JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.
1 KINGS 10:13-14
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
GENESIS 49:16-17
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
The Shemitah is coming true.Do people not get it? There is a economic crash every 7 years.
1980: Recession
1987: Stock market crash
1994: Bond market crash
2001: 9/11, dot com, recession
2008: Housing crash
2015: See if something will happen-The central banks will be the death of us. Get ready and embrace yourself for the economic collapse.
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THE BANK OF CANADA HAS NOT RISEN ITS RATES.IT STAYS AT 0.05%
Hedge Fund That Called Subprime Crisis Urges 50% Yuan Drop-Saijel Kishan-Updated on January 19, 2016 — 9:45 PM EST-bloomberg
Mark Hart, the hedge fund manager whose bets against U.S. subprime mortgages and European sovereign debt proved prescient, said China should weaken its currency by more than 50 percent this year.A one-off devaluation would allow policy makers to “draw a line in the sand” at a more appropriate level for the yuan, easing pressure on China’s foreign-exchange reserves and removing an incentive for capital outflows, according to Hart, who’s been betting against the currency since at least 2011. China should devalue before its $3.3 trillion hoard of reserves shrinks much further, he said, because the country can still convince markets it’s acting from a position of strength.-QuickTake The People's Currency-“There wouldn’t be anything underhanded about a sharp devaluation,” Hart, who runs Corriente Advisors from Fort Worth, Texas, said in an interview on Real Vision, a subscription video service targeting Wall Street. “Why should China be forced to suffer deflationary effects of defending its currency when everyone else isn’t?"Hart, whose prescription clashes with consensus forecasts for the yuan and recent comments from senior government officials, said China would be justified in weakening the currency after central banks in Europe and Japan fueled declines in their exchange rates to stoke economic growth in recent years. Such a move would likely come as a surprise to global investors, who were rattled by a drop of less than 3 percent in the yuan last August.China’s current approach to managing the currency’s decline has been costly. Foreign-exchange reserves dropped by a record $513 billion last year as the central bank intervened to ease the currency’s slide, while an estimated $843 billion of capital flowed out of China in the 11 months through November as some investors sought to get in front of further yuan weakness.Aside from intervention, policy makers have moved to curb bearish bets against the yuan and tighten restrictions on the flow of money across the country’s borders. Those measures have fueled doubts among global investors about the ruling Communist Party’s commitment to give markets a central role in the world’s second-largest economy and make the yuan an international currency.“ They’re trying to drive a car with one foot on the brake,” said Hart, who estimates the People’s Bank of China spent more than $100 billion supporting the yuan in onshore and offshore markets during the first 12 days of January. “If China were to devalue to a level that wasn’t actually a true equilibrium they will get run over pretty quickly, they will blow through FX reserves, and then they will lose face because they’ll be forced to devalue.”-Currency War-While a one-off drop in the yuan could ease selling pressure on the currency and support exports, it would also entail risks for China and the rest of the world. Chinese borrowers have amassed $1.5 trillion of foreign-currency debt, according to an official estimate at the end of September, which would become instantly harder to repay after a sharp decline in the yuan.A devaluation could also fan fears of a global currency war -- a risk that Mexico’s finance minister cited earlier this month -- and spur the U.S. Federal Reserve to backtrack on plans to raise interest rates, according to Hart. Chinese policy makers have signaled there are no plans for a big drop in the yuan. Premier Li Keqiang on Friday pledged a “stable” exchange rate and said the nation has no intention of stimulating exports through a competitive devaluation. Bets against the currency will fail and calls for a large depreciation are “ridiculous” as policy makers are determined to ensure stability, Han Jun, the deputy director of China’s office of the central leading group for financial and economic affairs, said last week in New York.-1994 Precedent-China’s currency, which traded at 6.5793 in the onshore market at the 10:43 a.m. in Hong Kong, will end the year at 6.7 per dollar, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Rabobank, which has the most bearish forecast in the survey, predicts a 13 percent drop to 7.6.There is a precedent for a sharp devaluation. The currency slid 33 percent at the start of 1994 as authorities unified official and market exchange rates, and the yuan has stayed stronger than that level ever since March of that year. That decision was a “wild success,” helping to set the stage for years of economic growth and foreign-exchange inflows, said Hart, who founded his hedge fund in 2001.While a devaluation this year would be “jarring” and may initially accelerate capital outflows, it would ultimately put China in a stronger position, according to Hart. He said the country could explain the move by saying it would put the yuan at a level more reflective of market forces and allow the currency to catch up with declines in international peers.-Yuan Bears-Despite recent weakness against the dollar, the yuan has gained 36 percent over the past decade against a Bloomberg basket of 13 currencies designed to replicate the official CFETS RMB Index. The gains have come even as China’s economic growth dropped to the weakest annual pace in a quarter century last year.Hart started a China fund in 2009 to bet on the country’s economic slowdown, telling a conference in New York two years later that he was wagering on declines in the currency. While he may have been early to enter that trade, some of his past forecasts have played out. Hart handed investors a six-fold gain by betting against U.S. subprime mortgages before the global financial crisis, and profited in 2010 with wagers against European government debt. He’s not the only hedge fund betting against the yuan. Carlyle Group’s Emerging Sovereign Group in New York and Omni Partners in London are also positioned for a retreat in the currency. Crispin Odey, who runs Odey Asset Management, said in September that the yuan should fall by at least 30 percent.Hart said he’s wagering against the currency with put options, contracts that provide the right to sell at a specific price within a set period. Bets on a sharp devaluation aren’t common among his hedge fund peers, who only recently started to wager on a gradual depreciation, Hart said. He didn’t respond to a Bloomberg News request for additional information.“It strikes me as odd that the world would assume that China wouldn’t pursue the same type of monetary policies” that led to weaker exchange rates in other nations, Hart said. “They’re between a rock and a hard place.”
