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.
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-FEBRUARY 29,2016-12:00AM
DOW MARKET MONDAY-FEB 29,2016
09:30AM-20.00-
10:00AM-2.03
10:30AM-20.52-
11:00AM-20.18
11:30AM-33.01
12:00PM-70.74
12:30PM-42.98
01:00PM-51.06
01:30PM-30.41
02:00PM-26.13
02:30PM-35.79-
03:00PM-77.52-
03:30PM-102.20-
04:00PM-123.47- 16,516.50 - S&P -15.82 1932.23 - NASDAQ -32.52 4557.95
HIGH +85 LOW -126
TSX +62.56 12,860.35 - GOLD $+14.74 $1,237.40 - OIL $+1.01 $33.79
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-FEBRUARY 29, 2016-11:55PM
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
41 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-02-29 23:59:52 UTCShowing event times using UTC41 earthquakes in map area
2.9 24km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 23:44:03 UTC 14.0 km
4.8 104km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga 2016-02-29 23:42:16 UTC 56.1 km
4.3 South of the Fiji Islands 2016-02-29 22:46:31 UTC 497.8 km
2.8 1km SE of The Geysers, California 2016-02-29 21:34:13 UTC 1.5 km
5.1 62km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga 2016-02-29 21:33:49 UTC 97.9 km
5.1 75km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan 2016-02-29 19:47:39 UTC 32.6 km
4.4 43km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea 2016-02-29 17:43:27 UTC 88.2 km
4.4 45km SE of Modayag, Indonesia 2016-02-29 17:22:12 UTC 132.8 km
4.3 120km W of Illapel, Chile 2016-02-29 17:17:00 UTC 13.3 km
2.6 29km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 17:13:29 UTC 21.0 km
2.5 22km W of Perry, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 15:16:01 UTC 3.8 km
2.9 3km W of Willow, Alaska 2016-02-29 14:21:55 UTC 27.0 km
4.5 181km E of Aileu, East Timor 2016-02-29 12:52:41 UTC 47.7 km
4.5 151km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 2016-02-29 12:29:54 UTC 320.4 km
2.5 32km S of Cohoe, Alaska 2016-02-29 11:44:39 UTC 66.8 km
4.4 145km NW of Raoul Island, New Zealand 2016-02-29 11:33:37 UTC 383.0 km
2.6 8km NNE of Cadiz, California 2016-02-29 10:45:39 UTC 3.4 km
2.6 6km SW of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-02-29 10:29:37 UTC 2.6 km
2.7 6km W of Cobb, California 2016-02-29 10:14:07 UTC 1.5 km
2.9 30km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 09:53:56 UTC 9.4 km
3.3 28km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 09:35:06 UTC 5.0 km
4.7 294km SSW of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2016-02-29 08:11:58 UTC 10.0 km
4.5 134km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 2016-02-29 07:10:44 UTC 26.7 km
3.2 6km NNE of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 06:28:57 UTC 53.0 km
2.7 42km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 06:20:56 UTC 60.0 km
3.2 31km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 06:06:00 UTC 29.0 km
2.7 17km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 05:22:15 UTC 3.5 km
3.0 66km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-29 04:13:13 UTC 114.7 km
3.9 43km NW of Guanaja, Honduras 2016-02-29 04:09:59 UTC 10.0 km
2.6 20km W of Perry, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 03:54:59 UTC 3.4 km
2.6 7km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 01:58:32 UTC 2.9 km
2.8 67km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-29 01:28:12 UTC 106.1 km
2.6 8km SW of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-02-29 00:56:46 UTC 3.4 km
4.0 118km SSW of Fort McPherson, Canada 2016-02-29 00:19:31 UTC 6.5 km
3.2 62km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2016-02-28 23:49:36 UTC 42.0 km
3.0 70km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-02-28 23:32:39 UTC 30.0 km
3.4 67km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2016-02-28 23:30:35 UTC 49.0 km
2.8 15km W of Mountain View, Hawaii 2016-02-28 23:28:14 UTC 0.7 km
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-FEBRUARY 29,2016-12:00AM
DOW MARKET MONDAY-FEB 29,2016
09:30AM-20.00-
10:00AM-2.03
10:30AM-20.52-
11:00AM-20.18
11:30AM-33.01
12:00PM-70.74
12:30PM-42.98
01:00PM-51.06
01:30PM-30.41
02:00PM-26.13
02:30PM-35.79-
03:00PM-77.52-
03:30PM-102.20-
04:00PM-123.47- 16,516.50 - S&P -15.82 1932.23 - NASDAQ -32.52 4557.95
HIGH +85 LOW -126
TSX +62.56 12,860.35 - GOLD $+14.74 $1,237.40 - OIL $+1.01 $33.79
Japan, Not China, Emerges as Currency Worry at G-20 Meeting-Jeff Black-James Mayger-Updated on February 27, 2016 — 8:16 AM EST-bloomberg
China’s currency was expected to be one of the the main topics at this week’s Group of 20 meeting. Instead, Japan’s yen and monetary policy were identified as a source of concern for some officials from the world’s leading economies."The debate was also about Japan, to be honest -- there was some concern that we would get into a situation of competitive devaluations," Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said in Shanghai. Once one country devalues it’s currency, "the risk is very large that another follows and we get into competitive devaluation," Dijsselbloem told reporters.The comments indicated increasing concern about the Bank of Japan’s unprecedented monetary stimulus, which has weakened the yen against the dollar and driven bond yields to historic lows. The announcement of a negative rate policy last month surprised markets and spurred currency volatility.There was "absolutely no" opposition or opinions expressed about the BOJ’s negative-rate policy, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda told reporters in Shanghai Saturday.The bank’s explanation of its policy of "Quantitative and Qualitative Easing with a Negative Interest Rate" was well understood by the nations, Kuroda said. "The BOJ’s easing policy is to achieve the 2 percent inflation target as quickly as possible, and if needed we will add policy, and this has always been understood by the G-20."A Japanese Finance Ministry official told reporters Friday that there weren’t any questions from other nations in response to Kuroda’s presentation to the G-20.-No Surprises-If devaluation is a consequence of monetary policy which is motivated by real macro-economic domestic reasons, then nations must make sure to inform and consult with each other so there are no surprises, Dijsselbloem said Saturday.By contrast, one official from the G-20, who asked not to be identified as the talks were private, said members were broadly reassured that China isn’t going to start weakening its currency. Chinese policy makers have repeatedly said there’s no basis for long-term depreciation of the yuan. Brazilian Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa claimed credit for his country in convincing China to avoid competitive devaluation.The BOJ in January followed the European Central Bank, the Swiss monetary authority and others in charging financial institutions interest on some of the reserves they keep at the central bank. The policy doesn’t target foreign exchange rates, Kuroda said in parliament Friday before heading to Shanghai.From the perspective of Japanese policy makers, they might not have had any choice, said one official from a G-20 emerging market. Yet BOJ policy creates an impact around the region and there was concern about this, said the official, who asked not to be identified as the discussions aren’t public.
