Portugal: “El TribunalConstitucionalprohíbealGobiernodespedir a funcionarios” http://feedly.com/k/14efLIV El 29 de agosto, el Tribunal Constitucional portugués rechazó por terceravez en un año el plan del Gobierno destinado a reducir el número de funcionarios y lo tildó de inconstitucional. La propuesta tenía como objetivo ahorrar 167 millones de euros anuales, según calcula Diário Económico, que considera que la decisión del Tribunal complicará el octavo proceso de revisión al … Seguir leyendo Portugal: “El Tribunal Constitucional prohíbe al Gobierno despedir a funcionarios”

Mises’s NonSequituronsynthetic a prioriKnowledge http://feedly.com/k/14ecU2A We can find it here in Mises’s book TheUltimateFoundationofEconomicScience: AnEssayonMethod (1962): “The essence of logical positivism is to deny the cognitive value of a priori knowledge by pointing out that all a priori propositions are merely analytic. They do not provide new information, but are merely verbal or tautological, asserting what has already been implied in the definitions and premises. … Seguir leyendo Mises’s Non Sequitur on synthetic a priori Knowledge

Euro arearecoverycontinues; couldgrowthsurpasstheUS? http://feedly.com/k/14ecPvL In spite of an ongoing weakness in credit growth (seepost), the Eurozone is continuing to show fairly robust economic improvements. Today’s manufacturing PMI (manager surveys) has surprised to the upside. It is interesting to see Greece for example begin to show significant positive momentum, as the nation’s multi-year manufacturing contraction is about to end. Weakness in France on the other hand … Seguir leyendo Euro area recovery continues; could growth surpass the US?

Economía: Unabalanzacomercialpositivaporprimeravezdesde 1999 http://feedly.com/k/14ecN73 Con un saldo positivo de 35.000 millones de euros en el primer semestre de 2013, en comparación con el déficit de 65.100 millones de euros entre enero y junio de 2012, "la UE alcanza el primer superávit comercial en un semestre desde 1999", añade El País, citando datos de Eurostat que no están disponibles en línea. A la cabeza de los … Seguir leyendo Economía: Una balanza comercial positiva por primera vez desde 1999

India ManufacturingPMIContractsforFirstTimeSinceMarch 2009; EurozoneManufacturingPMI 26-MonthHighof 51.4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/bLGI7rGQvFM/india–manufacturing–pmi–contracts–for.html A weak manufacturing recovery of sorts is underway in Europe. How long it lasts remains in question, with France not participating in the recovery. The MarkitEurozoneManufacturingPMI® shows Final Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at 26-month high of 51.4 in August (July: 50.3). Country PMI Rankings The upturns in production at German, Italian, Dutch and Austrian manufacturers all strengthened on the … Seguir leyendo India Manufacturing PMI Contracts for First Time Since March 2009; Eurozone Manufacturing PMI 26-Month High of 51.4

Europe fears ‘uncontrolledprotectionism’ asemergingmarketsturnagainstfreetrade – Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10282016/Europe–fears–uncontrolled–protectionism–as–emerging–markets–turn–against–free–trade.html shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Europe fears ‘uncontrolled protectionism’ as emerging markets turn against free trade – Telegraph

Coping withhighoilprices http://feedly.com/k/14btX5e We’ve been seeing oil over $100 a barrel and gasoline above $3.40 a gallon for much of the last 3 years. Those prices would have shocked many Americans a few years ago, but have now become the new normal. What has changed and what hasn’t as a result? Realpriceofoil (in 2013 dollars), Jan 1947 toJuly 2013. Oilprice: 1947-1989 basedonWestTexasIntermediatefromFRED; 1990-2013 basedonBrentfromEIA, convertedtocurrentdollarsusing … Seguir leyendo Coping with high oil prices

WheelsFallingOffthe Imperial Reality-CreatingMachine http://feedly.com/k/12WplgP ByLambertStretherofCorrente. One of the most famous quotes from the era of Bush the Younger came from Ron Suskind in his (October) 2004 article, “Faith, CertaintyandthePresidencyofGeorge W. Bush”: In the summer of 2002, after I had written an article in Esquire that the White House didn’t like about Bush’s former communications director, Karen Hughes, I had a meeting with a senior adviser … Seguir leyendo Wheels Falling Off the Imperial Reality-Creating Machine

Más indicios de que el consumo en los Estados Unidos sigue fuerte Vehicle Sales: AnotherstrongmonthinAugust http://feedly.com/k/15n637O Note: The automakers will report August vehicle sales on Wednesday, Sept 4th. According the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), light vehicle sales in July were at a 15.7 million rate, on a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) basis. It looks like August sales will be in the same range. … Seguir leyendo Vehicle Sales: Another strong month in August

EconomistJayatiGhosh: India’sWoesForetell ‘ChaosandViolence’ – SPIEGELONLINE – News – International http://feedly.com/k/18awlq8 shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Economist Jayati Ghosh: India’s Woes Foretell ‘Chaos and Violence’ – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International