Global Stocks on Brink of Bear Market as Oil Slides; Bonds Jump-Emma O'Brien-Stephen Kirkland-Updated on January 20, 2016 — 5:22 AM EST-bloomberg
Turmoil returned to global markets as oil plunged and European stocks sank to the lowest levels in 13 months, fueling a rush into haven assets.Earnings exacerbated the rout, sending MSCI Inc.’s gauge of global equities to the brink of a bear market. Russia’s ruble led developing-nation currencies lower, while bets mounted on an end to Hong Kong’s dollar peg. Yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped below 2 percent and the yen jumped to a one-year high.“It’s back to oil and that’s what is driving everything at the moment,” said Barra Sheridan, a rates trader at Bank of Montreal in London. “We can easily run more because it’s pure fear. I don’t know what we need to change this sentiment.”Oil’s slump to a 12-year low is ripping through markets. Just on Wednesday, Royal Dutch Shell Plc said profit may drop at least 42 percent in the fourth quarter and Saudi Arabia was said to order a halt in selling options used to bet against its currency peg. U.S. bonds now predict the slowest inflation since May 2009. A report on Thursday will probably show U.S. crude stockpiles expanded, exacerbating the global glut. -Stocks-The Stoxx Europe 600 Index tumbled 2.8 percent at 10:01 a.m. in London, with all industry groups declining. Shell slid 5.3 percent and BHP Billiton Ltd. dragged commodity producers, falling 6.7 percent after trimming its full-year iron ore output forecast. Zurich Insurance Group AG declined 8.1 percent after forecasting a second straight quarterly loss for its biggest unit.Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures slid 1.9 percent. As well as data on housing starts and consumer prices, investors will look to earnings reports from companies including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for indications of the health of the world’s biggest economy.-Emerging Markets-The MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped the most in two weeks, sinking 2.6 percent to the lowest on a closing basis since May 2009.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng China Enterprises Index tumbled 4.2 percent as oil producers plummeted and a drop in the city’s dollar spurred concern over capital outflows. The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 1 percent.Russia’s Micex Index slid 1.6 percent and the Bloomberg GCC 200 Index of equities in Gulf markets lost 3.2 percent. Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index declined 4.5 percent and Dubai shares sank 4.6 percent. Egypt’s benchmark slid 4.5 percent.Russia’s ruble slid 1.6 percent to 79.8140 against the dollar, less than 0.5 percent away from a record 80.10 reached in December 2014. The Mexican peso fell to a record 18.4775 per dollar and is down 6.5 percent this year, making it Latin America’s worst performing major currency.Saudi Arabian banks are under orders to stop selling currency products that allow investors to make cheap bets on a devaluation of the riyal, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency told banks not to sell options contracts on riyal forwards at a meeting in Riyadh on Jan 18., the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.Hong Kong’s dollar traded near its weakest level since 2007 and forwards contracts sank as China’s market turmoil fueled speculation the city’s 32-year-old currency peg will end. Contracts to buy the currency in 12 months fell as much as 0.3 percent to HK$7.8904 per dollar, beyond the HK$7.75-HK$7.85 range that it can trade within under the existing exchange-rate system. The spot rate dropped to as low as HK$7.8243, within 0.35 percent of the weak end of its band.-Commodities-West Texas Intermediate crude lost as much as 4 percent to $27.32 a barrel before trading down 3.2 percent. Inventories probably increased by 2.75 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg survey before a report from the Energy Information Administration Thursday.Industrial metals dropped on prospects for slower economic growth in China and sustained low oil prices. Copper fell as much as 1.1 percent.Gold rose as renewed losses in equities spurred demand for less risky assets, with Citigroup Inc. saying bullion’s rationale as a haven was now back in vogue and prices may be supported over the first quarter.Soybeans in Chicago dropped from the highest in almost four weeks on bets that ample supply in South America will damp prices.-Currencies-The yen strengthened 1.3 percent to 116.09 per dollar, and touched 115.98, the strongest level since Jan. 16, 2015. Japan’s currency appreciated 0.9 percent to 127.19 per euro. The euro climbed 0.5 percent to $1.0957.The Australian dollar slid 0.9 percent to 68.45 U.S. cents, extending this year’s decline to 6.1 percent. The kiwi touched the weakest level since Sept. 30.The Canadian dollar, which has fallen every day this year, slipped to the lowest since 2003 amid speculation the central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate to a level last seen during the 2009 financial crisis.The Bank of Canada decides on interest rates Wednesday, and private-sector economists are almost evenly divided on whether it will cut the policy rate to 0.25 percent.-Bonds-Treasuries climbed, pushing 10-year yields to the lowest since October, as investors sought the safety of sovereign debt. The benchmark 10-year note yield fell 10 basis points, or 0.1 percentage point, to 1.96 percent, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader data. That’s the biggest drop since Dec. 11.The difference between yields on 10-year notes and similar-maturity Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of expectations for consumer prices, shrank as much as three basis points to 1.37 percentage points, the narrowest since May 2009.The yield on similar-maturity German bunds sank seven basis points to 0.48 percent, while that on U.K. gilts fell eight basis points to 1.62 percent.
Saudi Stocks Plunge as Mideast Markets Retreat Amid Oil Slump-Samuel Potter-January 20, 2016 — 5:12 AM EST=bloomberg
Saudi Arabian stocks led a retreat among Middle East equity markets as Brent crude dropped below $28 per barrel for the second day this week.The Tadawul All Share Index fell 4.5 percent, headed for the lowest since March 2011 on a closing basis, as Saudi authorities were said to have ordered local banks to stop offering options contracts that allow speculators to take bets on a devaluation of the riyal. Dubai’s DFM General Index tumbled 4.6 percent to the weakest close since September 2013. The Bloomberg GCC 200 Index, which tracks the region’s largest companies, was poised for the lowest level since 2011.“Fear’s in the air,” said Ahmed Shehada, the Dubai-based executive director for advisory and institutions at NBAD Securities LLC, the brokerage arm of one of the United Arab Emirates’ biggest bank. “Any chance of a recovery has been quickly clouded by oil dropping again and by the global selloff.”The declines came as emerging-market equities slid Wednesday to the lowest level since 2009 as Chinese shares in Hong Kong slumped amid heightened concern that global economic growth is faltering. Volatility among stocks of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council is climbing as investors weigh the impact of oil prices at the lowest in 12 years against some of the cheapest share valuations since 2011.Brent crude, a benchmark for half the world’s oil, fell 2.6 percent to $28.01 per barrel at 2:04 p.m. Dubai time, heading for the lowest close since November 2003. It sank to $27.77 a barrel on Wednesday.Saudi Arabia, which relies on crude for about 70 percent of government revenue, next week plans to raise as much as 20 billion riyals ($5.3 billion) in its first local debt auction of the year, two people with knowledge of matter said on Wednesday.Riyal-forward contracts for the next 12 months rose 35 points and were headed for the highest level in four days. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency has ordered banks in the kingdom to stop dealing in options contracts, according to five people with knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to curb speculation on its currency.Qatar’s QE Index lost 2.3 percent, Oman’s measure slipped 1.8 percent and Bahrain’s gauge retreated 0.6 percent. Kuwait’s SE Price Index slumped 2 percent and Abu Dhabi’s ADX General slid 3.1 percent.Egypt’s EGX 30 Index tumbled 4.5 percent. Israel’s TA-25 Index was heading for the weakest finish since October 2014 as it fell 2 percent.
