Revue de presse réalisée grâce à l'aimable collaboration de Richard Le Hir.
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Euro Zone Crisis Resembles US Turmoil in 2008
_ Published: Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | 2:58 AM ET

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Faber: Brace for a Global 'Reboot' and a War
_ Published: Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | 7:51 AM ET
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Financial markets: State of emergency
In 2007 the world financial system suffered a near death experience. You could have been forgiven for thinking that it was happening all over again
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Kings of the Wild Frontier
​Nothing in the Congressional compromise reached over the weekend makes a significant dent in our $1.5 trillion deficit.
_ In addition to an existing nearly $10 trillion of outstanding Treasury debt, the U.S. has a near unfathomable $66 trillion of future liabilities at “net present cost.”
_ Aside from outright default, there are numerous ways a government can reduce its future liabilities. They include balancing the budget, unexpected inflation, currency depreciation and financial repression.
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America's economy
_ Time for a double dip?
_ A lousy debt deal, rising fears of a recession, the danger of longer-term stagnation: America’s outlook is grim
Aug 6th 2011


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Europe Charges toward Second Great
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The global economy comes to the end of its string
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Crise de la dette : comment l'Italie en est-elle arrivée là ?
LEMONDE.FR | 04.08.11 | 15h48
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L’euro, la vraie menace pour Sarkozy

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German Stocks Fall Sharply
_ Panic Hits Global Markets
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US Stocks to Open Lower as Global Selloff Continues
_ Published: Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | 6:10 AM ET

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The ECB throws Italy and Spain to the wolves
_ The European Central Bank has abandoned Italy and Spain to their tortured fate.
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Asia stock analysts see plunge as panic


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Italian Prosecutors Seize Documents from Moody's, S&P

Italian prosecutors have seized documents at the offices of rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's in a probe over suspected "anomalous" fluctuations in Italian share prices, a prosecutor said on Thursday.


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Gold Prices Drop—No Surprise

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Face aux craintes économiques, le pétrole chute de près de 6 %
LEMONDE.FR avec AFP | 04.08.11 | 21h34

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NEWS ANALYSIS
_ Time to Say It: Double Dip Recession May Be Happening

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The Wrong Worries
_ By PAUL KRUGMAN
_ Published: August 4, 2011

In case you had any doubts, Thursday’s more than 500-point plunge in the Dow Jones industrial average and the drop in interest rates to near-record lows confirmed it: The economy isn’t recovering, and Washington has been worrying about the wrong things.
It’s not just that the threat of a double-dip recession has become very real. It’s now impossible to deny the obvious, which is that we are not now and have never been on the road to recovery.
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Global stocks nosedive

Market rout continues across Europe and Asia,
with Wall Street also looking at more losses Friday.
_ • RBS plummets | Procter & Gamble, Viacom
_ • Gold futures on the move up | Crude oil drop 2%
_ • Asia stocks plunge | Europe stocks in tailspin


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Allegations Against Italy Analysts 'Entirely Founded'

Guy Vanderelst | Photographer's Choice | Getty Images
_ Now three Standard & Poor's analysts and one from Moody's are under investigation by Italian police.

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Global economy is cooling rapidly
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Bank of New York Puts Charge on Cash Deposits

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U.S. stocks plunge; Dow off 336, loses year gains

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Paniquée, l'Europe boursière dégringole à la clôture
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La BCE essaie en vain d'être le pompier de la zone euro

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Les Bourses européennes s'effondrent, pas convaincues par les déclarations de la BCE


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Analysis: World poorly placed to meet new economic crisis

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A Secret War in 120 Countries
_ The Pentagon's New Power Elite

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Recession Seen Looming as Jobless Benefits End