The European Central Bank (ECB) published its Convergence Report(2012), in which it evaluates the progress of the members states that have committed themselves to joining the euro by following the convergence criteria, better known as the “Maastricht”...
June 12, 2012 12:17 pm / 1 comment
Greek run continues – sPain or sPanic? Fiscal rules will be strict. Right after exemptions for Spain, Italy…Will Spiderman save the banks? Can somebody who doesn’t pay taxes criticize others for not paying taxes? Who works the hardest...
June 8, 2012 5:47 pm / 3 comments
In response to the on-going financial crisis in the euro zone, LFMI, a leading economic policy think-tank in Lithuania, has worked out and submitted to responsible institutions a plan which would help countries exiting the euro zone to build...
June 1, 2012 8:05 am / 3 comments
Will the savers in PIIGS be naive and lazy enough so that the Eurozone won’t fall apart? – FiatEuro! 21/2012
Another unnecessary summit, politicians know how to focus and agree only when they are under pressure from the bond markets. Who...
May 30, 2012 2:39 pm / no comments
Will Germany open its arms to the call from new French leader Francois Hollande for growth supporting measures instead of pure austerity imposed by the Sarkozy-Merkel duo? That was the key question at the European Union summit held in Brussels...
May 28, 2012 2:27 pm / no comments
The Euro Bill is project run by Slovak think tank INESS, which tracks all guarantees and expenses related to euro zone rescue efforts. The May update includes several changes, related mainly to the spring default of Greece.
Paradoxically, the...
May 24, 2012 8:24 am / 1 comment
About the Greeks beating German-looking pensioners and Greek members of parliament playing black metal, while Merkel is happy to gamble with their lives. About fiscal pact, which is good in one country and bad in another one, about reducing...
May 23, 2012 10:37 am / no comments
As finance ministers sat together at the Ecofin meeting last week, the future of the Eurozone was at stake, with Greek political deadlock casting a shadow of darkness over its own euro existence.
Greek President Karolos Papoulias was going to...
May 22, 2012 10:50 am / no comments
Tax Freedom Day falls on May 20 this year
LFMI proposes to declare this date Taxpayer Appreciation Day
According to the Lithuanian Free Market Institute’s (LFMI) annual calculations, Tax Freedom Day in Lithuania has moved earlier in the...
May 18, 2012 10:28 am / no comments
Voters decided if they still want to live on others‘ money. Savings or growth? A false dilemma with irresistible sex appeal to politicians. The Golden Dawn in Greece. Why Hugh Hendry is concerned about his assets in Europe? In Spain thr nationalization...
May 16, 2012 8:14 am / no comments