Eurozone Chutzph and the IMF



“Eurozone members as a whole, they argue, have a lower budget deficit than the US and the United Kingdom, and a similar level of public debt. Unlike the US and the UK, the eurozone in aggregate is running a current-account surplus (it is, as policymakers like to say, living “within its means”). And they express considerable pride in the euro’s growing role as an international reserve currency, as well as resolve to do whatever it takes to defend the currency union’s integrity.”

I would agree on the scheme of integrity for the Euro currency union, or it lives ‘within its means’. Then, what went wrong with growth or the future of it? If it is running on 1-2% growth and 20% unemployment in general; perhaps, Mr. Simon Tilford gave a good reason the IMF is not involved in helping India even though its Stricken states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh is making less than a tenth of the eurozone levels. It is a good point that EU should not drag IMF into assistance of its rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) establishing its the bi-system of rescue fund; I am glad that the other input $430 billion and Japan’s $600 billion pledge. That made a 2 trillion gift to EU. However I would stress the issues of liquidity, solvency, sustainability and competitiveness to the recues of the Southern States like PIIGS, Does it sound much like too big to fall? Or, Do the Southern States really live within its means?



For much the rescue begins, these rescue funds would help eliminate the debts in the second round of restructuring of the debts. Then, the funds from the Twist would turn into credit and shift into the system like the hot cash; the coming inflation and the exchange rate upgrade would escalate based on the structured inflation from the emerging nations with their upgraded labor cost and transportation cost may strangle the growth of the Southern States more since the budget cut or austerity programs. Eventually, the relief of the write-off some believe the economy would reverse would bring on the stagflation and volatile currency exchange rate when the debt/credit sovereignty accountable is turned over to the credit over to the commercial bank. The days of the global stagflation is not far, and the timing for the 2014 in changing the interest rate to the major central banks or commercial banks may not be equipped sufficiently to void the stagflation after it has stalled off years for the ECB and FED.



“That would be an unjustified use of IMF resources, and would further confirm the suspicion among the world's emerging economies that the IMF is in thrall to Western interests………..If eurozone governments are unwilling to build the federal institutions needed to stabilize the eurozone, they should either assemble a big enough rescue fund themselves, or accept that the single currency is unworkable in its current form.”

I still think IMF should not taking the post of insurer like ECB in monitoring the sovereignty debt if its major task is aiding the monetary settlements of the exchange and retribution of the financial, and stabilizing the global monetary finance. By time when stagflation hits or the federation of EU fails, IMF will become the one of the balls being juggled under Ms Largard. It is questionable if IMF is really in thrall to western interest when the changes of the currency exchange must under a new reconstruction. After which, economical growth G20 proposed may not be optimistic as it shows, since the core of inflation had been modified by the merging nation to the restructuring inflation through the hyper labor cost and transportation pricing. The hell break loose as the Piigs run off the fence, when they realize in open competitions, there is less tolerance in sustainability, liquidity, affordability and competitiveness; and resilience comes from social and political if the balance of the financial and development is off.

The alternative in use another entity like the World Bank or Development Bank to keep the task and responsibility of the insurer under the guidance of the United Nations rather than 54% control of the world Bank by the ECB/FED. Does anyone smell monopoly around here or there? Finally, I stress on the questionable role of the rescue fund in IMF is in thrall of Western interest.

“The exuberant fertility of the universal will. “ by Friedrich Nietzsche . German philosopher. The Birth of Tragedy (1872).



May the Buddha bless you?

