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 Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Value creation should be a priority of stability policy, shouldn't it?

 


US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner held private talks with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and ECB’s President Mario Draghi this week. The other confidential meeting was carried between ECB’s President Mario Draghi and Bundesbank Chief Jens Weidmann before the ECB’s monetary policy vote on Thursday, 2 August. Last week M. Draghi’s publicly announced to do whatever it takes in order the Spain’s and Italy’s borrowing costs were reduced and euro stability was maintained. However, Germany’s position remained against resuming the ECB’s government bond buying programme and issuing Eurobonds. Broadcasted the US Treasury Secretary’s interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday, 1 August revealed T Geithner’s concerns about market stability and desires to sustain investors’ confidence, though usage of the euro zone's rescue funds is not clear. Does it mean that €500bn funds of European Stability Mechanism could be used to implement reforms not necessary related to the recapitalization of European banks and sovereign bonds purchase programme?

 

The slowing down global economy growth was captured with different statistics. However, World Trade Organization's observations may reveal some new aspects of slowing growth. According to the World Trade 2011, Prospects for 2012, WTO's press release on 12 April 2012, the world trade expended in 2011 by 5.0%, wich is a sharp deceleration from 2010 rebound of 13.8%. Moreover, it was predicted that the growth will slow further to 3.7% in 2012. On World Trade Report 2012 released on 16 July, 2012, WTO focused on new international trade challenges - increased use of non-tarif measures. These measures reflect regulatory standards for manufactured and agricultural goods. So, political concerns about the health, safety, environmental quality and other social aspects may affect international trade even more than tariffs.

 

Consequently, value creation should be a priority of stability policy, shouldn't it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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