G-20 Wants Governments Doing More, and Central Banks Less-Enda Curran-Jeff Black-Updated on February 27, 2016 — 8:59 AM EST-bloomberg
Finance chiefs from the world’s top economies committed their governments to doing more to boost global growth amid mounting concerns over the potency of monetary policy. In a pledge that will prove easier to write than deliver and may disappoint investors looking for a coordinated stimulus plan, the Group of 20 said "we will use fiscal policy flexibly to strengthen growth, job creation and confidence." After a two-day meeting in Shanghai, finance ministers and central bank governors also doubled down on a line from their last gathering that "monetary policy alone cannot lead to balanced growth."For those few analysts calling for a 1985 Plaza Accord-type agreement to address exchange-rate tensions, there was no such luck: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said there were no discussions about anything like that. The G-20 members did reaffirm they will refrain from competitive devaluations, and -- in new language -- agreed to consult closely on currencies.-Reaching Limit-An increasing sense monetary policy is reaching its limit permeated officials’ briefings during the meetings that ended Saturday. While central banks proved critical in avoiding a global slide into depression last decade, there is now no consensus among the world’s top economic guardians backing stepped-up monetary stimulus. That leaves focus on fiscal polices that are subject to domestic political constraints, and a structural-reform agenda the G-20 said will be gauged through a new indicator system."Central bankers have done their bit in recent years to stabilize the world economy," said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. "But as their tools are losing their effectiveness, only more aggressive fiscal policy and structural reforms will help to lift growth."Among those publicly indicating a potentially reduced role for central banks was Lagarde, who said Friday the effects of monetary policies, even innovative ones, are diminishing. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney used a Shanghai speech ahead of the G-20 to voice skepticism over negative interest rates -- now in place in continental Europe and Japan -- and their ability to boost domestic demand.-Negative Spillovers-For his part, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, speaking in a pre-recorded video at the G-20, said quantitative easing policies can’t remove structural obstacles to growth and may lead to negative spillovers. The People’s Bank of China has been using more orthodox tools to support fiscal spending and structural reforms.Adding to an atmosphere of unease about further central bank actions, some officials expressed concern about Japan’s policies, after its surprise move to adopt negative interest rates last month roiled the currency market."The debate was also about Japan to be honest -- there was some concern that we would get into a situation of competitive devaluations," Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who heads gatherings of euro area finance ministers, told reporters Saturday. "If policy decisions -- for example for domestic issues -- lead to devaluation, we should inform and consult with the different countries."Japanese policy makers are now contending with a yen that rallied more than 6 percent in February, the biggest monthly surge since 2008 -- and one that stoked speculation among traders that officials could intervene in the market by selling the currency.The G-20 said in the Shanghai communique that "we will consult closely on exchange markets," language that wasn’t included in its September statement.Delivering on the G-20 statement to ease pressure on central banks will require political appetite for unpopular domestic reforms, while new spending may be constrained by already over-stretched budgets, especially across much of the advanced world."Where is the boost to growth going to come from? Fiscal policy? Reform?" said Richard Jerram, the chief economist at Bank of Singapore Ltd. "After six or seven years of trying to promote recovery there is no appetite for fiscal stimulus, and no easy or obvious reforms that have been neglected."Some countries are heading in the other direction on the fiscal front. U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne warned just days ago he may make further cuts in public spending in his annual budget on March 16. Japan is planning a 2017 sales-tax increase. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble rejected fiscal stimulus Friday. U.S. budget policy has proved a constant battleground between Republicans and Democratic President Barack Obama.-‘Bare Minimum’-"There is no positive surprise" from the G-20 commitments, said Mitsumaru Kumagai, chief economist at Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo. "There are no detailed plans in this agreement, so generally you can say they just achieved the bare minimum," he said. "Stocks may sell off a bit."Host-nation China came through with the most specific plans, with Finance Minister Lou Jiwei pledging a wider fiscal deficit as his country’s leaders prepare for an annual gathering of the national legislature starting March 5. People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan also highlighted room for further monetary action. Other G-20 members haven’t ruled out further central bank actions, and -- for all his criticism of Japan -- Dijsselbloem said Friday that monetary policy can still do more.Officials at the European Central Bank have signaled that, given the dimming of the global outlook and downward pressure on inflation coming from energy prices, a reduction in their deposit rate from the current minus 0.3 percent and even a boost to the pace of quantitative easing may be on the cards. The ECB’s Governing Council is due to announce its decision in Frankfurt on March 10.Reflecting a consensus that central banks are already deploying their tools vigorously, the G-20 said that "monetary policies will continue to support economic activity and ensure price stability, consistent with central banks’ mandates."With the Federal Reserve already signaling it has pared back plans for rate hikes this year, there was less of a focus at the G-20 gathering about U.S. monetary policy. The upshot: central bankers leave Shanghai with little pressure to act at their respective March meetings.