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Six areas in which to leave a mark: Dutch Presidency to set direction for EU implementation of global deals-January 13, 2016-By Farah Karimi, Executive Director at Oxfam Novib-euobserver
In 1952, The Netherlands showed courage when it joined other European countries and became one of the founding fathers of the European Union. More than 60 years later, the EU has come under immense internal and external pressures with economic, financial, security and democratic challenges linked to these. In this new context, we need the Dutch EU presidency to lead the direction for the Union once again, so it champions meaningful international cooperation as an answer to the challenges of our time.The current challenges for the Union also have an important global dimension – our common fate is increasingly interconnected. The Dutch EU presidency has therefore to ensure that its work has a positive impact outside of the EU, too. Following last year’s series of big global agreements on development and climate change, 2016 must be a year of setting the EU’s course for delivery of these agreements. The Dutch EU presidency can play a central role in driving this process and pushing the EU on recent as well as long-standing promises.In the light of this challenge, Oxfam has provided the Dutch EU presidency with recommendations on six areas for action. The full set of concrete actions can increase the positive impacts which the EU’s work has on marginalised people worldwide:In September 2015, the international community adopted new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set out in the Agenda 2030. The Dutch presidency needs to lead the EU to start implementing the SDGs; accountability and policy coherence should be central to that effort. The European Union has to ensure that all its new as well as its existing policies are in line with the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs, with the Dutch presidency steering the Council towards a review of environmental, energy and climate, as well as fiscal and economic policies. Oxfam welcomes the presidency’s move to consider an EU wide monitoring framework on the SDG implementation.Recent months have seen over a million people fleeing to Europe to escape violent conflict, persecution and extreme poverty. Aside from addressing the root causes of forced migration, the Presidency and EU member states must also work to protect the human rights and dignity of migrants and refugees in Europe and in third countries. A central concern is the dangerous and often deadly journey many refugees have to undertake to reach the EU. The Dutch presidency needs to anchor the establishment of safe and legal passages for refugees to Europe. The protection of human rights of migrants needs to be a core feature of migration management cooperation agreements with third countries.Certain EU measures to address the refugee crisis have threatened development aid. Several EU member states have been turning to their aid budgets to finance in- country refugee costs. In fact, in 2015 several EU member states, including The Netherlands, used significant amounts of development aid at home. The European Union is the largest aid donor in the world and as such must champion the integrity of development aid. The Dutch presidency must defend EU aid as a key foreign and development policy tool and ensure aid reaches the poorest and most marginalised people.The EU’s responsibility to safeguard human rights is further linked to its role in the global market place. With Global Value Chains still largely unchecked for their sustainability and international standards, the Dutch presidency can help the EU take global leadership in this area, building on the positive work it has started at national level. At the minute there is, for instance, still no EU Action Plan for the implementation of the ‘UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ in Global Value Chains – the initiation of such a plan would be a way to guide the EU’s work towards stable and binding rules and standards to be upheld by the Union, its member states, and European companies operating globally.The EU has recently been shaken by large-scale tax avoidance schemes employed by many multinational companies and facilitated by several EU member states. In Europe and across the world, tax avoidance leaves governments without the funds vital for essential public services and policies. The Dutch presidency should leave its mark on the EU tax discourse in 2016 by backing an ambitious agenda on tax transparency. This should include public country-by-country reporting which requires multinational companies to report where they generate their profits and where they pay taxes.One of the definite successes at the Paris climate summit in December 2015 was the great number of countries which rallied behind the new goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees. For the EU, which led the effective High Ambition Coalition at the summit, this means decided actions need to follow suit. Its 2050 low carbon roadmap has to be comprehensively reviewed and the 2030 emissions cut targets have to be increased accordingly. The Dutch presidency should seize the post-Paris momentum to lead on this and kick-start a process of testing all EU policies for 1.5 degree credibility. Anything other than putting High Ambition into practice at home would be a kick in the teeth for the countries vulnerable to climate change that stood arm in arm with the EU in the closing days of Paris.The extreme weather of the past months has caused devastation in Europe and across the world, with floods and droughts destroying livelihoods, exacerbating conflict and poverty, displacing populations and aggravating the refugee crisis. Millions of people depend on the EU to keep its promises and implement the progressive changes agreed in last year’s global deals.The commitment of The Netherlands to involve civil society in its presidency work will further improve its ability to set the tone and outline the path of the EU for years to come. By incorporating Oxfam’s recommendations and including civil society into its strategy at large, the EU presidency will be better placed to drive the EU’s commitment to global justice in accordance with its democratic principles, and the standards of international cooperation and human rights.
Bank of Canada's rate decision comes as commodities continue to pound economy-[The Canadian Press]-Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press-January 19, 2016-yahoonews
OTTAWA - Regardless of the direction Stephen Poloz chooses, Wednesday's closely watched decision on the Bank of Canada's key interest rate will take place in front of an unsightly economic backdrop.With oil prices in free fall, the global economy weakening and the prospects for Canadian growth dim, the central bank governor will reveal whether he intends to move the trend-setting rate.It's a question Poloz has had to face more than once as head of the bank: whether the strong medicine of cutting the already historically low benchmark is a necessary remedy for Canada's ailing economy.Poloz dropped the rate twice in 2015 to its current level of 0.5 per cent to help blunt the impact of sliding oil prices. The first of those moves — almost a year ago to the day — was a surprise adjustment that blindsided markets.This time around, observers are divided on whether he will pull the trigger again — and whether he should.Desjardins senior economist Jimmy Jean falls into the camp of analysts who expect Poloz to stand pat — and said he believes he'd be wise to do so.This year, Poloz must once again consider falling oil prices, a weakening dollar and inflation at the lower end of the bank's one- to two-per-cent target range.But things have also changed over the last 12 months, Jean said as he explained why he thinks Poloz should avoid using the primary tool in the central bank's kit.The new Liberal government has pledged to stimulate the economy with deficit-fuelled infrastructure spending. Last year, the previous government was heading into an election striving to produce a balanced budget.Jean said he believes those spending plans are sufficiently substantial to keep Poloz on the sidelines.But he doesn't expect Ottawa's commitments, which also include a revamped child-benefits program and tax-bracket changes, to shield the economy from a rough ride in 2016 and 2017."Those policies will help, but we have to face the fact that we're going to suffer for a while," Jean said."There's no way to really, fully offset that pain."Earlier this month, Poloz spoke of the bumpy road ahead as he warned that the forces uncorked by the oil-price shock "simply must work themselves out."Poloz's comments led some to believe he would leave the rate untouched. But economic conditions, including oil prices, have continued to deteriorate since the speech, only a couple of weeks ago.In the last week, many analysts have changed their positions and now believe Poloz will cut rates.Emanuella Enenajor, senior economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research, is predicting a rate cut of 0.25 per cent and a projection for 2016 real gross domestic product that gets trimmed to 1.5 per cent, from two per cent."In our view, this is a shock substantial enough to warrant another easing," the firm wrote in a note to clients Tuesday that also speculated Poloz may be forced into action a second time this year."If energy prices remain persistently low, one rate cut will not likely be enough to stimulate the economy back to a reasonable growth path."Experts, including the International Monetary Fund, have downgraded their growth projections for Canada. The IMF dropped its 2017 forecast Tuesday to 2.1 per cent, from 2.4 per cent in October.Canada's commodity-dependent economy has been walloped by falling prices — particularly in Alberta, where bond rating agency Moody's changed the outlook to negative from stable while retaining the province's triple-A rating.A new report by the International Energy Agency warned that world oil prices could fall further because markets could drown in over-supply — particularly as sanctions are lifted on Iran amid pessimism about the prospects of global demand.Lower oil prices, meanwhile, have also helped drag down the dollar.While the weaker loonie has some negative effects, such as driving up prices on some consumer products and the cost of travel to the United States, experts say it provides benefits for the economy overall.Poloz has described the flexible exchange rate, which tightly tracks the ups and downs of crude prices, as one of the "minor shock absorbers" that help limit the fallout for some segments of the economy.
