- Analiză de risc pentru 39 de ţări, 2010-2014 : o cădere colectivă, dar contrastantă, în faza de dislocare geopolitică globală - GEAB N°48
GEAB N°50 is available! Global systemic crisis: Second half of 2011 - European context and US catalyst - Explosion of the Western public debt bubble
A doua jumătate a anului 2011 va marca momentul în care operatorii financiari din toată lumea vor înţelege, în sfârşit, că Occidentul nu va rambursa integral o parte semnificativă din creditele acordate în ultimele două decenii. Pentru LEAP/E2020 momentul este, de fapt, în jurul lui octombrie 2011, ca urmare a plonjării a unui număr mare de oraşe şi state americane într-o situaţie financiară inextricabilă după încheierea finanţării din fonduri federale a deficitelor lor, în timp ce Europa se va confrunta cu o foarte importantă cerinţă pentru refinanţarea datoriilor (1), când această situaţie explozivă va fi pe deplin revelată. Escaladarea mediatică a crizei europene în ceea ce priveşte datoriile suverane ale ţărilor periferice Eurolandului vor fi creat contextul favorabil pentru o astfel de explozie, despre care piaţa de bonduri municipale din Statele Unite, "Muni", a dat doar un semnal (2) în luna noiembrie 2010 (cum a anticipat echipa noastră la sfârşitul lui iunie, în GEAB nr 46, cu o mini-prăbuşire care transformă câştigurile din tot anul în fum, în câteva zile. De data aceata, acest incident (inclusiv eşecul reasiguratorului Ambac (3)) a avut loc discret (4) din cauză că maşina mediatică anglo-saxonă (5) a reuşit concentrarea atenţiei lumii asupra unui alt episod al sitcom-ului fantasy "Sfârşitul Euro, sau remake-ul financiar al febrei porcine" (6). Cu toate acestea, şocurile contemporane din Statele Unite şi din Europa duc la o foarte îngrijorătoare paralelă, după cum susţine echipa noastră, cu Bear Stearn; crahul care a precedat falimentul Lehman Brothers şi colapsul de pe Wall Street, din septembrie 2008, cu opt luni, dar cititorii GEAB ştiu foarte bine că accidentele majore fac rar titluri în mass-media cu mai multe luni în avans, astfel alarmele false sunt obişnuite (7)!
Net cash outflows from Mutual Funds investing in « Munis » (2007-11/2010) (in USD billions) - Withdrawals were higher than in October 2008 - Source: New York Times, 11/2010
În această ediţie GEAB, anticipăm, prin urmare, continuarea prăbuşirii terminale a datoriei publice occidentale (în special datoriile SUA şi cele europene), precum şi modalităţi de protejare [individuală]. Mai mult, vom analiza consecinţele structurale foarte importante ale revelaţiilor Wikileaks privind influenţa internaţională a Statelor Unite, precum şi interacţiunea lor cu consecinţele globale ale programului QE II al lui Federal Reserve. Această ediţie GEAB din decembrie este, desigur, posibilitatea de a evalua validitatea anticipărilor noastre pentru 2010, cu o rată de succes de 78% pentru acest an. Dezvoltăm, deasemenea, consultanţă strategică pentru Euroland (8) şi Statele Unite ale Americii. Şi vom publica indicele GEAB-$ care va permite acum urmărirea sintetică a evoluţiei dolarului faţă de valutele majore ale lumii în fiecare lună (9).
În această ediţie, am ales să prezentăm un extras din prognoza privind explozia bulei datoriei publice a Occidentului.
Astfel, criza datoriei publice a Occidentului este în creştere foarte rapidă, sub presiunea a patru limitări ce în ce mai puternice:
. lipsa de relansare economică în Statele Unite, care strangulează toate organismele publice (inclusiv statul federal (10)), obişnuit cu un flux uşor al datoriilor fiscale şi cu venituri semnificative în ultimele decenii. (11)
. slăbirea structurală accelerată a Statelor Unite în chestiunile monetare, financiare, precum şi diplomatice (12) care reduc abilitatea lor de a atrage economii din toată lumea. (13)
. epuizarea globală a surselor de finanţare ieftine, care precipită criza datoriilor excesive în ţările periferice ale Europei (din Euroland fiind cele precum Grecia, Irlanda, Portugalia, Spania, ... dar şi Regatul Unit (14)) şi începe să afecteze ţări foarte importante (Statele Unite ale Americii, Germania, Japonia) (15) într-un context de refinanţare de datorii europene foarte mari în 2011.
. Transformarea Eurolandului într-un nou "suveran", care dezvoltă treptat noi norme pentru datoriile publice de pe continent.
Aceste patru constrângeri generează diferite fenomene şi reacţii în diferite regiuni/ţări.
