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Johnson se viste de Roosevelt y anuncia un ‘new deal’ para hacer frente a la crisis del coronavirusEl premier británico presenta un programa keynesiano de inversión en infraestructuraQue quede claro que no soy un comunista”, dijo ayer Boris Johnson al anunciar un programa keynesiano de inversión pública (construcción de carreteras, escuelas, hospitales, prisiones, ferrocarriles, nuevas tecnologías...) para sacar a la economía del país del hoyo profundo en que la ha metido (y la va a meter aún más) la pandemia. Si hubiera sido un presidente demócrata estadounidense, es concebible que más de un republicano le hubiera tildado de rojo. Pero tratándose de un primer ministro británico tory, a nadie se le pasa por la cabeza.Johnson quiso dejar claro, sin embargo, que no se identifica para nada con Marx y Engels, o con Lenin o Stalin, porque –aparte de la futura inversión en infraestructura– el Estado se está gastando 18.000 millones de euros al mes en pagar hasta el 80% de los sueldos de las empresas en ERTE y trabajadores autónomos, algo que no llamaría la atención proviniendo de un gobierno socialdemócrata, pero no pega demasiado con uno de mayoría absoluta conservadora como el de Londres, heredero de Thatcher, que además proclama las virtudes de la no intervención, la no regulación y dejarlo todo en manos de la iniciativa privada. Excepto cuando llega un virus, de donde sea, y entonces no hay más remedio que romper el manual ideológico y empezar a fabricar dinero. Primero se trata de evitar el caos salvando todo el empleo que sea posible (aun así se teme que el paro alcance el 20%), y con la inflación, si es que se produce, ya se lidiará más tarde.
ECB ready to adapt policy to coronavirus but reforms key to recovery: de GuindosThe European Central Bank is ready to adapt its policy to the needs of the European Union after the coronavirus pandemic, but reforms by single countries will be more important than monetary policy, the bank’s Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday.“The main antidote will not be monetary policy - which we will conduct, knowing that we are not omnipotent - but rather reforms and budgetary policy of single governments,” de Guindos told Italian daily La Stampa in an interview.He added that although the ECB had acted “rapidly and effectively”, the negative impact of the epidemic on Europe would have been more contained had the bloc been more integrated at the economic and monetary level.
UK house prices show first annual decline in eight yearsBethan Staton in LondonUK house prices fell for the first time since 2012 last month, a building society survey said, as the property market makes an uncertain return to business after lockdown.Nationwide’s house price index showed prices in June were down 0.1 per cent year-on-year, after increasing 1.8 per cent the previous month, in the first decline since December 2012.UK house prices fell by 1.4 per cent month-on-month, taking into account seasonal changes, after a fall of 1.7 per cent the previous month. House prices in June were 3.2 per cent lower than in April.Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, said stalling house price growth was “unsurprising” given the pandemic’s shock to the economy, which has forced viewings and transactions to freeze and seen economic output slump.CitarWhile latest data from HMRC showed a slight pick-up in residential property transactions from April’s low, in May they were still 50% lower than the same month in 2019.Owners and buyers are now looking with caution to the uncertain outlook of the next few months. Nationwide’s figures showed a further slowdown in mortgage activity, with only 9,300 approvals for purchasing homes in May, down 86 per cent from the same month last year. In February there were 73,700 mortgage approvals.
While latest data from HMRC showed a slight pick-up in residential property transactions from April’s low, in May they were still 50% lower than the same month in 2019.
Algo indicará esta divergencia tan llamativa y excepcional (crédito vs IPC EEUU). ¿Sugerencias?
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Las perspectivas del mercado laboral mundial en la segunda mitad de 2020 son «muy inciertas» y la recuperación prevista no será suficiente para que el empleo vuelva a los niveles prepandémicos de este año, dijo el martes la Organización Internacional del Trabajo.En su último informe, la agencia de la ONU dijo que la caída de las horas de trabajo a nivel mundial fue «significativamente peor de lo que se había estimado anteriormente» en la primera mitad del año. Las Américas fue la región más afectada, con una pérdida del 18,3% de las horas de trabajo.A nivel mundial, se estima que en el segundo trimestre se perdió un 14% de las horas de trabajo, lo que equivale a 400 millones de empleos a tiempo completo, debido a la pandemia, dijo la OIT.Estimó que las pérdidas de horas de trabajo probablemente seguirían siendo del orden del 4,9% en el cuarto trimestre, lo que equivale a 140 millones de empleos a tiempo completo. En un escenario pesimista en la llamada segunda ola de la pandemia, esta cifra podría aumentar hasta el 11,9% o 340 millones de empleos, dijo.«Las estimaciones han revisado al alza considerablemente el daño que la pandemia ha causado a nuestros mercados laborales», dijo Guy Ryder, director general de la OIT, en una conferencia de prensa en Ginebra. «Así que no va a haber una recuperación simple o rápida».Las cifras incluyen a las personas que trabajan menos horas, que tienen permiso de ausencia, que han perdido su trabajo o que se han retirado de la fuerza laboral.Reflejan «el empeoramiento de las condiciones», especialmente en los países en desarrollo, según el informe.Alrededor del 93 por ciento de los trabajadores siguen viviendo en países con algún tipo de cierre del lugar de trabajo, según el informe.La pandemia ha tenido un «efecto desproporcionado y perjudicial» en las mujeres trabajadoras, que a menudo están empleadas en sectores muy afectados como la alimentación y el alojamiento, el comercio minorista y los bienes raíces, dijo Ryder.Al preguntársele si Brasil no impone medidas estrictas de salud pública para detener la propagación del coronavirus, Ryder dijo: «Un claro e indebido retraso en la actuación en el lado sanitario de la pandemia va a traer peores resultados sociales y económicos».«Es inevitable… que el mundo comience a salir de esta pandemia con mayores niveles de desempleo, mayores niveles de pobreza, mayores niveles de desigualdad, mayores niveles de frustración entre los ciudadanos, pero también mayores niveles de endeudamiento», dijo. (Informe de Stephanie Nebehay; Edición de Jan Harvey, Kirsten Donovan) Reuters. Traduce serenitymarkets