Gorbachev Says Russia Must Step up Economy Efforts-By The Associated Press-ABCNEWS-MOSCOW — Jan 19, 2016, 12:43 PM ET
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is warning that Russia needs to increase efforts to find a solution to its ailing economy.Gorbachev's comments to the state news agency RIA Novosti on Tuesday came a day after the ruble hit an all-time low against the euro, as Russia struggles with a sharp decline in prices for oil, a key export. The ruble has declined about 60 percent against Western currencies over two years.Russian officials have suggested that the economic decline, which has also been driven by Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, can be an opportunity for the country to reorient the economy and make it less dependent on oil and gas. But Gorbachev said that so far "no such program has been put together."
Twelve EU commissioners to attend Davos summit-By EUOBSERVER
19. Jan, 12:35-Twelve of the EU's 28 commissioners, led by commission vice-president Frans Timmermans, will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, a commission spokesman said Tuesday. He said Davos was "a very good place" to meet "many decision takers". Nine commissioners went to last year's WEF.
26 Europeans on world super rich list-By EUOBSERVER-jan 19,16
Today, 09:24-As many as 26 Europeans are listed on Forbes' list of the world's 100 richest people. Clothing company Zara's founder Amancio Ortega is the second richest person in the world, while L'Oreal's Liliane Bettencourt ranks 10 on the list. There are 42 Americans on the list.
Focus-Nuts and bolts: WTO ruling helps China in EU dumping wars By Andrew Rettman-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:17-Trade arbitrators have said the EU wrongfully imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese screws, in a verdict which could help China’s bid for market economy status.The decision, on Monday (18 January) by the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO), ends a seven-year legal battle.The EU imposed punitive tariffs on Chinese iron or steel screws, nuts, and bolts in 2009 on grounds that China sold them at below-market prices to undercut competition - a practice known as “dumping.”The sanctions, according to the Reuters news agency, prompted Chinese exports of the products to the EU to fall from $1 billion in 2008 to some $200 million a year.The Chinese ministry of trade said on Monday: “The measures have had a negative effect on exports from China of around $1 billion and more than 100,000 jobs.”-Market economy-The WTO ruling comes amid talks on whether the EU should recognise China as a market economy - a decision which means Europe could no longer impose anti-dumping levies.The European Commission, last week, postponed its recommendation on the issue, now expected in the second half of the year.EU sources say the Dutch EU presidency, Germany, and Nordic countries support granting the status on grounds it would boost Chinese investment in Europe.But Germany wants safeguards for vulnerable European industries, such as textile, steel, and solar panel producers, while Italy is strongly opposed.The US, for its part, has warned the move would cost the EU up to 3.5 million jobs and a 2 percent contraction in GDP.But China says that, under the terms of its WTO accession in 2001, it should get the status “automatically” by the end of 2016.Speaking on the WTO ruling from Beijing on Monday, Fu Donghui, a partner at Chinese law firm Allbright Law Offices, said, according to Reuters: “I think it will be a major boost for Chinese market economy status at the end of the year.”-Further action?-The Chinese trade ministry also indicated it might take “further action” - to seek financial compensation or to impose trade sanctions on the EU - if Europe doesn’t comply with the screws verdict.The EU, last year alone, initiated 22 anti-dumping investigations against China.The products targeted include: hand pallet trucks; solar panels; polyester yarn; iron and steel tubes; PET (a kind of plastic); aluminium wheels; sodium gluconate; silicon; ceramic foam; sodium cyclamate; molybdenum wires; aspartame; biodiesel; cold-rolled flat steel; steel-concrete reinforcements; and tartaric acid.
EARTHQUAKES
EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
UPDATE-JANUARY 20, 2016-12:00PM
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
27 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-01-20 23:59:34 UTCShowing event times using UTC27 earthquakes in map area
2.8 38km NW of Willow, Alaska 2016-01-20 23:46:50 UTC 49.7 km
4.3 65km W of Orcopampa, Peru 2016-01-20 23:20:50 UTC 89.5 km
5.1 44km SE of Nemuro, Japan 2016-01-20 21:53:41 UTC 41.2 km
2.9 8km WSW of Ludlow, California 2016-01-20 21:15:09 UTC 2.5 km
2.6 8km WSW of Ludlow, California 2016-01-20 18:38:58 UTC 2.0 km
5.9 63km ESE of Hongtu, China 2016-01-20 17:13:14 UTC 10.0 km
2.7 29km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska 2016-01-20 17:10:21 UTC 0.0 km
5.1 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 2016-01-20 15:05:20 UTC 14.9 km
2.5 124km SSE of Homer, Alaska 2016-01-20 14:38:41 UTC 12.1 km
3.2 8km WSW of Ludlow, California 2016-01-20 13:43:09 UTC 1.4 km
5.0 75km SE of Acari, Peru 2016-01-20 12:01:09 UTC 47.0 km
4.6 134km ENE of Kuqa, China 2016-01-20 11:08:10 UTC 36.1 km
3.9 98km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska 2016-01-20 10:32:33 UTC 131.2 km
3.4 14km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2016-01-20 08:55:58 UTC 8.9 km
4.8 Izu Islands, Japan region 2016-01-20 07:16:52 UTC 78.3 km
3.7 143km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-20 06:34:55 UTC 119.0 km
2.6 70km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2016-01-20 05:37:01 UTC 9.2 km
2.8 11km ENE of Enid, Oklahoma 2016-01-20 04:41:57 UTC 5.0 km
2.6 51km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2016-01-20 03:14:32 UTC 0.1 km
2.5 57km SW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2016-01-20 03:07:50 UTC 112.6 km
3.5 38km NNW of Valdez, Alaska 2016-01-20 01:06:06 UTC 22.5 km
2.5 93km W of Glennallen, Alaska 2016-01-20 00:23:28 UTC 29.6 km
3.0 2km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-01-19 23:57:07 UTC 3.2 km
STOCK MARKET AND EARTHQUAKE NEWS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-tsx-was-down-131-points-monday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-down-390-points-friday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/weekend-quake-results-for-jan-16-17.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-up-227-points-thursday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-down-364-points-wednesday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-up-117-points-tuesday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-up-52-points-monday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-down-167-points-friday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/weekend-quake-results-for-jan-09-10.html
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.
1 KINGS 10:13-14
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
GENESIS 49:16-17
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
The Shemitah is coming true.Do people not get it? There is a economic crash every 7 years.
1980: Recession
1987: Stock market crash
1994: Bond market crash
2001: 9/11, dot com, recession
2008: Housing crash
2015: See if something will happen-The central banks will be the death of us. Get ready and embrace yourself for the economic collapse.
BANK RELATED INFORMATION
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/bank-related-links.html
CURRENCIES
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies
COMMODITIES
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities
UPDATE-JANUARY 20,2016-12:00AM
DOW MARKET WEDNESDAY-JAN 20,2016
09:30AM-222.61-
10:00AM-318.22-
10:30AM-346.43-
11:00AM-442.73-
11:30AM-407.70-
12:00PM-466.07-
12:30PM-555.52-
01:00PM-525.74-
01:30PM-467.16-
02:00PM-378.61-
02:30PM-383.95-
03:00PM-325.40-
03:30PM-127.16-
04:00PM-249.28- 15,766.74 - S&P -22.00 1859.33 - NASDAQ -5.26 4471.69
HIGH -120 LOW -564
TSX -159.13 11,843.11 - GOLD $+15.52 $1,102.90 - OIL $-1.92 $26.69
THE GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS ARE OFFICIALLY IN A BEAR MARKET.WHICH MEANS THE WORLD STOCK MARKETS ARE DOWN 20% IN THE LAST YEAR.MOSTLY ALL THE MARKETS HAVE BEEN DOWN IN JANUARY 2016.