G20 to say world needs to look beyond ultra-easy policy for growth-SHANGHAI | By Gernot Heller and Adam Jourdan-feb 27,16-yahoonews
The world's top economies declared on Saturday that they need to look beyond ultra-low interest rates and printing money to shake the global economy out of its torpor, while renewing their focus on structural reform to spark activity.A communique from the Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bankers flagged a series of risks to world growth, including volatile capital flows, a sharp fall in commodity prices and the potential "shock" of a British exit from the EU."The global recovery continues, but it remains uneven and falls short of our ambition for strong, sustainable and balanced growth," said the communique, issued at the end of a two-day meeting in Shanghai."Monetary policies will continue to support economic activity and ensure price stability ... but monetary policy alone cannot lead to balanced growth."Faltering growth and market turbulence have exacerbated policy frictions between major economies in recent months, and the statement also noted concerns over escalating geopolitical tensions and Europe's refugee crisis.The reference to "Brexit" had not been included in earlier versions of the text, according a senior official who had seen various drafts, but was added after British officials pressed for it. Britons will vote in June 23 referendum on whether to remain in the European Union."Our view is that it's in the national security and economic security of the United Kingdom, of Europe and of the United States for the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union," U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said after the meeting.-VOLATILITY VS FUNDAMENTALS-The G20 ministers agreed to use "all policy tools – monetary, fiscal and structural – individually and collectively" to reach the group's economic goals.Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said she sensed renewed urgency among the group's members for collective action, warning that without it there was a risk that the recovery could derail.But there was no plan for specific coordinated stimulus spending to spark activity, as some investors had been hoping after markets nosedived at the start of 2016. Over the course of the two-day meeting in Shanghai comments by policymakers made clear the divergence of views on the way forward.Finance chiefs had agreed that "the magnitude of recent market volatility has not reflected the underlying fundamentals of the global economy", the communique draft said.To pep up the global economy, faster progress on structural reforms "should bolster potential growth in the medium term and make our economies more innovative, flexible and resilient", it said."We are committed to further enhancing the structural reform agenda," it added.Divisions have emerged among major economies over the reliance on debt to drive growth and the use of negative interest rates by some central banks, such as in Japan.Germany had made it clear it was not keen on new stimulus, with Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble saying on Friday the debt-financed growth model had reached its limits."It is even causing new problems, raising debt, causing bubbles and excessive risk taking, zombifying the economy," he said.The G20, which spans major industrialised economies such as the United States and Japan to the emerging giants of China and Brazil and smaller economies such as Indonesia and Turkey, reiterated in the communique a commitment to refrain from targeting exchange rates for competitive purposes, including through devaluations.They pledged to "consult closely" on foreign exchange markets.-CURRENCY CONCERNS-Jeroen Dijsselbloem, chairman of euro zone finance ministers, said G20 members had agreed to inform each other in advance about policy decisions that could lead to devaluations of their currencies.G20 host China used the meeting to try to allay concerns about the world's second-biggest economy, and Beijing's ability to manage it, that have grown since a market rout and a surprise devaluation last August."Monetary policy will probably have to be kept appropriately loose, even though people have realised that its role cannot replace fiscal policy," said China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei.Chinese policymakers reiterated pledges not to devalue the yuan again, and Premier Li Keqiang told the G20 opening session on Friday there was no basis for continued depreciation of the yuan.But there appeared to be concerns that some members may seek a quick fix to domestic woes through a weaker currency.Japan implemented negative interest rates this month to spur growth, and Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he had "fully gained (their) understanding" from G20 ministers about the BOJ's thinking with regard to negative rates as a tool for escaping the deflation that has dogged its economy for years.Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said he had urged China to carry out currency reform and map out a mid-term structural reform plan with a time frame."Chinese authorities need to present a mid-term structural reform plan with concrete schedule and a package of measures to stabilise yuan, based on recognition that communication between Chinese authorities and markets has caused market volatility and capital outflows," he told reporters.(Reporting by Gernot Heller, Jan Strupczewski, Adam Jourdan, Brenda Goh and Kevin Yao in Shanghai, and Tetsushi Kajimoto and William Mallard in Tokyo; Writing by John Ruwitch and Pete Sweeney; Editing by Alex Richardson)
UK EU exit would be global economy 'shock' - G20 leaders-feb 27,16-bbcnews
Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have warned of a "shock" to the global economy if the UK leaves the EU.The ministers gave their opinion in a statement released at the end of a two-day meeting of G20 nations in China.Chancellor George Osborne, who is at the event, told the BBC the referendum issue was "deadly serious".But UKIP's Nigel Farage said the G20 announcement was "no surprise" as it was "mates helping each other out"."I'm not surprised that big government gets together to support David Cameron," he added."This is big banks, big business, big government all scratching each other's backs. I don't think that impresses voters."The chancellor told the BBC: "The financial leaders of the world's biggest countries have given their unanimous verdict and they say that a British exit from the EU would be a shock to the world economy."And if it's a shock to the world economy imagine what it would do to Britain."He added: "This isn't some adventurous journey into the unknown, with all the humour attached to it, this is deadly serious."Elsewhere, Prime Minister David Cameron in Northern Ireland as part of his UK tour to persuade voters that membership of a reformed EU is in their best interests.With the gleaming early spring sunshine behind him, as he stood on the bank of Shanghai's Huangpu river, the chancellor said he was "deadly serious".He's not the only one. It seems the other 19 leaders at the G20 agree about the "shock", as they've called it, if the UK walked out of the EU.It's not a big surprise. The president of hosts China made it clear last year during his Chequers stay that he wants Britain 'In'.But then again China doesn't really do intervention in domestic politics.George Osborne will be pleased to have this significant and very public diplomatic backing as he sits on the plane back home tonight.There's a whiff of the Scottish referendum campaign about it though, when various foreign leaders lined up behind the government position.Asked if he or his officials had asked for the warning to be included in the statement, the chancellor said: "We've got countries around the table like the United States of America, like the IMF, like the Chinese who frankly don't do what anyone tells them to do."A senior official from the Treasury told the BBC the chancellor's US counterpart had raised the issue during the meeting, as did others, including senior Chinese officials and Ms Lagarde.US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew later urged UK voters to "consider the impact" of voting to leave, and said the White House believed it was in the UK's "national security interests" to remain in the union.CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn described the potential consequences of the UK leaving the EU as an "evident risk".-'Out is out'-"Those who wish to leave must put forward a clear economic case, explaining how being outside the EU will enhance jobs, growth and prosperity in the UK and across Europe."The majority - but not all - of CBI members want the UK to remain in a reformed EU," she added.Meanwhile, London Mayor Boris Johnson has clarified his position over the idea that a vote to leave the EU could force Brussels to give Britain a better deal over its membership and trigger a second referendum.Mr Johnson had previously suggested that only by voting to leave would the UK "get the change we need".But in The Times, Mr Johnson stated categorically: "Out is out".The UK will vote on whether to leave or remain in the EU on 23 June.Mr Cameron set the date last weekend after agreeing a deal with fellow EU leaders about a renegotiation of the UK's EU membership.
TTIP: US yet to approve EU investor court plan By Peter Teffer-euobserver
Brussels, 26. Feb, 18:29-The United States “understands” why the European Union wants to include an investor court system in the proposed EU-US free trade agreement, discussed in Brussels this week, but the US' chief negotiator refrained from giving a substantive analysis of the EU plan.“We’ve received the proposal fairly recently,” said Dan Mullaney at a press conference on Friday (26 February), wrapping up the twelfth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).“We do understand the concerns that are behind the proposal,” he noted, but did not say whether he liked the idea or not, only that the two sides would discuss it further.“I can’t say at this point what the outcome of those discussions are going to be, but we are pursuing those discussions with full understanding of what the objectives are behind these provisions and with a focus on how best we can achieve what are essentially commonly shared goals and outcomes in this area.”This week was the first time that the two sides discussed the European proposal for an investor court system (ICS), which was announced last year as a substitute for the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system.“Investment protection is a highly complex subject,” said Ignacio Garcia Bercero, the EU’s chief negotiator.“This round marks the beginning of the process of discussions in this area, and we have spent significant time understanding each others’ proposals better and [are] also starting to identify areas of convergence."However, no decisions were made.“We haven’t yet reached the point where we are already beginning drafting common language,” Garcia Bercero noted.EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem proposed the court last September as an alternative to ISDS. Critics feared an ISDS deal under TTIP would empower US firms to sue EU governments should laws or policies run against their interests.But despite the alternative, protests remain.On Monday, Greenpeace activists protested outside the negotiating venue in Brussels. They believe that the ICS court is just as dangerous.“[Negotiators] say they want to protect environmental, health and labour standards, but instead they are giving foreign corporations exclusive rights to challenge these same standards in a special court,” Greenpeace said in a statement.Garcia Bercero and Mullaney are “not at all frustrated” by the level of opposition to TTIP, they both said.“We are continuously ready to engage with everyone in Europe who has a view on TTIP. We are ready to meet, we are ready to discuss,” said the European negotiator.“We believe this continued policy of engagement, of transparency, is the best way to convince European citizens that there are no risks and a lot of benefits in the TTIP negotiations,” he added.And not everyone is against TTIP.Lobby group Copa-Cogeca said Thursday on behalf of European farmers that they “strongly support the TTIP negotiations for a comprehensive and balanced outcome”.The group’s secretary-general, Pekka Pesonen, said instead that a rival agreement between the United States and eleven countries around the Pacific Ocean could pose a threat to the European agricultural sector.The US recently signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, with countries like Japan and Australia.“If the TPP agreement from the Pacific region is ratified and implemented before we can conclude anything, that would give a comparative advantage to our competitors, especially in these two countries, Japan and US,” said Pesonen at a press conference Thursday.The EU and US meanwhile said they still hoped to conclude TTIP talks in 2016.“Let me be clear. We want to finish this year, but we do not favour an early harvest, or a TTIP light. We want an ambitious, comprehensive and high-standard agreement,” said Dan Mullaney, echoing similar words by his European counterpart.