Contextul european: preţul drumului de la relaxare la austeritate va fi plătit parţial de către investitori
Aceste întârzieri sunt în egală măsură datorate faptului că evoluţiile actuale din zona euro sunt la o scară politică uriaşă (17) şi se desfăşoară fără nici un mandat politic democratic: această situaţie paralizează liderii europeni care îşi petrec timpul, în mod constant, prin a nega că ei într-adevăr fac ceea ce fac, adică mai exact, construirea unui tip de entitate politică, cu propriile sale elemente constitutive: economice, sociale şi fiscale .... (18) Aleşi înainte de izbucnirea crizei, ei nu ştiu că alegătorii lor (şi jucători economici şi financiari, în acelaşi timp) ar fi în mare măsură mulţumiţi cu o explicaţie cu privire la deciziile care se adoptă. (19) Deoarece majoritatea deciziilor importante care vor veni sunt deja identificabile, aşa cum am analizăm în această ediţie.
În cele din urmă, este o realitate faptul că acţiunile aceloraşi lideri sunt disecate şi manipulate de către principalele mijloace mass-media specializate în probleme economice şi financiare, dintre care niciunul nu aparţin zonei euro, ci toate sunt, dimpotrivă, înrădăcinate în zona $/£, unde consolidarea monedei euro este considerată un dezastru. Aceste mijloace mass-media sunt aceleaşi care contribuie foarte direct la estomparea procesului în curs de desfăşurare în Euroland (20), încă mai mult.
Cu toate acestea, putem vedea că acest efect advers scade, deoarece între "criza greacă" şi "criza irlandeză", volatilitatea cursului de schimb al euro a slăbit. Pentru echipa noastră, în primăvara anului 2011, acesta va deveni un eveniment nesemnificativ. Rămâne, prin urmare, problema calităţii personalului politic al Eurolandului, care va fi profund schimbată începând cu 2012 (21) şi, mai fundamental, problema semnificativă a legitimităţii democratice a avansurilor imense în integrarea europeană (22). Dar într-un anumit mod, putem spune că prin 2012/2013, Eurolandul va avea mecanisme într-adevăr stabilite, care vor fi permis să se reziste la şocul crizei, chiar dacă este necesară legitimarea existenţei lor retroactiv (23).
Comparison of yields on Euroland 10 year government bonds - Source: Thomson Reuters Datastream, 11/16/2010
În acest sens, ceea ce va ajuta la accelerarea spargerii bulei datoriei publice a Occidentului, şi ce se va întâmpla concomitent cu catalizatorul său din SUA, este înţelegerea de către operatorii financiari a ceea ce se află în spatele "Euroobligaţiunilor" (sau E-obligatiuni) (24), dezbatere care a început în ultimele săptămâni. (25) Este spre sfârşitul anului 2011 (cel târziu) când roadele acestei dezbateri vor începe să fie prezentate în cadrul pregătirii cadrului pentru facilitatea permanentă - Fondul European de Stabilizare Financiară. (26) Deşi, ce va apărea brusc pentru majoritatea investitorilor, care în prezent speculează ratele exorbitante ale datoriilor greceşti, irlandeze ... va fi că solidaritatea Eurolandului nu se va extinde până la ei, în special atunci când cazurile Spaniei, Italiei sau Belgiei vor începe să fie discutate, indiferent ce spun azi liderii europeni (27).
Pe scurt, conform LEAP/E2020, ar trebui să ne aşteptăm la o operaţiune foarte mare de tranzacţionare de datorii suverane (în mijlocul unei crize a datoriilor guvernamentale la nivel mondial), care va oferi Euroobligaţiuni garantate de Euroland la rate foarte scăzute în schimbul bondurilor naţionale la dobânzi mai mari, cu 30% până la 50% reducere, deoarece, în acelaşi timp, situaţia întregii pieţe a datoriei publice occidentale se va fi deteriorat. Democratic vorbind, liderii noi aleşi din Euroland (28) (după 2012) vor fi pe deplin autorizaţi să efectueze o astfel de operaţiune, în urma căreia marile bănci (inclusiv cele europene (29)) vor fi primele victime. Este foarte probabil ca unor creditori suverani privilegiaţi cum ar fi China, Rusia, ţările producătoare de petrol, ... li se va oferi un tratament preferenţial. Ei nu se vor plânge, deoarece operaţiunea va duce la garantarea activelor lor importante în euro.
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Notes:
(1) Worth more than € 1,500 billion per year in 2011 and 2012, including of course the United Kingdom.
(2) The US municipal bond market ("Munis is used to fund the local transportation, health, education and sanitation infrastructure, ... It’s worth nearly 2,800 billion USD.
(3) Source : Reuters, 11/08/2010
(4) In a 11/20/2010 article Safehaven indeed openly expressed surprise over the "silence" of the major financial media on the issue.
