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View Article  Ratings Agencies: A signal not to be dismissed
These days ratings agencies  have been on the spot.The  credit qualification, is a very sensitive issue when  any  economy is in a weak position.All of a sudden, the risk condition of a country change  whether  it arises a   negative schock.
When the asian economies crisis begun(1997), it quickly  spreads riskier economic  scenarios out of its border.Latin america and other emerging ...   more »
View Article  Looking back in 2011: The year of world citizens
2011 might be considered  the year of the world citizens, no matter whether they are young,old, men or women.In fact a prestigious magazine, considered  this citizen  the key actor of the  this year.
The issue of street demostration was never in this century , more massive than in  the year 2011.It was massive because there were a variety of reason ...   more »
View Article  To be happy or not to be:The quality of all institutions

These days all over the world , there are massive demostrations against what  people consider out of touch according with justice criteria.In the USA, they claim to be the 99% who is not longer willing to accept the greed of the remaining 1%,.(  Banks,Insurance company) which they blame for the financial crisis of  2008.

Most of the demostrators are young ...   more »

View Article  Polls,Leadership and Governance

There is no doubt that  the  global economy is under strong pressure arising from debt problems, fiscal deficit  implications, and how to cope with it.Most of the  economic agent are expecting  quick solutions,but these one do not  comes along easily.Thus, the evaluation of  politicians performance measured by opinion polls , have become  negative with sharp decreases  no matter whether  it is a developed or ...   more »

View Article  The debt problem and market behaviour

 

Neither Europe or the United States have come out free from the global financial crisis of 2008.The recovery has become   complex and full of uncertainties arising from both political and economic weakness due to lack of a proper institutional framework to cope with crisis management .-

Markets  need some degree of certainty to move along  under risk  condition.When there is uncertainty ,speculative ...   more »

View Article  Greek Economy salvation: To recover economic growth

                        

 

How much worth today a Greek  government bond?.It is obvious  that actually  it does not worth its  full value. Thus, the reduction in that value is a proxy for a technical default. Therefore,  It is a “must” for Banks to have the reserves they need to cover the  price reduction in ...   more »

View Article  When Economic growth on its own it is not enough:Peru presidential elections

Peruvian analysts wondered  about the  fact that none of the candidate closer to the main characteristic of current economic model, passed over to the ballotage on June the 5th .With an average rate  of 6% of economic growth,inflation down , foreing investment up and poverty  rate at its lower leveles in years (34%),it seemed that Peru was ready to cross  the boundaries ...   more »

View Article  Democracy and global economics

The  importance of democracy, has become more evident in the scenario of the global economy.While it is not considered as  the perfect politycal  system,it is the one most of the global community trust on.Just like the free market  economy,which is not the perfect one either, but it is the economic system  most of the  business community  trust on.

How come that inperfect systems ...   more »

View Article  Nobel Laureates impact : A welcome signal of the times

Looking back on time, it seems that Nobel laureates are very much like the signals of what society might expect  some years ahead .These oustanding  recognition,  anticipated the fall of totalitarian regimes in Europe both  in the forties(Nazi regime in Germany)  and the seventies(Soviet Union Regime).It also anticipated the new dimension of human rights in Latin America,as  core condition for civilizated societies ...   more »

View Article  New directions in Latin America economy

While  some of the key  post industrial countries have some doubts about  its economic recovery,Latin America looks strong and healthy with an average  expected growth for 2010 of 3,6%, after a drop of 2,9 in 2009.

The financial global recession did not get Latin America economy off guard.It seemed that lesson  from the past (the lost decade of the eighties) were learned quite ...   more »