The analytical program "However," with Mikhail Leontyev 13 March 2012

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Humanity breathed a sigh of relief: after five months of torment, Greece was once again saved.

Greece will receive 130 billions of promised assistance. The condition for this was an agreement with creditors on debt restructuring, providing for the cancellation of its two-thirds in 105 billion euros. At the same time, Greece applied the so-called “norm of collective action”, when the consent of the majority of creditors is obligatory for all others. The rating agency "Moody's" rated it as a default.

That is, they have written off more 100 billions, and "Moody's" says: default. In fact, the forced cancellation of debt, even for a part of creditors, is the default. At the same time, servicing new debts is becoming more expensive. In fact, not even in this case. And the fact that all measures for the so-called "salvation" undermine all sorts of chances to pay on debts: Greece's economy is falling, not growing. And in general, this whole miserable upturn in Europe, as the analysis shows, relies only on colossal government injections. In fact, all so-called "rescue plans" are a way to pump money into the economy.

"On the strengthening of positive trends," says the report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Of course, the authors note, in the Eurozone, China and Brazil, the indicators are still below the long-term trend ... However, there are signals that the pace of deterioration is slowing.
So strained extrusion of optimism from itself, in general, in itself speaks volumes. However, there were signs that the pace of deterioration is worsening. And they appeared in the most unpleasant place - in China.

“The slowdown in China is much faster than the government expected,” analysts say. “Following the results of February, China recorded a record for all the time of observations and, most likely, for all history China's balance of payments deficit - 31,5 billion dollars. "The average forecast was 5-8 billion deficits. And for the worst case scenario, 23 was expected.

The reason for the shortage is the drop in demand for Chinese goods in Europe and America. What was required to prove: there is no demand - there is no way out of the crisis. If China loses its surplus, then who will buy American debt securities, let alone European ones? That is, we repeat, the question is not how to avoid landing, but when and how tough.
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  1. +11
    14 March 2012 12: 12
    Well, I like he even stabbed! Well done, burns as it should! fellow
  2. +1
    14 March 2012 12: 13
    Hmm, the collapse of the euro business, and others hurt.
    1. Paratov
      +10
      14 March 2012 13: 21
      With the collapse of the euro, the EU will fall apart too, where some still dream of joining!
  3. +6
    14 March 2012 12: 27
    Everything is as usual to the point and with the usual humor .. Well done .. plus without a twinge of conscience
  4. +9
    14 March 2012 12: 30
    Loentiev is one of the most professional columnist journalists. I respect very much, well done!
    And the conclusions are very unpleasant - the result of a hard landing in the history of mankind - it is always a war. Maybe this time around?
    1. Paratov
      +7
      14 March 2012 13: 23
      Hardly! War is part of the economy! Nothing stimulates production more than fighting ...
  5. +5
    14 March 2012 12: 31
    I completely agree that the world financial system is terminally ill and fall cannot be avoided. But what will it be ?! What to expect is not clear!
    By and large, in order to preserve the current financial system, the world financial elite needs to "write off" huge debt obligations, and for this there are two ways: inflation (by printing new candy wrappers to devalue old debts) or banal writing off of debts ("tomorrow" they will say that all debts we all "forgive" such financial institutions).
    Russia sells its natural resources for green candy wrappers, and it invests these wrappers in debt obligations of the United States and Co., which in the foreseeable future are guaranteed to depreciate or write off, instead of investing in its infrastructure, development and modernization of production, agricultural development, etc. d.
    By the way, as it seems to me and I would like to hope so, the current government has an understanding that money should work for their country, so Mr. Kudrin, a lover of money boxes, was "asked" to leave in connection with his opposition to a significant increase in the cost of rearmament of the army in period until 2020.
    1. +1
      14 March 2012 12: 37
      Interesting idea...
      Quote: BigLexey
      the current government has an understanding that money must work for their country, so Mr. Kudrin, a lover of egg-pods, was "asked" to leave
      God forbid that this be so .. Only here is the top Kudrin .. And the rest, the gray cardinals are still in place ...
      1. +2
        14 March 2012 12: 44
        If the "head" cannot control the "hand", then it is necessary to engage in surgical treatment.
        No matter what the gray cardinals say, the country's financial and economic policy is still determined by its "top".
        1. Paratov
          +2
          14 March 2012 13: 27
          There are more than enough understandings at the top, but here the actions are always late: winter is an unexpected thing!
      2. +2
        14 March 2012 15: 08
        Quote: domokl
        God forbid that this be so .. Only here is the top Kudrin .. And the rest, the gray cardinals are still in place ...