(5) The Financial Times, for example, has for the last month, begun to publish two or three articles per day on its website’s homepage on the so-called "Euro crisis" and to manipulate news, such as the statements of German leaders, to artificially create feelings of anxiety. Finally, even some of the French media are beginning to realize what an incredible political propaganda machine the Financial Times has become, as this recent article by Jean Quatremer in the Libération shows.
(6) By way of comparison, no investor has lost money in the "Greek and Irish episodes" of the "Euro crisis", whilst tens of thousands have lost considerable sums in the recent US Muni crash... yet the media covers the first and not the second.
(7) LEAP/E2020 would like to remind readers of previous GEAB analyses that the discussion over the "Euro crisis" is of the same order as the Swine fever outbreak a year ago, namely a large-scale manipulation of public opinion to serve two purposes: first, to divert public attention from more serious problems (with Swine fever it was the crisis itself and its socio-economic consequences; with the Euro it is simply to divert attention from the situation in the United States and the United Kingdom), and secondly, to serve the goals of players with a major interest in creating this situation of fear (as regards Swine fever it was pharmaceutical laboratories and other related service providers; as regards the Euro, financial players are earning a fortune by speculating on the public debt of the countries concerned (Greece, Ireland, ...)). But just as the Swine fever crisis ended in a masquerade with governments stuck with colossal stockpiles of now worthless vaccines and masks, the so-called Euro crisis is going to end up with players who will have to redeem their so “profitable” bonds for next to nothing whilst their dollars will continue to fall in value. The summer of 2010 has already shown, however, the direction of events. Source: Bloomberg, 11/18/2010
(8) Following the methodology of political anticipation, in the past years our team has, of course, looked at the possibility that the Euro might disappear or collapse. Its conclusion is cut and dried because we have identified only one set-up where such a development would be feasible: at least two major Eurozone states must be headed by political forces wishing to revive intra-European conflicts. According to our team, this prospect has zero probability of taking place in the next two decades (our maximum anticipation span in political matters). So, exit this scenario, even if it makes some with nostalgia for the Deutschmark and Franc sad..., some economists who believe that reality pays little attention to economic theories, and some Anglo-Saxons who cannot imagine, without pain, a European continent which carves out its economic and financial path without them. According to Wikileaks even Mervyn King, head of the Bank of England, believes in an accelerated integration in the Eurozone as a result of the crisis, which recounts his conversations with US diplomats (source: Telegraph, 12/06/2010). Our work on the Euro therefore focuses on the anticipation of the Eurozone’s laborious journey in adapting to its new status as Euroland in the context of the global systemic crisis. Incidentally, it is worth noting that this orgy of criticism and analysis that essentially the US and especially British media lavish has an undeniable value for Euroland leaders: it throws light on all the obstacles laid along the Eurozone path, a sine qua non for avoiding pitfalls. It's paradoxical, but it's an advantage not enjoyed by British or US leaders ... except when they read the GEAB.
(9) And not in relation to “made to measure” currencies as is the case for the Dollar Index.
(10) The New York Times has posted a very informative game called "You solve the budget problem" on its website which allows each player to try and restore the state of federal public finances according to its socio-economic priorities and policies. Feel free to put yourself in the shoes of a Washington decision maker in and you will see that only political will is lacking to solve the problem. Source: New York Times, 11/2010
(11) Sources: CNBC, 11/26/2010; Le Temps, 12/10/2010; USAToday, 11/30/2010; New York Times, 12/04/2010
(12) The United States funds its deficits by a huge daily grab of available global savings. The country’s diplomatic credibility and effectiveness are therefore two essential features for its financial survival. But Wikileaks’ recent revelations are very damaging to the credibility of the State Department, whilst the recent complete failure of the new Israeli-Palestinian negotiations illustrates a growing ineffectiveness of US diplomacy, already very sensitive at the last G20 in Seoul. See the more detailed analysis in this issue. Sources: Spiegel, 12/08/2010; YahooNews, 12/07/2010; YahooNews, 12/08/2010
(13) Even Chinese officials consider that the US fiscal situation is markedly worse than Euroland’s. Source: Reuters, 12/08/2010
(14) Iceland, Ireland ... the United Kingdom, the United States, was the accursed follow-on of sovereign insolvency that LEAP/E2020 anticipated more than two years ago. Events are moving slower than we expected, but 2011 risks proving to be a "catch up" year. The United Kingdom is currently trying to save itself at the cost of huge and drastic socio-economic cuts of which student violence, including that against the Royal Family (a rare event), testifies to their unpopularity. But the size of its debt, its financial isolation and the State rescue of its banking debacles (as did Ireland) makes this headlong rush very dangerous, socially, economically and financially. As for the United States, their leaders seem to do everything (by "doing nothing") to ensure that 2011 is truly the year of the "Fall of the Dollar Wall; as LEAP/E2020 anticipated in January 2006.
