Stephen Wheeler es el economista de mode en Argentina

Stephen Wheeler es el economista de mode en Argentina


Stephen Wheeler es el economista de moda en el Gobierno y pide "cambios drásticos" ante la crisis financiera mundial. Además, propone terminar con las retenciones para la exportación de granos
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El gurú de moda en el Gobierno lanzó sus recomendaciones de cara a la crisis financiera mundial y advirtió que sería muy beneficioso para las cuentas públicas y la economía de la Argentina terminar con las retenciones "a los granos" y la "repatriación de capitales".

Stephen Wheeler, economista y empresario, señaló en una entrevista concedida a un matutino porteño que "la inflación no es el problema", sino que "el problema es el campo, motor de nuestra salida".

"La crisis es tan grande que hay que mostrar cambios como éste: anunciar desde 2009 retenciones de 0% a los granos ¿Cómo es posible generar confianza para sembrar con incertidumbre sobre las commodities y fertilizantes a precios tan altos?", se pregunta el inglés.

Medida difícil de implementar, Wheeler cree que para las "crisis graves" hay que efectuar "cambios drásticos".

Además, el economista de moda entre los oficialistas dijo que "hay que repatriar capitales argentinos mediante un fideicomiso. Con eso y con la emisión monetaria canalizar a proyectos productivos, energía y obras públicas" y "más control del Estado, como dice Cristina" Kirchner, según publicó el diario La Nación.

Wheeler, empresario y matemático, prevé un cierre masivo de bancos y cree que las medidas adoptadas por los países del Primer Mundo no serán suficientes. "No hay sistema para poner ese dinero en los lugares adecuados. No hay tanta plata para salvar a los bancos". Y pronostica: "Falta efectivo, por lo tanto, cerrarán los bancos".

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HSBC to cut 1,100 jobs worldwide

HSBC to cut 1,100 jobs worldwide
Friday September 26, 7:10 am ET
Dikky Sinn, Associated Press Writer
HSBC to cut 1,100 jobs worldwide in global banking, marketing units

HONG KONG (AP) -- HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, is cutting 1,100 jobs worldwide in the wake of the financial turmoil, a spokesman said Friday.

The London-based lender is laying off 4 percent of its global banking and market division, with half of them taking place in the bank's operation in Britain, said spokesman Gareth Hewett in Hong Kong.

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"We've taken the action because of the current market conditions, the economic environment and our cautious outlook of 2009," Hewett said by phone. All of the staff being cut has already been told.

In Hong Kong, HSBC, which operates in Europe, Asia and the Americas, is laying off 100 staff.

HSBC has a 335,000-strong work force globally, and so the job cuts will only hit 0.3 percent of its total employees.

Peter Wong, the banking group's executive director for Hong Kong and China, did not rule out the possibility of further layoffs.

"The financial environment is difficult now. It's nothing extraordinary that some staff have to leave our operations," Wong told broadcaster Cable TV. "I think this kind of action will continue to come in the financial sector."

HSBC has been hit hard by the credit crisis, largely because of its ownership since 2003 of Illinois-based lender Household International Inc. -- the biggest U.S. subprime mortgage lender.

Last month, HSBC reported its steepest fall in profit since 2001 as costs for bad U.S. mortgage loans mounted.

Net profit for the first half of the year plunged 29 percent to $7.7 billion from $10.9 billion in profit in the January to June period of 2007.

The biggest losses came from the North American market, which HSBC depends on for a quarter of its revenue. Operations there posted a first-half loss of $2.9 billion, compared with profit of $2.4 billion a year ago.

Friday's job cuts are the second major money-conserving move the bank has announced in as many weeks. On Sept. 19, HSBC canceled a $6 billion agreement to purchase a controlling stake in South Korea's Korea Exchange Bank from U.S. private equity group Lone Star Funds.

AP Business Writer Emily Flynn Vencat in London contributed to this story.



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