        The cardinals are in place, but Kudrin is not the "top" - he is the "Moor" who did his job. It was needed at a time when it was necessary to safely increase the amount of money-box on speculative operations and maintain the relative stability of the financial system. He's a great pro in these matters. When the time came for the next steps, Kudrin with his views simply "did not fit in."
  6. +5
    14 March 2012 12: 47
    The USA with enviable persistence repeats the mistakes of the USSR.
    In Soviet times there was a saying "capitalism is on the edge of the abyss" and then "we will catch up and overtake America." They overtook her and fell into the abyss,
    flying into small pieces. Now we are waiting for when America flying into the abyss, when it collides with the ground, is scattered into fragments. But then we have already begun to gather back to the edge (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, ...), and they still have to fall much harder, because the acceleration was much stronger than they used to in the USSR. And it seems they already have nothing to collect.
    1. Atlon
      +2
      14 March 2012 14: 06
      When the USSR stopped the race by crashing into a pole, the United States continued to press the gas pedal. Accordingly, in a collision with a concrete wall, which is the dead end to which they are rolling, the consequences will be tougher ... Much ...
  7. 0
    14 March 2012 12: 48
    Many like him for saying what he eats, as he is. In the USSR, all news programs said so.
  8. Bat1stuta
    +1
    14 March 2012 13: 06
    respect Leontief. I always listen to him with rapture ... good
  9. Atlon
    +16
    14 March 2012 14: 03
    Quote: BigLexey
    Russia sells its natural resources for green candy wrappers, and these candy wrappers are invested in debt obligations of the United States and Co., which are guaranteed to be devalued or written off in the foreseeable future, instead of investing them in its infrastructure, development and modernization of production, agricultural development, etc. By the way, it seems to me and I would like to hope so, the current government has an understanding that money should work for their country, so Mr. Kudrin, a lover of egg-pods, was "asked" to leave in connection with his opposition to a significant increase in the cost of rearmament army in the period until 2020.

    Not everything is so simple ... Over the past six years, the share of the dollar in Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves has decreased ... 6 (!!!) times! And the share of gold increased by 4 times. There are things that NOBODY will tell you about, because these things are the essence - state secrets. But nevertheless ... As for the euro, its share has also been reduced by 2,5 times. If someone does not remember, in 2006 (in my opinion), Putin said the following: “Russia will gradually reduce the share of the US dollar and American securities in its gold and foreign exchange reserves. However, Russia is a very large player in the global financial market, so there will be a decline happen very gradually, over several years, so as not to provoke panic on the stock exchanges "(I cannot vouch for the quote, I conveyed only the meaning of what was said).
    As for the "egg-box". This money-box made it possible to survive the first wave of the crisis in 2008 without visible shocks. Look how Europe is in fever, and what do we have? But nothing ... We did not notice this crisis ... Well, at least most of us (I don't know about millionaires).
    1. +1
      14 March 2012 20: 00
      It would be possible to provoke. bully
    2. Don
      0
      16 March 2012 12: 27
      Atlon is my plus to you. I completely agree.
  10. +5
    14 March 2012 16: 47
    Atlon,
    I support your comment!
    I heard about this. In part, Russia is slowly, without attracting the attention of Europe and the West, getting rid of the euro and the dollar. And at the same time it is increasing the share of gold in bins.
    1. 0
      14 March 2012 22: 57
      It’s interesting, and what China hopes, continuing to buy up American debt notes. I remember a rumor that ours urged them to throw them together with us at the same time to bring down the dollar, but they did not agree to this. True, our people disowned this, well, and slowly began to merge these same receipts. It is very interesting how this will all end, but it will not seem to us much, it will affect everyone and oh how it will affect what ours will oppose to this. I should have built my own financial system independent of the dollar, had not heard anything about it ...
      1. Churchill
        0
        14 March 2012 23: 40
        But there wasn’t a word about this for the entire election campaign!
  11. 755962
    +1
    14 March 2012 16: 47
    Accessible and understandable. No demand, no supply. KU-KU Grinya ..
  12. 0
    14 March 2012 19: 47
    Yes, it’s hard with a bare heel on a checker ...
  13. +1
    14 March 2012 19: 57
    Here are the ones on! Our "businessmen" were stealing, stealing, taken out, taken out, and then the scribe crept up unnoticed.
  14. rinzhak
    +1
    14 March 2012 21: 29
    However, it is no longer relevant, Leontiev himself circumvented his own transfer of films The Big Game и Big american hole. Everything is clear the model world the post of the Yalta redistribution of the world has exhausted itself. This is the sunset of the era. The world needs a new war that will provide an incentive, and indeed will allow to create new world order.
    1. kustarodinochka
      0
      15 March 2012 08: 22
      after the Yalta redivision of the world, there is nothing to establish a new world order.
  15. Sniper 1968
    +1
    14 March 2012 22: 24
    I hope that in a month and a half Greece will not grunt, "he won't put his sneakers in a corner." To have time to send his family to Rhodes. And then, fly this Greece into the blue abyss ... Greeks are interesting people. They never like to work. They want to sit in the shade , drink coffee and receive banknotes for this. I'm a layman in the economy, but a simple solution to the Greek question suggests itself - to remove Greece from the euro area. Thanks to Leontiev for his transmission, however ...
  16. +5
    14 March 2012 23: 21
    Quote: Atlon
    As for the "egg-box". This money-box made it possible to survive the first wave of the crisis in 2008 without visible shocks. Look how Europe is in fever, and what do we have? But nothing ... We did not notice this crisis ...