6 OF THE DOWS 30 STOCKS HIT 1 YEAR LOWS TODAY. THE DOW IS ON TRACK FOR THE WORST JANUARY IN HISTORY.
6 OF THE DOWS 30 STOCKS HIT 1 YEAR LOWS TODAY. THE DOW IS ON TRACK FOR THE WORST JANUARY IN HISTORY.
THE BANK OF CANADA HAS NOT RISEN ITS RATES.IT STAYS AT 0.05%
Hedge Fund That Called Subprime Crisis Urges 50% Yuan Drop-Saijel Kishan-Updated on January 19, 2016 — 9:45 PM EST-bloomberg
Mark Hart, the hedge fund manager whose bets against U.S. subprime mortgages and European sovereign debt proved prescient, said China should weaken its currency by more than 50 percent this year.A one-off devaluation would allow policy makers to “draw a line in the sand” at a more appropriate level for the yuan, easing pressure on China’s foreign-exchange reserves and removing an incentive for capital outflows, according to Hart, who’s been betting against the currency since at least 2011. China should devalue before its $3.3 trillion hoard of reserves shrinks much further, he said, because the country can still convince markets it’s acting from a position of strength.-QuickTake The People's Currency-“There wouldn’t be anything underhanded about a sharp devaluation,” Hart, who runs Corriente Advisors from Fort Worth, Texas, said in an interview on Real Vision, a subscription video service targeting Wall Street. “Why should China be forced to suffer deflationary effects of defending its currency when everyone else isn’t?"Hart, whose prescription clashes with consensus forecasts for the yuan and recent comments from senior government officials, said China would be justified in weakening the currency after central banks in Europe and Japan fueled declines in their exchange rates to stoke economic growth in recent years. Such a move would likely come as a surprise to global investors, who were rattled by a drop of less than 3 percent in the yuan last August.China’s current approach to managing the currency’s decline has been costly. Foreign-exchange reserves dropped by a record $513 billion last year as the central bank intervened to ease the currency’s slide, while an estimated $843 billion of capital flowed out of China in the 11 months through November as some investors sought to get in front of further yuan weakness.Aside from intervention, policy makers have moved to curb bearish bets against the yuan and tighten restrictions on the flow of money across the country’s borders. Those measures have fueled doubts among global investors about the ruling Communist Party’s commitment to give markets a central role in the world’s second-largest economy and make the yuan an international currency.“ They’re trying to drive a car with one foot on the brake,” said Hart, who estimates the People’s Bank of China spent more than $100 billion supporting the yuan in onshore and offshore markets during the first 12 days of January. “If China were to devalue to a level that wasn’t actually a true equilibrium they will get run over pretty quickly, they will blow through FX reserves, and then they will lose face because they’ll be forced to devalue.”-Currency War-While a one-off drop in the yuan could ease selling pressure on the currency and support exports, it would also entail risks for China and the rest of the world. Chinese borrowers have amassed $1.5 trillion of foreign-currency debt, according to an official estimate at the end of September, which would become instantly harder to repay after a sharp decline in the yuan.A devaluation could also fan fears of a global currency war -- a risk that Mexico’s finance minister cited earlier this month -- and spur the U.S. Federal Reserve to backtrack on plans to raise interest rates, according to Hart. Chinese policy makers have signaled there are no plans for a big drop in the yuan. Premier Li Keqiang on Friday pledged a “stable” exchange rate and said the nation has no intention of stimulating exports through a competitive devaluation. Bets against the currency will fail and calls for a large depreciation are “ridiculous” as policy makers are determined to ensure stability, Han Jun, the deputy director of China’s office of the central leading group for financial and economic affairs, said last week in New York.-1994 Precedent-China’s currency, which traded at 6.5793 in the onshore market at the 10:43 a.m. in Hong Kong, will end the year at 6.7 per dollar, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Rabobank, which has the most bearish forecast in the survey, predicts a 13 percent drop to 7.6.There is a precedent for a sharp devaluation. The currency slid 33 percent at the start of 1994 as authorities unified official and market exchange rates, and the yuan has stayed stronger than that level ever since March of that year. That decision was a “wild success,” helping to set the stage for years of economic growth and foreign-exchange inflows, said Hart, who founded his hedge fund in 2001.While a devaluation this year would be “jarring” and may initially accelerate capital outflows, it would ultimately put China in a stronger position, according to Hart. He said the country could explain the move by saying it would put the yuan at a level more reflective of market forces and allow the currency to catch up with declines in international peers.-Yuan Bears-Despite recent weakness against the dollar, the yuan has gained 36 percent over the past decade against a Bloomberg basket of 13 currencies designed to replicate the official CFETS RMB Index. The gains have come even as China’s economic growth dropped to the weakest annual pace in a quarter century last year.Hart started a China fund in 2009 to bet on the country’s economic slowdown, telling a conference in New York two years later that he was wagering on declines in the currency. While he may have been early to enter that trade, some of his past forecasts have played out. Hart handed investors a six-fold gain by betting against U.S. subprime mortgages before the global financial crisis, and profited in 2010 with wagers against European government debt. He’s not the only hedge fund betting against the yuan. Carlyle Group’s Emerging Sovereign Group in New York and Omni Partners in London are also positioned for a retreat in the currency. Crispin Odey, who runs Odey Asset Management, said in September that the yuan should fall by at least 30 percent.Hart said he’s wagering against the currency with put options, contracts that provide the right to sell at a specific price within a set period. Bets on a sharp devaluation aren’t common among his hedge fund peers, who only recently started to wager on a gradual depreciation, Hart said. He didn’t respond to a Bloomberg News request for additional information.“It strikes me as odd that the world would assume that China wouldn’t pursue the same type of monetary policies” that led to weaker exchange rates in other nations, Hart said. “They’re between a rock and a hard place.”