China’s currency was expected to be one of the the main topics at this week’s Group of 20 meeting. Instead, Japan’s yen and monetary policy were identified as a source of concern for some officials from the world’s leading economies."The debate was also about Japan, to be honest -- there was some concern that we would get into a situation of competitive devaluations," Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said in Shanghai. Once one country devalues it’s currency, "the risk is very large that another follows and we get into competitive devaluation," Dijsselbloem told reporters.The comments indicated increasing concern about the Bank of Japan’s unprecedented monetary stimulus, which has weakened the yen against the dollar and driven bond yields to historic lows. The announcement of a negative rate policy last month surprised markets and spurred currency volatility.There was "absolutely no" opposition or opinions expressed about the BOJ’s negative-rate policy, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda told reporters in Shanghai Saturday.The bank’s explanation of its policy of "Quantitative and Qualitative Easing with a Negative Interest Rate" was well understood by the nations, Kuroda said. "The BOJ’s easing policy is to achieve the 2 percent inflation target as quickly as possible, and if needed we will add policy, and this has always been understood by the G-20."A Japanese Finance Ministry official told reporters Friday that there weren’t any questions from other nations in response to Kuroda’s presentation to the G-20.-No Surprises-If devaluation is a consequence of monetary policy which is motivated by real macro-economic domestic reasons, then nations must make sure to inform and consult with each other so there are no surprises, Dijsselbloem said Saturday.By contrast, one official from the G-20, who asked not to be identified as the talks were private, said members were broadly reassured that China isn’t going to start weakening its currency. Chinese policy makers have repeatedly said there’s no basis for long-term depreciation of the yuan. Brazilian Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa claimed credit for his country in convincing China to avoid competitive devaluation.The BOJ in January followed the European Central Bank, the Swiss monetary authority and others in charging financial institutions interest on some of the reserves they keep at the central bank. The policy doesn’t target foreign exchange rates, Kuroda said in parliament Friday before heading to Shanghai.From the perspective of Japanese policy makers, they might not have had any choice, said one official from a G-20 emerging market. Yet BOJ policy creates an impact around the region and there was concern about this, said the official, who asked not to be identified as the discussions aren’t public.
G-20 Wants Governments Doing More, and Central Banks Less-Enda Curran-Jeff Black-Updated on February 27, 2016 — 8:59 AM EST-bloomberg
Finance chiefs from the world’s top economies committed their governments to doing more to boost global growth amid mounting concerns over the potency of monetary policy. In a pledge that will prove easier to write than deliver and may disappoint investors looking for a coordinated stimulus plan, the Group of 20 said "we will use fiscal policy flexibly to strengthen growth, job creation and confidence." After a two-day meeting in Shanghai, finance ministers and central bank governors also doubled down on a line from their last gathering that "monetary policy alone cannot lead to balanced growth."For those few analysts calling for a 1985 Plaza Accord-type agreement to address exchange-rate tensions, there was no such luck: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said there were no discussions about anything like that. The G-20 members did reaffirm they will refrain from competitive devaluations, and -- in new language -- agreed to consult closely on currencies.-Reaching Limit-An increasing sense monetary policy is reaching its limit permeated officials’ briefings during the meetings that ended Saturday. While central banks proved critical in avoiding a global slide into depression last decade, there is now no consensus among the world’s top economic guardians backing stepped-up monetary stimulus. That leaves focus on fiscal polices that are subject to domestic political constraints, and a structural-reform agenda the G-20 said will be gauged through a new indicator system."Central bankers have done their bit in recent years to stabilize the world economy," said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. "But as their tools are losing their effectiveness, only more aggressive fiscal policy and structural reforms will help to lift growth."Among those publicly indicating a potentially reduced role for central banks was Lagarde, who said Friday the effects of monetary policies, even innovative ones, are diminishing. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney used a Shanghai speech ahead of the G-20 to voice skepticism over negative interest rates -- now in place in continental Europe and Japan -- and their ability to boost domestic demand.-Negative Spillovers-For his part, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, speaking in a pre-recorded video at the G-20, said quantitative easing policies can’t remove structural obstacles to growth and may lead to negative spillovers. The People’s Bank of China has been using more orthodox tools to support fiscal spending and structural reforms.Adding to an atmosphere of unease about further central bank actions, some officials expressed concern about Japan’s policies, after its surprise move to adopt negative interest rates last month roiled the currency market."The debate was also about Japan to be honest -- there was some concern that we would get into a situation of competitive devaluations," Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who heads gatherings of euro area finance ministers, told reporters Saturday. "If policy decisions -- for example for domestic issues -- lead to devaluation, we should inform and consult with the different countries."Japanese policy makers are now contending with a yen that rallied