Beiträge von autares

  • US Government shutdown?

    So, das ist ja nun wieder Kinderkram. Natürlich "blockiert" auch der Präsident. Bisher sehe ich keine Bereitschaft von beiden Seiten, das Thema ernsthaft angehen zu wollen. Ist wohl noch zu früh und so wie es aussieht, wird es dießes Mal sowieso einen speziellen Weg geben:


    "As I type this, the US government shutdown is now exactly a week old. To put things in perspective there have been 17 previous shutdowns through history and this is now the 8th longest - the average being 6.47 days. There continues to be a lack of obvious progress with Speaker Boehner refusing to back down on the budget and debt ceiling discussions without concessions from the President. On the other side the director of the President’s National Economic Council Gene Sperling has suggested that the President will not negotiate with any faction using the threat of default to force policy change. On top of this polling continues to throw out mixed messages which can be used by either side to support their case - a recent CBS poll placed disapproval of congressional Republicans at 72% (vs Obama and congressional Democrats at 61%) whilst in the same poll 55% of responders said they believed the debt ceiling should be raised but with spending cuts. The latter stat gives Boehner some legitimacy in maintaining his stance.


    DB’s Frank Kelly yesterday pointed to one possible source of hope in prominent Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer comments over the weekend that he’d been approached by Republican senators to work on a resolution to the impasse, possibly with a tax or entitlement reform deal. The hope being that a deal could be agreed on the side without either Obama or Boehner needing to lose face and back down. So one worth watching.


    There was a small bounce in risk in the second half of the US session after reports surfaced that Senate Democrats could introduce legislation today that would give President Obama the authority to raise the debt ceiling for one-year, unless two-thirds of Congress disapproved. Reports suggest that more Republicans would be willing to vote for a bill of this type as it would not require a direct vote to raise the debt ceiling."


    Quelle: Deuba

  • US Government shutdown?

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    Original geschrieben von mostwanted
    Deshalb wundert mich der geringe Goldpreis.


    Frag mich nicht, ist mir auch ein Rätsel. Hat anscheinend als Katastophenhedge ausgedient.

  • US Government shutdown?

    So "einfach" wie es 2011 war, ist es heute nicht mehr. Inzwischen müsste die Fed so tief in die Trickkiste greifen, dass es rechtlich und organisatorisch so gut wie unmöglich ist.