    I agree one hundred percent! And to invest in the USA is bad and without a bottle is also bad. There are no simple solutions. I remember myself shouting with foam at the mouth that we need to invest money in the Russian Federation and not in the USA, and then the crisis fizzled and everything is immediately clear why it became necessary. If we had invested that money in the Russian Federation, we would have received a lot of eternal unfinished construction, we would not have managed to create anything in 2-3 of a year that would bring money. In general, Putin was right then.
    1. Churchill
      +2
      14 March 2012 23: 43
      It should be invested wisely, and in construction and egg capsules.
  17. Kievan
    0
    15 March 2012 02: 41
    I see no reason for optimism among Leontiev and Co. here. Europe and China are the main buyers of Russian resources. If their economies collapse, then the Russian collapse. Gas, oil, timber, metal rolling - at today's price and in today's volumes, Europe and China will not need. And in the event of a collapse of the dollar, the RF Stabilization Fund will burn. Is that nobody understands?
    1. kustarodinochka
      -1
      15 March 2012 08: 18
      Kasandra appeared in Kiev
    2. Don
      0
      16 March 2012 12: 40
      Quote: Kievite
      I see no reason for optimism among Leontiev and Co. here. Europe and China are the main buyers of Russian resources. If their economies collapse, then the Russian collapse. Gas, oil, timber, metal rolling - at today's price and in today's volumes, Europe and China will not need. And in the event of a collapse of the dollar, the RF Stabilization Fund will burn. Is that nobody understands?

      And no one says that immediately everyone will live well. In addition, China only 5,5% of Russian exports. If any major world economy collapses, then nobody in the world will feel good. The question is how much the Russian economy is ready for global shocks. In 2008, thanks to the stabilization fund, we survived well.
  18. Atlon
    +1
    15 March 2012 09: 50
    Quote: Magadan
    If we had invested that money in the Russian Federation, we would have received a lot of eternal unfinished construction, we would not have managed to create anything in 2-3 years that would bring money. In general, Putin was right then.

    Such long-term constructions are a dime a dozen in the Baltic republics. Recently, the film was about a crisis. So there are entire neighborhoods, with shopping centers there are unfinished buildings, asphalt is laid and everything is abandoned ... There is no money, there are no buyers. That is, money wasted, everything is being destroyed gradually. And not only in the Baltic states. The Eurozone is full of such long-term construction ...
  19. yorik_gagarin
    0
    15 March 2012 10: 59
    Leontyev has a fm broadcast on Friday. I constantly hear ... ... Harness ...