maandag 27 september 2010
“Mother, can I trust the government?” Stable democracies are more likely to enjoy sustained financial development
Peter Praet: Lack of Uniform Resolution Rules a Major Concern
Peter Praet, the executive director of National Bank of Belgium and a top European bank regulator, said a major flaw of international banking oversight is that there is not a uniform set of rules to address the dissolution of failing banks that operate in more than one country.
He said he told international regulators at a meeting in Singapore a few days ago that “the poorer your crisis resolution framework, the higher your capital” requirements should be. In other words, banks that operate in countries that can’t handle the collapse of these banks should force the companies to hold much more of a cushion to protect against potential failure.
“It’s absolutely key that we push that through,” he said at a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago meeting on Friday.
He said some regulators were skittish about pushing too aggressively because of the fragile state of many countries’ financial markets. He said these officials were “a bit scared of going too fast in those things.”
“The situation of public finance will probably force you to be much more courageous,” he said.
A Scandinavian Model
Sweden votes for tax cuts, privatization and deregulation. Read the complete article in the WSJ here.
Universitaire mislukking voorspelbaar
Indicators on education expenditure for 2007
Kwalitatieve veranderingen in de banenstructuur in Vlaanderen en België
Energies renouvelables: la Belgique a enfin un plan
vrijdag 24 september 2010
Leterme gaf Fifa een blanco cheque
Solidariteit mag, een overdosis niet
Forests and how to save them: The world's lungs
There is hope for forests, but mankind needs to move faster if they are to be saved. Read the complete article in The Economist here.
donderdag 23 september 2010
Retraites des femmes : les propositions de la Halde
The Health of Reform
Bâle III : les trous noirs du système financier
Le sp.a veut plus de femmes dans les conseils d'administration
woensdag 22 september 2010
Seven More Years of Hard Times?
Vlaamse ziekte
Les bureaux vides, une vraie mine d’or à Bruxelles
Inflation dynamics during episodes of persistent large output gaps
Routes wallonnes: l'Europe libère 250 millions d'euros
dinsdag 21 september 2010
La soutenabilité des finances publiques dans la crise, une analyse internationale
Le modèle alimentaire français contribuerait à limiter l'obésité
Limiter l’indexation à une partie du salaire
Lisez l'article dans LLB ici.
maandag 20 september 2010
Fat New World
The Economist’s Strange Attack on Industrial Policy
De gezondheidszorguitgaven: determinanten en projecties
The Eurozone’s Autumn Hangover
De kokosnoot in de Belgische begroting
Monthly Labour Market Monitor September 2010
Former les instituteurs en 5 ans comme en France
vrijdag 17 september 2010
Les stratégies et les mesures d'assainissement des finances publiques
The great debt drag
America looks likely to avoid a second recession. But with households still overburdened by debt, years of slow growth lie ahead. Read the complete article in The Economist here.
Taming the banks
Read this article in The Economist here.