Saturday, September 17, 2016

Economic News , Data & Views ...... Saturday September 17 , 2016 ...... Quick Hits - 1. Markets : Doug Noland Weekly Credit Bubble Bulletin ; European Bank Updates - Deutsche Bank & Monte dei Paschi di Siena In Focus ; Currencies In Focus - Mexico's Peso & Philippine Peso In Focus ; Market Oview - H/T Holger Zschaepitz. 2. Greece In Focus - Creditor Talks , Greek Politics , Economic Items , Odds & Ends. 3. MENA Watch - Libya & Syria In Focus. 4.Odds & Ends.


Markets....








Credit Bubble Bulletin: Weekly Commentary: Reversals Best over view of the week that was plus initial essay !










Chart: Deutsche Bank shares -










Chart: Monte dei Paschi di Siena share price -










Chart: Mexican peso hits record low vs. the dollar -









Chart: The Philippine peso is down 8 days in a row -










Good morning from Berlin. Global stock mkts have lost another $772bn in mkt cap this week on monetary policy angst.











Complacency misplaced? 's credit risk almost unchg despite fresh turbulences at biggest lender Deutsche Bank










Greece.....








New Democracy 7.1 points ahead of SYRIZA in new poll







State entities slow in debt repayment







Bank of govrnr Stournaras says he's sending Attica Bank audit report to Athens public prosecutor, implying serious issues hv emerged









Attica Bank: 's only non-systemic national bank, majority-owned by Greek construction engineers & architects' pension fund.








Stournaras says his relationship with PM Tsipras was never in trouble, nobody tried to push him out of Bank of . /via







also said he will submit & report on for loans given over a 'long period' to the prosecutor




Scandalous findings at Attica Bank









From Nick Malkoutzis - sadly a lot of truth in this piece !










Greece’s Creditors Reject Irreversible Fund But Work on Incentives to Legalize Hidden Assets









Electricity bills to go up by 4-5 percent









Public properties being sold for a fraction of their actual value









MENA Watch - Libya & Syria In Focus








Libya.....





received 128,000 barrels of crude from fields Abu Attifel & 103 over past two days: president of workers union at the port






Another 40,000 from Nafura field are stored at Amal field and will be pumped to through the pipeline from 103 field







is also ready to export the over 1.3 million barrels of crude stored on site






Tunisia was start of Arab Spring. It's Fall now , but things are heating up in Tunisia ! Libya spillover effect on display ?










Ring Road (Highway) blocked by angry residents due to long hours power cuts (9+ hrs) shootings heard








UN envoy Martin Kobler: What is necessary now is to form a unity government.












IMF Study: The Economic Impact of Conflicts in the and North










Mohammed Siyala: Pres. Council in the process of forming a mini-government.




















Map of oil and gas facilities.










Is an Armed Forces Supreme Council of Serraj , Maetig , Saleh , Hafter , Gatrani in the works ?



















Syria.....


( For both Sam & Meya threads , read from top to bottom.)






Emergency meeting set for Saturday night on today's attacks.....









US officials confirm to me that the US-led coalition did launch airstrikes in the vicinity of Deir ez-Zor, Syria today.







What's clear: US coalition launched airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor today. Everything else is unknown at the moment.






US official, on whether Deir ez-Zor incident could have been the result of a Russian - not US - strike: "I don't think that's the case."






Expect a statement from US CENTCOM within the next half hour on events in Deir ez-Zor. Seems they are taking this quite seriously.







US officials confirm to me that the US-led coalition did launch airstrikes in the vicinity of Deir ez-Zor, Syria today.








., citing government sources, reports casualty count in Deir ez-Zor in vicinity of 200 now, including over 80 dead.








Regime-connected media saying that "U.S. Air Force dropped phosphorous bombs" on government positions in Deir ez-Zor.








And CJTF is checking with CENTCOM.









Here's the regime connected report citing "phosphorous" in Deir ez-Zor attack on government forces:







 

18 seconds ago
Looks like US did inadvertently hit the SAA position....