(15) As Liam Halligan pointed out in The Telegraph of 12/11/2010, this development on interest rates does not bode well for US debt, expressing what LEAP/E2020 anticipated over two years ago now: we are reaching the moment of truth when available global savings are insufficient to meet the needs of the West, particularly the gargantuan need of the United States.
(16) A factor emphasized by the GEAB team for over four years.
(17) European Financial Stabilization Fund, hedge fund regulation, strict limits on bank bonuses, strict regulation of rating agencies, budget monitoring, next reinforcement of the whole of the European internal market financial regulation, first Euroland rating agency, … Sources: European Voice, 10/26/2010; Deutsche Welle, 11/05/2010; Reuters, 07/13/2010; ABBL, 12/08/2010; BaFin, 11/16/2010
(18) Wolfgang Schauble, the German Finance Minister, is currently the only politician who dared to clearly show his colours in his recent interview with Bild magazine, in which he states that during the next ten years, Euroland countries will have accomplished a genuine political integration. Karl Lamers, his colleague in charge of European affairs at the core of the CDU, identifies the crisis as an opportunity for Europe and Germany, as wel as as the too rarely heard American voice of Rex Nutting in the Wall Street Journal of 12/08/2010. On the technocratic side, the ECB President, Jean-Claude Trichet, called for a "budgetary federation" in Euroland. Sources: EUObserver, 12/13/2010; DeutschlandFunk , 12/09/2010; EUObserver, 12/01/2010
(19) For over a decade, public opinion in the Euroland countries has been, in effect, much more "integrationist" than their élite. Thus, rejection of the draft European Constitution in 2005 in France and the Netherlands would not have happened without some "pro-Europeans" voting "No", rejecting a draft that they considered too timid, politically, democratically and socially.
(20) European leaders are like the tortoise in the Jean de La Fontaine fable "The Hare and the Tortoise; ... but the race would be described by hares!
(21) By the way, the Eurozone’s future political leaders would be well advised to practice, as quickly as possible, how to manage Euroland through two interactive games, Economia and Inflation Island, that the European Central Bank has made available to the public.
(22) As LEAP/E2020 has repeated for nearly two years, European austerity is politically viable only if accompanied by unquestionable social and fiscal equity and the implementation of major democratic and social projects throughout Euroland. It is here that the real medium to long term weakness of the Eurozone can be found, not in the sovereign debt of the peripheral countries. To illustrate this point, it is useful to watch the very interesting video coverage made by the New York Times during the summer of 2010, called "The Austerity Zone: Life in the New Europe;.
(23) Given the obvious difficulty of the American élite to understand the developments taking place in Europe, LEAP/E2020 wishes to contribute to the debate currently raging on US college campuses where budget austerity has led to heavy cuts in language teaching. As always, behind budgetary justifications, several "hidden agendas" can be identified as well as candid lack of understanding of what's going on in the rest of the world regarding languages. A perfect example of both trends seems to be Richard N. Haas, former key official of the US State Department in the G.W. Bush administration, and now the president of the influential Council of Foreign Relations, who strongly advocates pushing French, German and Russian languages out of US campuses. With such 'enlightened and fair' advisers (qualified as having « an intellectual deficit » to understand the 21st century world at the GlobalEurope seminars in The Hague and Washington in 2004/2005), US students are doomed to be less and less able to understand tomorrow's world. Therefore, LEAP/E2020 finds it timely to circulate its 2007 anticipation entitled 'Which languages will the Europeans speak in 2025?' again.
(24) These will be the bonds used by all Euroland countries and other EU member states who wish to participate as the other countries, except the United Kingdom, did in May 2010 for the European Financial Stabilization Fund.
(25) Despite the denials of French and German officials, these Eurobonds are on the agenda of all the informal discussions of Euroland leaders. Source: Euroinvestor, 12/10/2010
(26) It is also probable that the rise in strength of the political renewals expected in France from Spring 2012, and perhaps also in Germany at that time, will make these issues real campaign topics from the end of Summer 2011.
(27) Liam Halligan, definitely one of the best British watchers of the global crisis, is thus completely right to stress in The Telegraph of 11/27/2010 that Angela Merkel (and other Euroland leaders as well) has every intention of making investors pay for significant share of their Irish and Greek bets. But that will happen in an organized manner, as an effective and forceful strategy which the strong States are used to; not in a panic, in the context of a mini-crisis.
(28) And we repeat that, according to our anticipations, they will probably be the political leaders most independent from banking lobby since the 1990s.
(29) This will also take place in an organized manner of “forcibly” cutting back the damaged balance sheets of the major European banks.
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