Global Stocks on Brink of Bear Market as Oil Slides; Bonds Jump-Emma O'Brien-Stephen Kirkland-Updated on January 20, 2016 — 5:22 AM EST-bloomberg
Turmoil returned to global markets as oil plunged and European stocks sank to the lowest levels in 13 months, fueling a rush into haven assets.Earnings exacerbated the rout, sending MSCI Inc.’s gauge of global equities to the brink of a bear market. Russia’s ruble led developing-nation currencies lower, while bets mounted on an end to Hong Kong’s dollar peg. Yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped below 2 percent and the yen jumped to a one-year high.“It’s back to oil and that’s what is driving everything at the moment,” said Barra Sheridan, a rates trader at Bank of Montreal in London. “We can easily run more because it’s pure fear. I don’t know what we need to change this sentiment.”Oil’s slump to a 12-year low is ripping through markets. Just on Wednesday, Royal Dutch Shell Plc said profit may drop at least 42 percent in the fourth quarter and Saudi Arabia was said to order a halt in selling options used to bet against its currency peg. U.S. bonds now predict the slowest inflation since May 2009. A report on Thursday will probably show U.S. crude stockpiles expanded, exacerbating the global glut. -Stocks-The Stoxx Europe 600 Index tumbled 2.8 percent at 10:01 a.m. in London, with all industry groups declining. Shell slid 5.3 percent and BHP Billiton Ltd. dragged commodity producers, falling 6.7 percent after trimming its full-year iron ore output forecast. Zurich Insurance Group AG declined 8.1 percent after forecasting a second straight quarterly loss for its biggest unit.Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures slid 1.9 percent. As well as data on housing starts and consumer prices, investors will look to earnings reports from companies including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for indications of the health of the world’s biggest economy.-Emerging Markets-The MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped the most in two weeks, sinking 2.6 percent to the lowest on a closing basis since May 2009.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng China Enterprises Index tumbled 4.2 percent as oil producers plummeted and a drop in the city’s dollar spurred concern over capital outflows. The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 1 percent.Russia’s Micex Index slid 1.6 percent and the Bloomberg GCC 200 Index of equities in Gulf markets lost 3.2 percent. Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index declined 4.5 percent and Dubai shares sank 4.6 percent. Egypt’s benchmark slid 4.5 percent.Russia’s ruble slid 1.6 percent to 79.8140 against the dollar, less than 0.5 percent away from a record 80.10 reached in December 2014. The Mexican peso fell to a record 18.4775 per dollar and is down 6.5 percent this year, making it Latin America’s worst performing major currency.Saudi Arabian banks are under orders to stop selling currency products that allow investors to make cheap bets on a devaluation of the riyal, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency told banks not to sell options contracts on riyal forwards at a meeting in Riyadh on Jan 18., the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.Hong Kong’s dollar traded near its weakest level since 2007 and forwards contracts sank as China’s market turmoil fueled speculation the city’s 32-year-old currency peg will end. Contracts to buy the currency in 12 months fell as much as 0.3 percent to HK$7.8904 per dollar, beyond the HK$7.75-HK$7.85 range that it can trade within under the existing exchange-rate system. The spot rate dropped to as low as HK$7.8243, within 0.35 percent of the weak end of its band.-Commodities-West Texas Intermediate crude lost as much as 4 percent to $27.32 a barrel before trading down 3.2 percent. Inventories probably increased by 2.75 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg survey before a report from the Energy Information Administration Thursday.Industrial metals dropped on prospects for slower economic growth in China and sustained low oil prices. Copper fell as much as 1.1 percent.Gold rose as renewed losses in equities spurred demand for less risky assets, with Citigroup Inc. saying bullion’s rationale as a haven was now back in vogue and prices may be supported over the first quarter.Soybeans in Chicago dropped from the highest in almost four weeks on bets that ample supply in South America will damp prices.-Currencies-The yen strengthened 1.3 percent to 116.09 per dollar, and touched 115.98, the strongest level since Jan. 16, 2015. Japan’s currency appreciated 0.9 percent to 127.19 per euro. The euro climbed 0.5 percent to $1.0957.The Australian dollar slid 0.9 percent to 68.45 U.S. cents, extending this year’s decline to 6.1 percent. The kiwi touched the weakest level since Sept. 30.The Canadian dollar, which has fallen every day this year, slipped to the lowest since 2003 amid speculation the central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate to a level last seen during the 2009 financial crisis.The Bank of Canada decides on interest rates Wednesday, and private-sector economists are almost evenly divided on whether it will cut the policy rate to 0.25 percent.-Bonds-Treasuries climbed, pushing 10-year yields to the lowest since October, as investors sought the safety of sovereign debt. The benchmark 10-year note yield fell 10 basis points, or 0.1 percentage point, to 1.96 percent, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader data. That’s the biggest drop since Dec. 11.The difference between yields on 10-year notes and similar-maturity Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of expectations for consumer prices, shrank as much as three basis points to 1.37 percentage points, the narrowest since May 2009.The yield on similar-maturity German bunds sank seven basis points to 0.48 percent, while that on U.K. gilts fell eight basis points to 1.62 percent.
Saudi Stocks Plunge as Mideast Markets Retreat Amid Oil Slump-Samuel Potter-January 20, 2016 — 5:12 AM EST=bloomberg
Saudi Arabian stocks led a retreat among Middle East equity markets as Brent crude dropped below $28 per barrel for the second day this week.The Tadawul All Share Index fell 4.5 percent, headed for the lowest since March 2011 on a closing basis, as Saudi authorities were said to have ordered local banks to stop offering options contracts that allow speculators to take bets on a devaluation of the riyal. Dubai’s DFM General Index tumbled 4.6 percent to the weakest close since September 2013. The Bloomberg GCC 200 Index, which tracks the region’s largest companies, was poised for the lowest level since 2011.“Fear’s in the air,” said Ahmed Shehada, the Dubai-based executive director for advisory and institutions at NBAD Securities LLC, the brokerage arm of one of the United Arab Emirates’ biggest bank. “Any chance of a recovery has been quickly clouded by oil dropping again and by the global selloff.”The declines came as emerging-market equities slid Wednesday to the lowest level since 2009 as Chinese shares in Hong Kong slumped amid heightened concern that global economic growth is faltering. Volatility among stocks of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council is climbing as investors weigh the impact of oil prices at the lowest in 12 years against some of the cheapest share valuations since 2011.Brent crude, a benchmark for half the world’s oil, fell 2.6 percent to $28.01 per barrel at 2:04 p.m. Dubai time, heading for the lowest close since November 2003. It sank to $27.77 a barrel on Wednesday.Saudi Arabia, which relies on crude for about 70 percent of government revenue, next week plans to raise as much as 20 billion riyals ($5.3 billion) in its first local debt auction of the year, two people with knowledge of matter said on Wednesday.Riyal-forward contracts for the next 12 months rose 35 points and were headed for the highest level in four days. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency has ordered banks in the kingdom to stop dealing in options contracts, according to five people with knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to curb speculation on its currency.Qatar’s QE Index lost 2.3 percent, Oman’s measure slipped 1.8 percent and Bahrain’s gauge retreated 0.6 percent. Kuwait’s SE Price Index slumped 2 percent and Abu Dhabi’s ADX General slid 3.1 percent.Egypt’s EGX 30 Index tumbled 4.5 percent. Israel’s TA-25 Index was heading for the weakest finish since October 2014 as it fell 2 percent.
