WORLD CHOKEPOINTS FOR MARITIME TRANSIT OF OIL

World Oil Transit Chokepoints

BY MAREX

World chokepoints for maritime transit of oil are a critical part of global energy security. About 63 percent of the world's oil production moves on maritime routes. The Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca are the world's most important strategic chokepoints by volume of oil transit...READ MORE

http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/World-Oil-Transit-Chokepoints-2014-11-15

THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICS FAKE ABOUT THE FIGURES?

Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire, said many government statistics were fake, a report this week from Bloomberg News said. CreditBrendan McDermid/Reuters

Doubting the Economic Data? Consider the Source

By FLOYD NORRISNOV. 6, 2014

The economic statistics are fake. There is no real economic recovery.

That refrain was heard in 2012, when Jack Welch, the former chief executive of General Electric, claimed that a reported decline in unemployment was“unbelievable.” He added, “These Chicago guys will do anything,” referring to the Obama administration....READ MORE

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/business/economy/doubting-the-economic-data-consider-the-source.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

JAPAN´S GOVERNMENT POUR DOLLARS TO HEAT THE DEMAND

Japan's quantitative easing

A bigger bazooka

THE riposte to doubts about Abenomics, the three-part plan of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, to shake the country from its economic torpor, is more of the same, and a lot more. On October 31st the Bank of Japan (BoJ) stunned the financial markets ....READ MORE

http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2014/10/japans-quantitative-easing?fsrc=nlw%7Cnewe%7C3-11-2014%7CLA

The Zombie System / How Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails

The Zombie System: How Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails

By Michael Sauga

Politicians and business leaders everywhere are now calling for new growth initiatives, but the governments' arsenals are empty. The billions spent on economic stimulus packages following the financial crisis have created mountains of debt in most industrialized countries
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/capitalism-in-crisis-amid-slow-growth-and-growing-inequality-a-998598.html

Brasil gastou todas as fichas do crescimento / Brazil spent all tokens of growth

A presidente reeleita Dilma Rousseff está presa em um dilema: se quiser recuperar a credibilidade de seu governo, será obrigada a um forte ajuste fiscal, com grandes chances de provocar uma recessão.

A avaliação é de José Roberto Mendonça de Barros, sócio da MB Associados, ex-secretário de política .....read more

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2014/11/1541831-brasil-gastou-todas-as-fichas-do-crescimento-diz-mendonca-de-barros.shtml

Uma presidenta e seus dois caminhos

Com seu mandato renovado, a presidenta Dilma precisa agora definir de maneira transparente as diretrizes para a política econômica.

Embora a economia brasileira venha ... read more 

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/luizcarlosmendonca/2014/10/1541169-uma-presidenta-e-seus-dois-caminhos.shtml

A GLIMPSE AFTER THE BRAZIL ELECTIONS

A GLIMPSE OF BRAZIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS

Brazil is witnessing one of the most competitive and thrilling presidential elections in nearly a quarter of a century. In the last three months, polls had the three candidates alternating in the lead. Now, with the second-round runoff between President Dilma Rousseff (Workers’ Party, PT) and Senator Aécio Neves (Brazilian Social Democratic Party, PSDB) close to a toss-up..... read more

http://rotterdamweek.com/2014/10/24/a-glimpse-of-brazil-after-the-elections/