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You’re not necessarily throwing your money away when you rent.KiplingerMiriam CrossI’ve been a happy renter since I moved to Washington, D.C., seven years ago. Neither of my apartments has been luxurious. But in an expensive city with limited housing, I paid below market rate for my first place (my roommate and I had our own bedrooms, thanks to a makeshift wall). Later, when I wanted to live alone, I landed an underpriced studio in a rent-controlled building. But as more friends purchase shiny condos or casually speculate about future plans to buy, I wonder whether buying is something I should consider.The nagging feeling that buying is something you should do is one big reason that millennials choose to buy, says Bill Nelson, a certified financial planner and founder of Pacesetter Planning near Boston. We've also been told that buying is an investment, and renting is "just throwing money away."Adding up the costs. Many experts recommend buying only if you expect to park yourself there for at least five to seven years. What if you like your city and current situation but also have no idea where life will take you in the next five to seven years? Sometimes, "the most you can say is 'I plan to stay in the same spot, knowing everything about my circumstances, career and family today,'" says Jeff Tucker, an economist at home-price site Zillow.com.An online rent-or-buy calculator, such as those from SmartAsset.com or Zillow, can run some quick calculations after you enter your location, rent, target home price, size of down payment and other factors.Don't underestimate other costs associated with buying a home. Closing costs, including the appraisal fee and loan origination fee, typically cost 2 to 5 percent of the purchase price of the home. Increases in ongoing expenses such as property taxes can blindside new homeowners, says Nelson.Eric Simonson, a CFP and owner of Abundo Wealth in Minneapolis, advises clients to plan on spending 1 percent of the home's value each year for maintenance and upkeep. Finally, if you put less than 20 percent down, you'll need to sink even more money into private mortgage insurance.When Simonson speaks with clients who want to buy a home, he asks them how much they pay in rent and pulls up several properties where they would pay the equivalent after factoring in monthly mortgage payments, taxes, insurance and upkeep. "More often than not, they find they aren't getting such a bad deal renting, especially if they live in areas where the cost to purchase is very high," he says.In some locations, renting can be cheaper than buying, depending on the size of your down payment and the length of time you stay in the home. Zillow found that renting beats buying in San Jose, San Francisco, Honolulu, Oakland, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Anaheim, assuming you put down 10 percent and stay in the home for five years. Even if buying comes out ahead, renting allows you the flexibility to make big life changes and affords you the time to save up for a down payment and the cash needed to cover up-front and regular expenses.Renters could, on average, accumulate more wealth than homeowners if they invested the equivalent of a down payment plus the difference between a monthly mortgage payment and rent in a diversified portfolio, according to Eli Beracha, coauthor of a study on homeownership in the Journal of Housing Research. Most renters don't do this, and for most people, buying is a better financial choice in the long run. But don't rush. "I've never met with someone and said, 'The problem with your finances is that you bought a home way too late,'" says Nelson. "But I've seen plenty of people who have messed up their financial situation by buying a home too early."Miriam Cross is an Associate Editor at Kiplinger's Personal Finance
No sé el alcance que tendrá esta noticia porque me ha llegado através de Pocket, una especie de archivador de noticias que además permite una lectura cómoda.No sé si me la ha enviado por mis afinidades o porque realmente es una noticia "popular"No dice nada que no sepamos, no es ni si quiera ya nuestra principal preocupación pero, hoygan, gusta de leerlohttps://www.kiplinger.com/article/real-estate/t010-c047-s002-when-renting-is-better-than-buying.htmlWhen Renting Is Smarter Than Buying
Cita de: newclo en Julio 01, 2020, 16:21:25 pmNo sé el alcance que tendrá esta noticia porque me ha llegado através de Pocket, una especie de archivador de noticias que además permite una lectura cómoda.No sé si me la ha enviado por mis afinidades o porque realmente es una noticia "popular"No dice nada que no sepamos, no es ni si quiera ya nuestra principal preocupación pero, hoygan, gusta de leerlohttps://www.kiplinger.com/article/real-estate/t010-c047-s002-when-renting-is-better-than-buying.htmlWhen Renting Is Smarter Than BuyingAntes de que se líe la marimorena: comprar o alquilar es una decisión muy dependiente de la situación del hogar, del tiempo, del lugar, etc.Puede tener sentido comprar para ti pero no para mí. Puede tener sentido comprar hoy pero no ayer o mañana. Puede tener sentido comprar aquí pero no allí.Sólo se puede dar un sí o no rotundo en ciertas circunstancias. Si hay burbuja de precio, y ya está muy hinchada, y hay crisis en ciernes, y los trabajos de quienes trabajen en la familia no están bien protegidos, y no tenéis ahorros para comprar al contado... no compréis ni de coña. Si los precios están en su nivel adecuado o por debajo, y hay bonanza duradera, y los trabajos están bien asegurados, y tenéis ahorros para comprar al contado... pues compra algo sensato y es difícil que te salga mal.Desafortunadamente, el 90% de tiempo se está en una situación no tan extrema, por lo que hay que sacar la calculadora y hacer números de verdad, sin hacerse trampas al solitario.
