Despite centrist or mainstream wins in elections in Germany, France and the Netherlands, support remains strong for nationalist, anti-immigrant and anti-EU parties across the bloc. Three critical issues could determine the future of the debate over Europe and the union: 1) immigration; 2) Eurozone; 3) defense. WSJ.com's Niki Blasina reports. Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) video above published Sep 26, 2017.
EU vs Ireland and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
After over one year, Ireland still hasn't recovered up to €13 billion in illegal benefits from Apple, so we now refer Ireland to EU Court. pic.twitter.com/H1Aemtc7L2— European Commission (@EU_Commission) October 8, 2017
Brexit: EU vs UK
#Brexit negotiations next week should continue to advance. EU27, EP are united, as I said @Europarl_EN on Tuesday https://t.co/9iK60ji1Oz pic.twitter.com/XeUal9KfUK— Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) October 6, 2017
ECB Extends Quantitative Easing
We went out onto the streets of Frankfurt to ask people about their concerns over low interest rates and to explain why they are necessary pic.twitter.com/HbQfjUOVSj— ECB (@ecb) October 4, 2017
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- Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 6-7 September 2017 | ecb.europa.eu: "... the Governing Council decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility would remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and −0.40% respectively. The Governing Council expected the key ECB interest rates to remain at their present levels for an extended period of time, and well past the horizon of the net asset purchases. Regarding non-standard monetary policy measures, the Governing Council confirmed that the net asset purchases, at the current monthly pace of €60 billion, were intended to run until the end of December 2017, or beyond, if necessary ..."
- European Central Bank To Extend Quantitative Easing? What Will This Do To Other Nations? | SeekingAlpha.com: "... It seems that there is an underlying rationale for the ECB extending its program of quantitative easing. The underlying rationale seems to be connected with the amount of bad loans that are on the books of eurozone banks ... This means that the Fed’s policy rate may be around 2.00 percent while the policy rates of the ECB continue to be where they are until early 2019. What will this do to exchange rates?..."--Professor John M. Mason
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