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GEAB N°71 is available! United States, March-June 2013 – Unpluggig the world’s sick man: last impact phase of the global systemic crisis
We had underestimated the decanting period’s duration which we have gone through for more than four years, a period during which all the crisis’ players have worked to a common goal, to gain time: the United States, whilst making every effort to prevent the appearance of alternative solutions to the dollar, in spite of the catastrophic situation of all its systemic fundamentals, to prevent its creditors from abandoning it (discrediting other currencies including the Yen from now on, tenacity against the attempts to disconnect oil from the dollar, etc…); the rest of the world, in setting up skilful strategies consisting of maintaining its assistance towards the United States to avoid a sudden collapse from which it would be the first to suffer, and at the same time constructing alternative and of decoupling solutions...

'Too big to fail' banks must be broken up - Fed official  
 US "megabanks" with large toxic assets accumulated during the crisis should be split into smaller units, according to a senior Fed official. Thus they won’t be able to use the “too big to fail” excuse to get another government bailout... 
RT 

Penalizing the real estate market through an increase in interest rates in 2013?
We have seen that the fall in interest rates for real estate loans as well as their increase in duration could explain between 20% and 30% of the rise in prices since they increased households’ buying power by about 50%. Of course, the opposite also applies: a rise in interest rates and a fall in loan duration reduce their purchasing power. Unfortunately, everything indicates an increase in the cost of short-term credit (beginning 2013) as we now analyze... 

Simor Says Hungary Monetary Stimulus Would Damage Economy   
The Hungarian Cabinet pushing through a plan to boost growth through monetary stimulus under a new central bank chief would damage the economy, outgoing Magyar Nemzeti Bank President Andras Simor said... 

Japan Learned to Love Deflation in Wage Malaise Facing BOJ
A decade and a half after Japan slumped into deflation, the central bank is set to signal its strongest effort yet to reverse the trend. The biggest challenge may be that the nation has come to rely on falling prices... 

Qantas cancels Boeing 787 Dreamliner order
 Qantas Airways Ltd. has cancelled an order for one of Boeing Co.'s BA +1.24% 787 Dreamliners amid uncertainty over the growth prospects of its Jestar unit's long-haul business. The 14 other Dreamliners Qantas has on order will touch down in Australia from id-2013 as part of the airline's upgrade to its low-cost business, the carrier said in a statement Friday...

US general says Britain risks 'special relationship' if it cuts military 
Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said that the problem of high indebtedness is not limited to the crisis-hit eurozone and that the situation in Britain and the US is worse. .. 

MEPs agree credit rating agency crackdown 
The European Parliament on Wednesday (16 January) voted in favour of a cross-party compromise text agreed in November which is aimed at preventing conflicts of interest, increasing competition, and reducing the reliance of businesses and governments on credit ratings... 

Et si Assad était en fait en train de gagner en Syrie ?
Contrairement à ce que laisse penser une partie de la presse occidentale, le régime de Bachar Al Assad est loin d'être au bord du gouffre, tant sur le plan politique que militaire. Malgré de réelles difficultés, le pouvoir en place réussit peu à peu à se poser dans l'opinion comme le seul rempart crédible contre l'ingérence étrangère et l'instauration d'un état islamique...  

Life in the Red 
The belt-tightening was the easy part. Cancel the cable. Skip the air conditioners. Ration the cellphone, unplug the wireless Internet, cook rice and beans — done, and done. The larger problem for LaKeisha Tuggle, 33, who had lost her public relations job, was cash flow...   

L’intervention militaire au Mali: les mauvais souvenirs des Américains 
Pendant plusieurs années et jusqu’en mars 2012, des officiers et des membres des forces spéciales américains ont entraîné des militaires locaux. Ainsi, ces derniers devaient apprendre comment protéger la population civile, comment éliminer des terroristes ou encore comment contrer le plus tôt possible des frappes venues de l’intérieur. Pourtant, cette approche s'est soldée par un échec : certains militaires maliens d'origine touarègue ont fait défection et ont rejoint les jihadistes avec armes, bagages et savoir militaire acquis... 
RFI 

The Cost of America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges
The decrepit state of the nation's infrastructure will knock more than $3 trillion off the nation's gross domestic product through the end of the decade if more money isn't spent to upgrade the country's roads, bridges, airports and ports, according to a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers... 
CNBC 

BOE's King Warns on Search for Yield   
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King on Tuesday sounded a fresh warning about the global economy, saying the "search for yield" that previously drove investors into unsafe assets and triggered a financial crisis may be beginning again...  

Flag Riots in Northern Ireland: Grim Prospects Drive Youth to Sectarian Violence 
relations between sectarian groups in the British province remain. They also reveal the frustrations of a generation that has grown up feeling misunderstood and disadvantaged...

Stock Markets Warm to Regulator's Comments on Foreign Capital 
 China's stock markets rallied on remarks from the securities regulator, who implied significant changes to the cross-border securities investment mechanism that may dramatically increase the amount of capital foreign investors can use to trade Chinese stocks... 

401(k) breaches undermining retirement security for millions  
A large and growing share of American workers are tapping their retirement savings accounts for non-retirement needs, raising broad questions about the effectiveness of one of the most important savings vehicles for old age... 

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