Do you agree that the Chinese economy is likely (say more than 50% probability) to maintain in the medium term (say, for at least ten years) a rate of annual growth exceeding 6%.
The deceleration is mainly the consequence of the intentional switch from industry to services and from investment to consumption. It will not be dramatic - no 'crash', just a normal reversion to rapid but not extraordinary growth rates, say 5%. And since we don't measure services output as reliably as we do industrial production, one can't be terribly confident of what the reported slowdown will mean.
Question 3: Do you agree that implementation of the agreement will lead to an expected decrease in Greek debt repayments?
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Answer:
Disagree
Confidence level:
Confident
Comment:
Not at this stage. That might come in a third programme, but only if Greece has demonstrated with concrete measures that it is willing to do deep reforms.
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Question 2: Do you agree that Greece would be better off defaulting right now rather than signing to the agreement under consideration?
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Answer:
Disagree
Confidence level:
Confident
Comment:
Default would be default on the institutions: IMF, ECB, ESM. The ECB would be unable to accept GGBs as collateral, and ELA would cease. The capital of the banks would be hit severely, because they hold large amounts of GGBs. Much of their 'Tier 1' capital is effectively fictitious, because it is 'deferred tax assets'. The banks would collapse. The government would try to impose controls to stop capital flight, but the Greek administration is unlikely to be able to enforce them effectively. Grexit would bring a sharp devaluation, with little expansionary effect through trade (Greece is a relatively closed economy) and devastating balance-sheet effects for firms with debts in euros.
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China’s growth slowdown: likely persistence and effects
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Question 1:
Do you agree that the Chinese economy is likely (say more than 50% probability) to maintain in the medium term (say, for at least ten years) a rate of annual growth exceeding 6%.
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ECB's quantitative easing
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Question 2:
Do you agree that the structure of the ECB's QE programme makes the Eurozone more fragile and increases the risk of one country leaving the euro?
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Question 1:
Do you agree that the design of the ECB's QE programme reduces its effectiveness?
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Deal or no deal: The Greece standoff
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Question 3: Do you agree that implementation of the agreement will lead to an expected decrease in Greek debt repayments?
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Question 2: Do you agree that Greece would be better off defaulting right now rather than signing to the agreement under consideration?
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