Vota y opina: ¿Cuánto pagas de alquiler?, ¿crees que es un precio justo?El Gobierno ha dado el primer paso para limitar la subida de los precios en el mercado de alquiler. Y tú, ¿Cuánto pagas de alquiler? ¿Crees que es un precio justo?¿Cuánto pagas de alquiler?Menos de 500 eurosEntre 500 y 1000 eurosMás de 1000 euros¿Cómo ves el precio del alquiler que pagas?Es un precio justoCreo que pago más de la cuentaCreo que pago menos de la cuenta
Total468 votos¿Cómo ves el precio del alquiler que pagas?Es un precio justo: 33% 156 votosCreo que pago más de la cuenta: 61% 283 votosCreo que pago menos de la cuenta: 6% 29 votos
Tourism: can Europe save its summer?Governments dependent on spending by overseas visitors are desperate to reopen their economies after the coronavirus lockdownsSome industry figures consider that ultimately the sector may be able to pull in half of 2019’s receipts this year, but that still implies a loss of hundreds of billions of euros across Europe. That’s the view of José Luis Yzuel, head of Hostelería de España, an organisation which represents more than 270,000 bars and restaurants. He thinks there may be a limited return to Spain’s coasts and islands but not much more than that. “This season is gone,” Mr Yzuel says. “If the tourism industry can recover 50 per cent of last year’s sales that will be a triumph — but then if you compare something with complete annihilation, anything looks good.”
El Banco de España prevé que la crisis haga repuntar la desigualdadLa crisis se ceba con los servicios, que emplean más a mujeres y jóvenes. El supervisor pide vigilar el funcionamiento del ingreso mínimo vital
The US economic recovery could take 'just 4 or 5 years' if coronavirus is controlled, Fed president saysThe US could see a quicker economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic recession if the virus is contained through public measures or a vaccine, according to Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. "If we can get the public health issues under control either through a really robust mitigation strategy or a vaccine, then we can reengage in economic activity really quickly," Daly said Wednesday during a virtual event with the Washington Post. "Then it could take just four years or five years. But if we end up with a pervasive, long lasting hit to the economy, then it could take longer."Earlier this month, Daly said that the US can't wait another 10 years for an economic recovery to reach everyone. The US officially fell into a recession in February, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, ending a record-long economic expansion that began after the 2008 financial crisis.There have been some recent positive signs of a rebound. Retail sales surged 17.7% in May, ADP data showed US companies added more jobs in June, and a gauge of manufacturing activity jumped the most since 1980 this month. Still, Daly "would hesitate to call this a recovery," she said. That's because "ultimately the virus will determine the pace at which we can go," she said. As states across the country reopen, there have been increasing coronavirus cases that've sparked fears of a second wave that could derail the economic recovery. More than 12 states have paused or rolled back reopening plans in an effort to get new COVID-19 cases under control.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/economic-recovery-forecast-us-number-years-coronavirus-contained-fed-daly-2020-7-1029360464CitarThe US economic recovery could take 'just 4 or 5 years' if coronavirus is controlled, Fed president saysThe US could see a quicker economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic recession if the virus is contained through public measures or a vaccine, according to Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. "If we can get the public health issues under control either through a really robust mitigation strategy or a vaccine, then we can reengage in economic activity really quickly," Daly said Wednesday during a virtual event with the Washington Post. "Then it could take just four years or five years. But if we end up with a pervasive, long lasting hit to the economy, then it could take longer."Earlier this month, Daly said that the US can't wait another 10 years for an economic recovery to reach everyone. The US officially fell into a recession in February, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, ending a record-long economic expansion that began after the 2008 financial crisis.There have been some recent positive signs of a rebound. Retail sales surged 17.7% in May, ADP data showed US companies added more jobs in June, and a gauge of manufacturing activity jumped the most since 1980 this month. Still, Daly "would hesitate to call this a recovery," she said. That's because "ultimately the virus will determine the pace at which we can go," she said. As states across the country reopen, there have been increasing coronavirus cases that've sparked fears of a second wave that could derail the economic recovery. More than 12 states have paused or rolled back reopening plans in an effort to get new COVID-19 cases under control.