more than 6 percent in February, the biggest monthly surge since 2008 -- and one that stoked speculation among traders that officials could intervene in the market by selling the currency.The G-20 said in the Shanghai communique that "we will consult closely on exchange markets," language that wasn’t included in its September statement.Delivering on the G-20 statement to ease pressure on central banks will require political appetite for unpopular domestic reforms, while new spending may be constrained by already over-stretched budgets, especially across much of the advanced world."Where is the boost to growth going to come from? Fiscal policy? Reform?" said Richard Jerram, the chief economist at Bank of Singapore Ltd. "After six or seven years of trying to promote recovery there is no appetite for fiscal stimulus, and no easy or obvious reforms that have been neglected."Some countries are heading in the other direction on the fiscal front. U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne warned just days ago he may make further cuts in public spending in his annual budget on March 16. Japan is planning a 2017 sales-tax increase. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble rejected fiscal stimulus Friday. U.S. budget policy has proved a constant battleground between Republicans and Democratic President Barack Obama.-‘Bare Minimum’-"There is no positive surprise" from the G-20 commitments, said Mitsumaru Kumagai, chief economist at Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo. "There are no detailed plans in this agreement, so generally you can say they just achieved the bare minimum," he said. "Stocks may sell off a bit."Host-nation China came through with the most specific plans, with Finance Minister Lou Jiwei pledging a wider fiscal deficit as his country’s leaders prepare for an annual gathering of the national legislature starting March 5. People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan also highlighted room for further monetary action. Other G-20 members haven’t ruled out further central bank actions, and -- for all his criticism of Japan -- Dijsselbloem said Friday that monetary policy can still do more.Officials at the European Central Bank have signaled that, given the dimming of the global outlook and downward pressure on inflation coming from energy prices, a reduction in their deposit rate from the current minus 0.3 percent and even a boost to the pace of quantitative easing may be on the cards. The ECB’s Governing Council is due to announce its decision in Frankfurt on March 10.Reflecting a consensus that central banks are already deploying their tools vigorously, the G-20 said that "monetary policies will continue to support economic activity and ensure price stability, consistent with central banks’ mandates."With the Federal Reserve already signaling it has pared back plans for rate hikes this year, there was less of a focus at the G-20 gathering about U.S. monetary policy. The upshot: central bankers leave Shanghai with little pressure to act at their respective March meetings.
G20 to say world needs to look beyond ultra-easy policy for growth-SHANGHAI | By Gernot Heller and Adam Jourdan-feb 27,16-yahoonews
The world's top economies declared on Saturday that they need to look beyond ultra-low interest rates and printing money to shake the global economy out of its torpor, while renewing their focus on structural reform to spark activity.A communique from the Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bankers flagged a series of risks to world growth, including volatile capital flows, a sharp fall in commodity prices and the potential "shock" of a British exit from the EU."The global recovery continues, but it remains uneven and falls short of our ambition for strong, sustainable and balanced growth," said the communique, issued at the end of a two-day meeting in Shanghai."Monetary policies will continue to support economic activity and ensure price stability ... but monetary policy alone cannot lead to balanced growth."Faltering growth and market turbulence have exacerbated policy frictions between major economies in recent months, and the statement also noted concerns over escalating geopolitical tensions and Europe's refugee crisis.The reference to "Brexit" had not been included in earlier versions of the text, according a senior official who had seen various drafts, but was added after British officials pressed for it. Britons will vote in June 23 referendum on whether to remain in the European Union."Our view is that it's in the national security and economic security of the United Kingdom, of Europe and of the United States for the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union," U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said after the meeting.-VOLATILITY VS FUNDAMENTALS-The G20 ministers agreed to use "all policy tools – monetary, fiscal and structural – individually and collectively" to reach the group's economic goals.Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said she sensed renewed urgency among the group's members for collective action, warning that without it there was a risk that the recovery could derail.But there was no plan for specific coordinated stimulus spending to spark activity, as some investors had been hoping after markets nosedived at the start of 2016. Over the course of the two-day meeting in Shanghai comments by policymakers made clear the divergence of views on the way forward.Finance chiefs had agreed that "the magnitude of recent market volatility has not reflected the underlying fundamentals of the global economy", the communique draft said.To pep up the global economy, faster progress on structural reforms "should bolster potential growth in the medium term and make our economies more innovative, flexible and resilient", it said."We are committed to further enhancing the structural reform agenda," it added.Divisions have emerged among major economies over the reliance on debt to drive growth and the use of negative interest rates by some central banks, such as in Japan.Germany had made it clear it was not keen on new stimulus, with Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble saying on Friday the debt-financed growth model had reached its limits."It is even causing new problems, raising debt, causing bubbles and excessive risk taking, zombifying the economy," he said.The G20, which spans major industrialised economies such as the United States and Japan to the emerging giants of China and Brazil and smaller economies such as Indonesia and Turkey, reiterated in the communique a commitment to refrain from targeting exchange rates for competitive purposes, including through devaluations.They pledged to "consult closely" on foreign exchange markets.