WORLD MARKETS COLLAPSE AGAIN-WORLD GETTING JUDGED-6:20AM
ASIA-6:20AM-JAN 20,2016
HONG KONG (HSI) -749.51 -3.82%
NIKKEI 225 -632.18 -3.71%
S&P/ASX 200 -61.54 -1.26%
SHANGHAI CSI 300 -31.05 -1.03%
KOREA KOSPI -44.19 -2.34%
NSE NIFTY 50 -125.80 -1.69%
STRAITS TIMES INDEX STI -78.70 -2.98%
MIDEAST/AFRICA-6:20AM
KSE 100 INDEX -326.60 -1.05%
TEL AVIV 100 -26.26 -2.09%
EUROPE-11:45AM
BEL 20 INDEX -97.33 -2.88%
CAC 40 -147.31 -3.45%
GERMAN DAX -272.57 -2.82%
IBEX 35 -273.50 -3.20%
AEX INDEX -11.96 -2.93%
FTSE 100 -203.22 -3.46%
FTSE MIB -912.61 -4.83%
EURO STOXX 50 -97.90 -3.28%
TSX -368.30 -3.17%
OIL $26.82 BARREL
AMERICAS-6:20AM
S&P/TSX -12.40 -1.76%
MEXICO STOCK
BRAZIL
UNITED STATES-6:20AM
DOW -318 -2.00% FUT
NASDAQ -86.75 -2.03%
S&P 500 -33.00 -1.76%
OIL $27.63 BARREL -2.92%
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Six areas in which to leave a mark: Dutch Presidency to set direction for EU implementation of global deals-January 13, 2016-By Farah Karimi, Executive Director at Oxfam Novib-euobserver
In 1952, The Netherlands showed courage when it joined other European countries and became one of the founding fathers of the European Union. More than 60 years later, the EU has come under immense internal and external pressures with economic, financial, security and democratic challenges linked to these. In this new context, we need the Dutch EU presidency to lead the direction for the Union once again, so it champions meaningful international cooperation as an answer to the challenges of our time.The current challenges for the Union also have an important global dimension – our common fate is increasingly interconnected. The Dutch EU presidency has therefore to ensure that its work has a positive impact outside of the EU, too. Following last year’s series of big global agreements on development and climate change, 2016 must be a year of setting the EU’s course for delivery of these agreements. The Dutch EU presidency can play a central role in driving this process and pushing the EU on recent as well as long-standing promises.In the light of this challenge, Oxfam has provided the Dutch EU presidency with recommendations on six areas for action. The full set of concrete actions can increase the positive impacts which the EU’s work has on marginalised people worldwide:In September 2015, the international community adopted new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set out in the Agenda 2030. The Dutch presidency needs to lead the EU to start implementing the SDGs; accountability and policy coherence should be central to that effort. The European Union has to ensure that all its new as well as its existing policies are in line with the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs, with the Dutch presidency steering the Council towards a review of environmental, energy and climate, as well as fiscal and economic policies. Oxfam welcomes the presidency’s move to consider an EU wide monitoring framework on the SDG implementation.Recent months have seen over a million people fleeing to Europe to escape violent conflict, persecution and extreme poverty. Aside from addressing the root causes of forced migration, the Presidency and EU member states must also work to protect the human rights and dignity of migrants and refugees in Europe and in third countries. A central concern is the dangerous and often deadly journey many refugees have to undertake to reach the EU. The Dutch presidency needs to anchor the establishment of safe and legal passages for refugees to Europe. The protection of human rights of migrants needs to be a core feature of migration management cooperation agreements with third countries.Certain EU measures to address the refugee crisis have threatened development aid. Several EU member states have been turning to their aid budgets to finance in- country refugee costs. In fact, in 2015 several EU member states, including The Netherlands, used significant amounts of development aid at home. The European Union is the largest aid donor in the world and as such must champion the integrity of development aid. The Dutch presidency must defend EU aid as a key foreign and development policy tool and ensure aid reaches the poorest and most marginalised people.The EU’s responsibility to safeguard human rights is further linked to its role in the global market place. With Global Value Chains still largely unchecked for their sustainability and international standards, the Dutch presidency can help the EU take global leadership in this area, building on the positive work it has started at national level. At the minute there is, for instance, still no EU Action Plan for the implementation of the ‘UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ in Global Value Chains – the initiation of such a plan would be a way to guide the EU’s work towards stable and binding rules and standards to be upheld by the Union, its member states, and European companies operating globally.The EU has recently been shaken by large-scale tax avoidance schemes employed by many multinational companies and facilitated by several EU member states. In Europe and across the world, tax avoidance leaves governments without the funds vital for essential public services and policies. The Dutch presidency should leave its mark on the EU tax discourse in 2016 by backing an ambitious agenda on tax transparency. This should include public country-by-country reporting which requires multinational companies to report where they generate their profits and where they pay taxes.One of the definite successes at the Paris climate summit in December 2015 was the great number of countries which rallied behind the new goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees. For the EU, which led the effective High Ambition Coalition at the summit, this means decided actions need to follow suit. Its 2050 low carbon roadmap has to be comprehensively reviewed and the 2030 emissions cut targets have to be increased accordingly. The Dutch presidency should seize the post-Paris momentum to lead on this and kick-start a process of testing all EU policies for 1.5 degree credibility. Anything other than putting High Ambition into practice at home would be a kick in the teeth for the countries vulnerable to climate change that stood arm in arm with the EU in the closing days of Paris.The extreme weather of the past months has caused devastation in Europe and across the world, with floods and droughts destroying livelihoods, exacerbating conflict and poverty, displacing populations and aggravating the refugee crisis. Millions of people depend on the EU to keep its promises and implement the progressive changes agreed in last year’s global deals.The commitment of The Netherlands to involve civil society in its presidency work will further improve its ability to set the tone and outline the path of the EU for years to come. By incorporating Oxfam’s recommendations and including civil society into its strategy at large, the EU presidency will be better placed to drive the EU’s commitment to global justice in accordance with its democratic principles, and the standards of international cooperation and human rights.
Bank of Canada's rate decision comes as commodities continue to pound economy-[The Canadian Press]-Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press-January 19, 2016-yahoonews
OTTAWA - Regardless of the direction Stephen Poloz chooses, Wednesday's closely watched decision on the Bank of Canada's key interest rate will take place in front of an unsightly economic backdrop.With oil prices in free fall, the global economy weakening and the prospects for Canadian growth dim, the central bank governor will reveal whether he intends to move the trend-setting rate.It's a question Poloz has had to face more than once as head of the bank: whether the strong medicine of cutting the already historically low benchmark is a necessary remedy for Canada's ailing economy.Poloz dropped the rate twice in 2015 to its current level of 0.5 per cent to help blunt the impact of sliding oil prices. The first of those moves — almost a year ago to the day — was a surprise adjustment that blindsided markets.This time around, observers are divided on whether he will pull the trigger again — and whether he should.Desjardins senior economist Jimmy Jean falls into the camp of analysts who expect Poloz to stand pat — and said he believes he'd be wise to do so.This year, Poloz must once again consider falling oil prices, a weakening dollar and inflation at the lower end of the bank's one- to two-per-cent target range.But things have also changed over the last 12 months, Jean said as he explained why he thinks Poloz should avoid using the primary tool in the central bank's kit.The new Liberal government has pledged to stimulate the economy with deficit-fuelled infrastructure spending. Last year, the previous government was heading into an election striving to produce a balanced budget.Jean said he believes those spending plans are sufficiently substantial to keep Poloz on the sidelines.But he doesn't expect Ottawa's commitments, which also include a revamped child-benefits program and tax-bracket changes, to shield the economy from a rough ride in 2016 and 2017."Those policies will help, but we have to face the fact that we're going to suffer for a while," Jean said."There's no way to really, fully offset that pain."Earlier this month, Poloz spoke of the bumpy road ahead as he warned that the forces uncorked by the oil-price shock "simply must work themselves out."Poloz's comments led some to believe he would leave the rate untouched. But economic conditions, including oil prices, have continued to deteriorate since the speech, only a couple of weeks ago.In the last week, many analysts have changed their positions and now believe Poloz will cut rates.Emanuella Enenajor, senior economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research, is predicting a rate cut of 0.25 per cent and a projection for 2016 real gross domestic product that gets trimmed to 1.5 per cent, from two per cent."In our view, this is a shock substantial enough to warrant another easing," the firm wrote in a note to clients Tuesday that also speculated Poloz may be forced into action a second time this year."If energy prices remain persistently low, one rate cut will not likely be enough to stimulate the economy back to a reasonable growth path."Experts, including the International Monetary Fund, have downgraded their growth projections for Canada. The IMF dropped its 2017 forecast Tuesday to 2.1 per cent, from 2.4 per cent in October.Canada's commodity-dependent economy has been walloped by falling prices — particularly in Alberta, where bond rating agency Moody's changed the outlook to negative from stable while retaining the province's triple-A rating.A new report by the International Energy Agency warned that world oil prices could fall further because markets could drown in over-supply — particularly as sanctions are lifted on Iran amid pessimism about the prospects of global demand.Lower oil prices, meanwhile, have also helped drag down the dollar.While the weaker loonie has some negative effects, such as driving up prices on some consumer products and the cost of travel to the United States, experts say it provides benefits for the economy overall.Poloz has described the flexible exchange rate, which tightly tracks the ups and downs of crude prices, as one of the "minor shock absorbers" that help limit the fallout for some segments of the economy.