Russia said if US hit regime in error, it's because of no coordination w/ Russia. US says it informed Russia prior.










Activist in Deir ez-Zor said strike took place "during fighting between the regime solders and IS members."







: Following tweets are a summary of tonight's news of US-led coalition air strikes on Deir Ezzor -









army said US-led coalition raids hit one of their positions near Deir Ezzor airport at 5:00pm, leading to unspecified casualties










: Russian army says 62 Syrian soldiers were killed in four raids by "warplanes from the international anti-jihadist coalition."








SAA allegedly attacked by US jets .... massive death and wounded toll..







: Syrian army has been fighting off an IS offensive on that airport for months. It says strikes allowed IS to advance against troops









: Russian army says US-led coalition strikes have left 60 Syrian soldiers dead - via









: Syrian army called it "a dangerous and bold attack against the Syrian state & army, & clear evidence the US... supports Daesh."









: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 80 Syrian soldiers killed in the strikes but cannot confirm who carried them out






: "We were most unsettled by the machine guns," Syrian military source in Deir Ezzor airport tells after alleged coalition raids







: Syrian military source in DZ airport to : "Then, there was machine gun fire on wounded soldiers & paramedics" from the planes /2







: Syrian military source inside Deir Ezzor airport tells : "There were 3 raids on two Syrian army positions on Jabal Therdeh." 1








: Moscow to call UN Security Council meeting over Syria strikes: foreign ministry - via










Here's what we know for now....






Lavrov asks Kerry to act upon widening access for humanitarian convoy in Syria








Turkish soldiers & US Special Forces commence working together in N Syria...




















has allegedly given permission to shoot down planes that cross into its territory










Russia: The ceasefire in Syria has been violated 199 times since it came into force five days ago. US has responsibility if it collapses











BREAKING: Russian defence minister says US not complying with Syria ceasefire deal and that Washington will be responsible for its collapse











and are expected to meet in NY to ease the deal or to make sure the mistrust is most dominate.












Castello road is not very busy today, waiting for and to make up their mind: Deal or no-deal?










IMPORTANT: Huge airstrikes by 's Air Force targeting Da'ish HQs in 'Akashat near the Iraqi-Syrian border.












expresses ‘deep concern’ over rollout of deal





















Al-Hamza brigade and Div51 forced the US out of Al-Raei. Return of US forces r unfounded













Israel is pushing jihadist and rebels toward Lebanon to engage Hezbollah, and Moscow warned Tel Aviv... My take










Day 5 of Ceasefire: -Aid NOT Delivered -UNSC meeting canceled -Civilian deaths in Aleppo -Fighting near Hama,near Tartous, in Aleppo










US special forces are helping Turkey clear out ISIS strongholds in Syria











"minister of information" killed by airstrike in Syria:










Despire a temporary cessation of fighting in Syria, key loose ends remain frayed









Ahrar al-Sharqiya *had* been a CENTCOM-vetted unit but it lost its status recently, after problems w. New Syria Army












Syria aid stuck at border as diplomatic tensions grow





Odds & Ends....








Germans and Austrians protest EU trade talks with US and Canada.









Police shootings return , one such event here in Philly.








Not trying to cause a frenzy , more of a word to the wise. this could impact gasoline supplies & store deliveries.











Democrats should panic … if the polls still look like this in a week:










Investigating Nate Silver's "Negative Time Preference" Forecasts for Trump via








Allegations of Fraud Surface Over "One Time" Donations to Hillary that Occur Repeatedly via



















Hmmm , bomb explodes this morning along marathon route , cop shooting flare up overnight , Colonial pipeline leak...










2 cops shot, suspect and bystander killed in West Philly rampage via Local newspaper account of event











Police shootings return , one such event here in Philly.










No government? No problem. IMF boosts Spain's 2016 economic growth forecast










Excessive police force against protesters causes a french unionist to lose an eye. disgraceful misconduct.















250,000 people are exected to march against the unpopular TTIP trade deal on Saturday











Britain to block EU army...






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