-CURRENCY CONCERNS-Jeroen Dijsselbloem, chairman of euro zone finance ministers, said G20 members had agreed to inform each other in advance about policy decisions that could lead to devaluations of their currencies.G20 host China used the meeting to try to allay concerns about the world's second-biggest economy, and Beijing's ability to manage it, that have grown since a market rout and a surprise devaluation last August."Monetary policy will probably have to be kept appropriately loose, even though people have realised that its role cannot replace fiscal policy," said China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei.Chinese policymakers reiterated pledges not to devalue the yuan again, and Premier Li Keqiang told the G20 opening session on Friday there was no basis for continued depreciation of the yuan.But there appeared to be concerns that some members may seek a quick fix to domestic woes through a weaker currency.Japan implemented negative interest rates this month to spur growth, and Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he had "fully gained (their) understanding" from G20 ministers about the BOJ's thinking with regard to negative rates as a tool for escaping the deflation that has dogged its economy for years.Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said he had urged China to carry out currency reform and map out a mid-term structural reform plan with a time frame."Chinese authorities need to present a mid-term structural reform plan with concrete schedule and a package of measures to stabilise yuan, based on recognition that communication between Chinese authorities and markets has caused market volatility and capital outflows," he told reporters.(Reporting by Gernot Heller, Jan Strupczewski, Adam Jourdan, Brenda Goh and Kevin Yao in Shanghai, and Tetsushi Kajimoto and William Mallard in Tokyo; Writing by John Ruwitch and Pete Sweeney; Editing by Alex Richardson)
UK EU exit would be global economy 'shock' - G20 leaders-feb 27,16-bbcnews
Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have warned of a "shock" to the global economy if the UK leaves the EU.The ministers gave their opinion in a statement released at the end of a two-day meeting of G20 nations in China.Chancellor George Osborne, who is at the event, told the BBC the referendum issue was "deadly serious".But UKIP's Nigel Farage said the G20 announcement was "no surprise" as it was "mates helping each other out"."I'm not surprised that big government gets together to support David Cameron," he added."This is big banks, big business, big government all scratching each other's backs. I don't think that impresses voters."The chancellor told the BBC: "The financial leaders of the world's biggest countries have given their unanimous verdict and they say that a British exit from the EU would be a shock to the world economy."And if it's a shock to the world economy imagine what it would do to Britain."He added: "This isn't some adventurous journey into the unknown, with all the humour attached to it, this is deadly serious."Elsewhere, Prime Minister David Cameron in Northern Ireland as part of his UK tour to persuade voters that membership of a reformed EU is in their best interests.With the gleaming early spring sunshine behind him, as he stood on the bank of Shanghai's Huangpu river, the chancellor said he was "deadly serious".He's not the only one. It seems the other 19 leaders at the G20 agree about the "shock", as they've called it, if the UK walked out of the EU.It's not a big surprise. The president of hosts China made it clear last year during his Chequers stay that he wants Britain 'In'.But then again China doesn't really do intervention in domestic politics.George Osborne will be pleased to have this significant and very public diplomatic backing as he sits on the plane back home tonight.There's a whiff of the Scottish referendum campaign about it though, when various foreign leaders lined up behind the government position.Asked if he or his officials had asked for the warning to be included in the statement, the chancellor said: "We've got countries around the table like the United States of America, like the IMF, like the Chinese who frankly don't do what anyone tells them to do."A senior official from the Treasury told the BBC the chancellor's US counterpart had raised the issue during the meeting, as did others, including senior Chinese officials and Ms Lagarde.US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew later urged UK voters to "consider the impact" of voting to leave, and said the White House believed it was in the UK's "national security interests" to remain in the union.CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn described the potential consequences of the UK leaving the EU as an "evident risk".-'Out is out'-"Those who wish to leave must put forward a clear economic case, explaining how being outside the EU will enhance jobs, growth and prosperity in the UK and across Europe."The majority - but not all - of CBI members want the UK to remain in a reformed EU," she added.Meanwhile, London Mayor Boris Johnson has clarified his position over the idea that a vote to leave the EU could force Brussels to give Britain a better deal over its membership and trigger a second referendum.Mr Johnson had previously suggested that only by voting to leave would the UK "get the change we need".But in The Times, Mr Johnson stated categorically: "Out is out".The UK will vote on whether to leave or remain in the EU on 23 June.Mr Cameron set the date last weekend after agreeing a deal with fellow EU leaders about a renegotiation of the UK's EU membership.
