appreciation of the renminbi has had a major impact on Chinese exporters, especially those targeting the Japanese market, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shen Danyang told a news briefing on Thursday...

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China Daily


France's Hollande urges euro zone government  17/05/2013

French President Francois Hollande called on Thursday for an economic government for the euro zone with its own budget, the right to borrow, a harmonised tax system and a full-time president...

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China Daily


Tunisie: les salafistes maintiennent leur meeting annuel malgré l'interdit  17/05/2013

Le bras de fer entre salafistes jihadistes et gouvernement s'est encore durci hier, jeudi 16 mai, autour de la tenue de leur grand meeting annuel. Prévu dans la ville sainte de Kairouan, cette grand messe jihadiste a été interdite par le gouvernement mais le mouvement Ansar al-Charia maintient l'évément et attend plus de 40 000 personnes...

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RFI


Mali: la communauté internationale mobilise 3,25 milliards d’euros  17/05/2013

Lors de la conférence internationale de soutien au développement du Mali, qui s’est tenue ce mercredi 15 mai, à Bruxelles, la communauté internationale s’est engagée à réunir plus de trois milliards d’euros. « Plus de 3,25 milliards d’euros ont pu être mobilisés à l’occasion de cette conférence », a annoncé le président français, François Hollande...

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RFI


Etats-Unis: scandales en séries pour Barack Obama  16/05/2013

Les ennuis se multiplient pour l’administration Obama au rythme des nouveaux scandales qui semblent éclater chaque jour. Alors que le fisc américain est accusé d’avoir illégalement ciblé des groupes conservateurs pour ses contrôles, l’agence Associated Press a annoncé avoir été victime de ce qu’elle appelle « une intrusion massive et sans précédent »...

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RFI


Libre-échange transatlantique: l'UE à la rame  16/05/2013

Si José Manuel Durao Barroso voulait fournir aux eurosceptiques un argument de campagne clef en main il ne s’y prendrait pas autrement. À un an des élections européennes de mai 2014, le président de la Commission n’a rien trouvé de mieux que de se lancer dans la négociation d’un vaste accord de libre-échange entre les États-Unis et l’Union européenne, les deux principales puissances économiques du monde...

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Coulisses de Bruxelles


Battling the Crisis: Disunity Plagues EU Banking Union Talks  16/05/2013

European leaders had hoped to quickly finalize plans for an EU banking union to regulate bank bailouts and provide a roadmap for unwinding insolvent financial institutions. But with the German election looming, Berlin is wary of moving forward. The result could be a lengthy delay...

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Der Spiegel


How 'Brixit' Could Affect UK Business, Economy  16/05/2013

With the latest vote on U.K. membership of the European Union (EU) splitting the ruling Conservative party, U.K. business experts told CNBC what a U.K. exit from the EU - its biggest trading partner - would mean for the country's businesses and economy...

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CNBC


Flurry of Fed Speakers to Guide Markets  16/05/2013

Thursday's markets will navigate data on jobs, housing and inflation, but traders may be most interested in the words of Fed speakers. Five Federal Reserve officials will get special attention because the idea of Fed tapering, or dialing back, on its quantitative easing program has been the talk of the street this week...

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CNBC


Hold On, Japan Still Missing Key Pillar of Growth  16/05/2013

While growth in the world's third largest economy, Japan, surpassed expectations in the first quarter, expanding at its fastest pace in a year, an important pillar of growth was missing: revival in capital spending...

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CNBC


Sellers Starting to Emerge in the Bull Market  16/05/2013

The stellar rally in global equity markets appears to be far from over. Still, some market watchers say they are starting to spot something that they haven't seen for a while: sellers moving back in...

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CNBC


Venezuela : Maduro consolide la pétro-diplomatie de Chavez  16/05/2013

Sur proposition de Nicolas Maduro, président du Venezuela, la création prochaine d'une "Zone économique de Petrocaribe" (ZEP) a été approuvée dimanche à Caracas par le VIIème sommet de cette alliance de 18 pays cimentée par le pétrole brut vénézuélien fourni à des conditions avantageuses...

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LatinReporters


Venezuela hopes to wipe out toilet paper shortage by importing 50m rolls  16/05/2013

First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities – toilet paper. Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the government says it will import 50m rolls to boost supplies...

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The Guardian


Japan’s Nuclear Watchdog Shows Its Bark Has Some Bite: Energy  16/05/2013

Japan’s nuclear regulator, set up to replace a predecessor that ignored warnings before the atomic disaster in Fukushima, looks set to deliver a ruling that will permanently shut at least one nuclear plant and maybe more...

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Bloomberg


Bills Without Prayer Fill U.S. House Republican Agenda  16/05/2013

As the U.S. Senate works to rewrite immigration policy, the House of Representatives is spending floor time on legislation that won’t become law, with its 37th vote set for today on repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act...

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Bloomberg


Fed blame game leads to QE end game  16/05/2013

The Federal Reserve's controversial quantitative-easing (QE) program has generated a new round in the "blame game," and the Fed itself is now forecasting the end game for QE...

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Market Watch


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GEAB N°75 - Contents

- Published on May 16, 2013 -

Systemic crisis 2013: with record stock exchange highs, the planets imminent plunge into recession
The world economy is slowing down badly and a widespread recession is looming. The various players are fully aware of it and, in the face of the challenges of an imminent collapse, countries or regions are putting various strategies in place to try and limit the consequences… (page 2)
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BoJ, Fed, ECB : with different methods, contrasting futures
In order to see the unfolding of the global systemic crisis more clearly, we must understand how the major western central banks act, the limits, the advantages, and the disadvantages of their interventions. We explain their policies in broad terms… (page 9)
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GEAB Dollar and Euro index
The traditional Dollar Index (used by the financial markets) is an unreliable indicator for forecasting US Dollar developments. Henceforth, our team will also publish the GEAB $ index together with the GEAB € index… (page 14)
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Strategic and operational recommendations
. Decoupling of paper and physical gold
. European sovereign bonds: the ECB is still the boss
. Stock exchanges: when QE rains money ! … (page 17)
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The GlobalEurometre - Results and analysis
The general tone of this month's poll is sombre, to say the least. Confidence in the capacity to manage the Euro crisis has literally collapsed this month, the fear of losing money has significantly risen … (page 18)
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