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Criza si bancile centrale

Criza financiara a scos la iveala o serie de instabilitati din sectorul financiar si valori alarmante ale datoriilor suverane, la care s-au adaugat schimbari succesive pe scena politica, declansate de alegeri anticipate (cum este cazul Greciei, Ciprului, Italiei, sau Irlandei). In acest context, bancile centrale si guvernatorii acestora au devenit mai vizibili in ochii cetatenilor. De exemplu, rezultatele sondajului „Barometrul de opinie publica – Adevarul despre Romania”, realizat de INSCOP Research in martie 2013, arata ca: -        47,2% din populatie are incredere in Banca Nationala a Romaniei (BNR), institutia situandu-se pe locul doi, dupa Armata (61,8%); -        Mugur Isarescu, guvernatorul BNR, ocupa locul al treilea din punct de vedere al [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:41+02:00May 22nd, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs|0 Comments

Pakistani politics: perils and paradoxes

This weekend, many tens of millions of some 200 million Pakistanis will elect new national and four provincial governments. The elections are a remarkable milestone due in large measure to President Asif Zardari’s political navigational skills in the most roiled of waters.  This is the first time in Pakistan’s history that an elected civilian government has completed a full five-year term and will be replaced democratically. At this stage, the only likely outcome is continued PPP control of the Senate and its 104 seats as only a third of the senators are up for re-election.  Most polls rank Nawaz Sharif and his PML-N party as the favorite possibly winning 90-100 [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:41+02:00May 14th, 2013|Blogs, Harlan Ullman.|0 Comments

Criza remodeleaza sistemul bancar

Anii de criza au dezvaluit o “maladie” pentru care s-au prescris mai multe retete, fara a avea insa in prealabil un diagnostic si, cu atat mai putin, o ameliorare a situatiei : sistemul bancar. Atat european, dar nu numai! Astfel ca expertii s-au mobilizat pe redesenarea sistemului bancar, au propus reforme, au dezbatut masuri. Unele dintre ele au fost aplicate, altele nu. Deoarece  sectorul bancar  joaca un rol critic in economia reala, preocuparea pentru imbunatatirea lui s-a extins in tot spectrul societatii, de la cetateni la guvernanti, la bancheri, la mediul de afaceri, la experti, la organizatii de management financiar global, societatea civila, media, etc. Ce se intampla acum cu [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:41+02:00May 14th, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs|0 Comments

Sweden and the European Transition

Conferences as a general rule are meant as networking events – rarely do you attend one that provides new insights into reality. Over the last three weeks I have traveled and attended conferences in Slovakia, Switzerland and Romania. Considering that the three events I attended focused much on international security and defense policy, I was surprised to observe the persistence of two general themes: the pessimistic view on the future of the European Union and the questions marks flying up in the air whenever talking about NATO. Looking back, news coming from one country — Sweden — highlighted the two worries. Since early March, the Swedish media has been a [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:41+02:00May 14th, 2013|Antonia Colibasanu., Blogs|0 Comments

1 Mai 2013 – Ziua somerilor

Daca ziua de 1 mai a anului trecut a fost marcata de proteste in stada, in aceeasi simbolistica muncitoreasca, 1 mai 2013 ar putea fi ziua “celebrarii” somajului, sau a unui semnal de alarma cu privire la cotele ridicate inregistrate din ultima vreme. Mereu in crestere, cifrele referitoare la someri, la viitoarele disponibilizari fac din ziua de maine o mare incertitudine pentru cetatenii europeni. Agentiile de sondare a opiniei publice subliniaza teama cu care respondentii vorbesc despre actualul loc de munca, despre somaj, despre preturi si facturi. Toate descriu o  lume dificila si dureroasa. Nu departe de ziua de duminica, Grecia a anuntat reduceri a numarului de functionari cu 15.000 [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:41+02:00May 2nd, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs|0 Comments
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