Gorbachev Says Russia Must Step up Economy Efforts-By The Associated Press-ABCNEWS-MOSCOW — Jan 19, 2016, 12:43 PM ET
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is warning that Russia needs to increase efforts to find a solution to its ailing economy.Gorbachev's comments to the state news agency RIA Novosti on Tuesday came a day after the ruble hit an all-time low against the euro, as Russia struggles with a sharp decline in prices for oil, a key export. The ruble has declined about 60 percent against Western currencies over two years.Russian officials have suggested that the economic decline, which has also been driven by Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, can be an opportunity for the country to reorient the economy and make it less dependent on oil and gas. But Gorbachev said that so far "no such program has been put together."
Twelve EU commissioners to attend Davos summit-By EUOBSERVER
19. Jan, 12:35-Twelve of the EU's 28 commissioners, led by commission vice-president Frans Timmermans, will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, a commission spokesman said Tuesday. He said Davos was "a very good place" to meet "many decision takers". Nine commissioners went to last year's WEF.
26 Europeans on world super rich list-By EUOBSERVER-jan 19,16
Today, 09:24-As many as 26 Europeans are listed on Forbes' list of the world's 100 richest people. Clothing company Zara's founder Amancio Ortega is the second richest person in the world, while L'Oreal's Liliane Bettencourt ranks 10 on the list. There are 42 Americans on the list.
Focus-Nuts and bolts: WTO ruling helps China in EU dumping wars By Andrew Rettman-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:17-Trade arbitrators have said the EU wrongfully imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese screws, in a verdict which could help China’s bid for market economy status.The decision, on Monday (18 January) by the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO), ends a seven-year legal battle.The EU imposed punitive tariffs on Chinese iron or steel screws, nuts, and bolts in 2009 on grounds that China sold them at below-market prices to undercut competition - a practice known as “dumping.”The sanctions, according to the Reuters news agency, prompted Chinese exports of the products to the EU to fall from $1 billion in 2008 to some $200 million a year.The Chinese ministry of trade said on Monday: “The measures have had a negative effect on exports from China of around $1 billion and more than 100,000 jobs.”-Market economy-The WTO ruling comes amid talks on whether the EU should recognise China as a market economy - a decision which means Europe could no longer impose anti-dumping levies.The European Commission, last week, postponed its recommendation on the issue, now expected in the second half of the year.EU sources say the Dutch EU presidency, Germany, and Nordic countries support granting the status on grounds it would boost Chinese investment in Europe.But Germany wants safeguards for vulnerable European industries, such as textile, steel, and solar panel producers, while Italy is strongly opposed.The US, for its part, has warned the move would cost the EU up to 3.5 million jobs and a 2 percent contraction in GDP.But China says that, under the terms of its WTO accession in 2001, it should get the status “automatically” by the end of 2016.Speaking on the WTO ruling from Beijing on Monday, Fu Donghui, a partner at Chinese law firm Allbright Law Offices, said, according to Reuters: “I think it will be a major boost for Chinese market economy status at the end of the year.”-Further action?-The Chinese trade ministry also indicated it might take “further action” - to seek financial compensation or to impose trade sanctions on the EU - if Europe doesn’t comply with the screws verdict.The EU, last year alone, initiated 22 anti-dumping investigations against China.The products targeted include: hand pallet trucks; solar panels; polyester yarn; iron and steel tubes; PET (a kind of plastic); aluminium wheels; sodium gluconate; silicon; ceramic foam; sodium cyclamate; molybdenum wires; aspartame; biodiesel; cold-rolled flat steel; steel-concrete reinforcements; and tartaric acid.
EARTHQUAKES
EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
UPDATE-JANUARY 20, 2016-12:00PM
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
27 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-01-20 23:59:34 UTCShowing event times using UTC27 earthquakes in map area
2.8 38km NW of Willow, Alaska 2016-01-20 23:46:50 UTC 49.7 km
4.3 65km W of Orcopampa, Peru 2016-01-20 23:20:50 UTC 89.5 km
5.1 44km SE of Nemuro, Japan 2016-01-20 21:53:41 UTC 41.2 km
2.9 8km WSW of Ludlow, California 2016-01-20 21:15:09 UTC 2.5 km
2.6 8km WSW of Ludlow, California 2016-01-20 18:38:58 UTC 2.0 km
5.9 63km ESE of Hongtu, China 2016-01-20 17:13:14 UTC 10.0 km
2.7 29km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska 2016-01-20 17:10:21 UTC 0.0 km
5.1 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 2016-01-20 15:05:20 UTC 14.9 km
2.5 124km SSE of Homer, Alaska 2016-01-20 14:38:41 UTC 12.1 km
3.2 8km WSW of Ludlow, California 2016-01-20 13:43:09 UTC 1.4 km
5.0 75km SE of Acari, Peru 2016-01-20 12:01:09 UTC 47.0 km
4.6 134km ENE of Kuqa, China 2016-01-20 11:08:10 UTC 36.1 km
3.9 98km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska 2016-01-20 10:32:33 UTC 131.2 km
3.4 14km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2016-01-20 08:55:58 UTC 8.9 km
4.8 Izu Islands, Japan region 2016-01-20 07:16:52 UTC 78.3 km
3.7 143km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-20 06:34:55 UTC 119.0 km
2.6 70km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2016-01-20 05:37:01 UTC 9.2 km
2.8 11km ENE of Enid, Oklahoma 2016-01-20 04:41:57 UTC 5.0 km
2.6 51km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2016-01-20 03:14:32 UTC 0.1 km
2.5 57km SW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2016-01-20 03:07:50 UTC 112.6 km
3.5 38km NNW of Valdez, Alaska 2016-01-20 01:06:06 UTC 22.5 km
2.5 93km W of Glennallen, Alaska 2016-01-20 00:23:28 UTC 29.6 km
3.0 2km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-01-19 23:57:07 UTC 3.2 km
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