AI and Geoeconomics

Donald Tusk @eucopresident  China – National Party Congress (5 March 2016) China will let its fiscal deficit grow by 560 billion yuan to 3% of GDP in 2016 # NPC http:// ow.ly/Z7ZCa   OIL - GCC Equity Market (6 March 2016) GCC Stocks Enter Bull: lots of expectation has been built into the potential meeting at the end of the month http://ow.ly/Z803A #OPEC EU – Turkey Summit (7 March 2016) The political stakes for the German chancellor are rising by the week: human, political and geopolitical challenges @FT EU-Turkey summit: high-stakes and unpleasant choices, says Gideon Rachman http://on.ft.com/1U46Kt5   ECB – Mario Draghi (10 March 2016) Week Ahead Economic Outlook: ECB policy easing anticipated - FT.com http://ow.ly/Z80kd

Au dessus de Vitebsk (1915-1920) - Chagall ·        Europe Central Bank: QE or not QE? o    This week the QE club has gained one new and serious supporter: Ewald Nowotny, governor of the Austrian Central Bank. Österreichs Notenbankchef Ewald Nowotny kann sich für den in Deutschland heftig umstrittenen Kauf von Staatsanleihen durch die EZB erwärmen. Für #Nowotny ist das Risiko einer ruinösen Abwärtsspirale aus fallenden Preisen und einer abschmierenden  #Konjunktur  sehr real  #Nowotny 08.12.2014, 13:52 von Reuters  - Notenbank-Chef Nowotny offen für Staatsanleihenkauf o    Yet on the short term, attentions and worries, might be focused on Greece. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asked Greece's parliament to bring forward the presidential vote by more than two months to December 17. Failure to elect a new president by the end of the year would force snap elections that could bring the Sy...