TTIP: US yet to approve EU investor court plan By Peter Teffer-euobserver
Brussels, 26. Feb, 18:29-The United States “understands” why the European Union wants to include an investor court system in the proposed EU-US free trade agreement, discussed in Brussels this week, but the US' chief negotiator refrained from giving a substantive analysis of the EU plan.“We’ve received the proposal fairly recently,” said Dan Mullaney at a press conference on Friday (26 February), wrapping up the twelfth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).“We do understand the concerns that are behind the proposal,” he noted, but did not say whether he liked the idea or not, only that the two sides would discuss it further.“I can’t say at this point what the outcome of those discussions are going to be, but we are pursuing those discussions with full understanding of what the objectives are behind these provisions and with a focus on how best we can achieve what are essentially commonly shared goals and outcomes in this area.”This week was the first time that the two sides discussed the European proposal for an investor court system (ICS), which was announced last year as a substitute for the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system.“Investment protection is a highly complex subject,” said Ignacio Garcia Bercero, the EU’s chief negotiator.“This round marks the beginning of the process of discussions in this area, and we have spent significant time understanding each others’ proposals better and [are] also starting to identify areas of convergence."However, no decisions were made.“We haven’t yet reached the point where we are already beginning drafting common language,” Garcia Bercero noted.EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem proposed the court last September as an alternative to ISDS. Critics feared an ISDS deal under TTIP would empower US firms to sue EU governments should laws or policies run against their interests.But despite the alternative, protests remain.On Monday, Greenpeace activists protested outside the negotiating venue in Brussels. They believe that the ICS court is just as dangerous.“[Negotiators] say they want to protect environmental, health and labour standards, but instead they are giving foreign corporations exclusive rights to challenge these same standards in a special court,” Greenpeace said in a statement.Garcia Bercero and Mullaney are “not at all frustrated” by the level of opposition to TTIP, they both said.“We are continuously ready to engage with everyone in Europe who has a view on TTIP. We are ready to meet, we are ready to discuss,” said the European negotiator.“We believe this continued policy of engagement, of transparency, is the best way to convince European citizens that there are no risks and a lot of benefits in the TTIP negotiations,” he added.And not everyone is against TTIP.Lobby group Copa-Cogeca said Thursday on behalf of European farmers that they “strongly support the TTIP negotiations for a comprehensive and balanced outcome”.The group’s secretary-general, Pekka Pesonen, said instead that a rival agreement between the United States and eleven countries around the Pacific Ocean could pose a threat to the European agricultural sector.The US recently signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, with countries like Japan and Australia.“If the TPP agreement from the Pacific region is ratified and implemented before we can conclude anything, that would give a comparative advantage to our competitors, especially in these two countries, Japan and US,” said Pesonen at a press conference Thursday.The EU and US meanwhile said they still hoped to conclude TTIP talks in 2016.“Let me be clear. We want to finish this year, but we do not favour an early harvest, or a TTIP light. We want an ambitious, comprehensive and high-standard agreement,” said Dan Mullaney, echoing similar words by his European counterpart.
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-FEBRUARY 29, 2016-11:55PM
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
41 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-02-29 23:59:52 UTCShowing event times using UTC41 earthquakes in map area
2.9 24km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 23:44:03 UTC 14.0 km
4.8 104km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga 2016-02-29 23:42:16 UTC 56.1 km
4.3 South of the Fiji Islands 2016-02-29 22:46:31 UTC 497.8 km
2.8 1km SE of The Geysers, California 2016-02-29 21:34:13 UTC 1.5 km
5.1 62km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga 2016-02-29 21:33:49 UTC 97.9 km
5.1 75km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan 2016-02-29 19:47:39 UTC 32.6 km
4.4 43km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea 2016-02-29 17:43:27 UTC 88.2 km
4.4 45km SE of Modayag, Indonesia 2016-02-29 17:22:12 UTC 132.8 km
4.3 120km W of Illapel, Chile 2016-02-29 17:17:00 UTC 13.3 km
2.6 29km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 17:13:29 UTC 21.0 km
2.5 22km W of Perry, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 15:16:01 UTC 3.8 km
2.9 3km W of Willow, Alaska 2016-02-29 14:21:55 UTC 27.0 km
4.5 181km E of Aileu, East Timor 2016-02-29 12:52:41 UTC 47.7 km
4.5 151km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 2016-02-29 12:29:54 UTC 320.4 km
2.5 32km S of Cohoe, Alaska 2016-02-29 11:44:39 UTC 66.8 km
4.4 145km NW of Raoul Island, New Zealand 2016-02-29 11:33:37 UTC 383.0 km
2.6 8km NNE of Cadiz, California 2016-02-29 10:45:39 UTC 3.4 km
2.6 6km SW of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-02-29 10:29:37 UTC 2.6 km
2.7 6km W of Cobb, California 2016-02-29 10:14:07 UTC 1.5 km
2.9 30km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 09:53:56 UTC 9.4 km
3.3 28km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 09:35:06 UTC 5.0 km
4.7 294km SSW of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2016-02-29 08:11:58 UTC 10.0 km
4.5 134km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 2016-02-29 07:10:44 UTC 26.7 km
3.2 6km NNE of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 06:28:57 UTC 53.0 km
2.7 42km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 06:20:56 UTC 60.0 km
3.2 31km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2016-02-29 06:06:00 UTC 29.0 km
2.7 17km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 05:22:15 UTC 3.5 km
3.0 66km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-29 04:13:13 UTC 114.7 km
3.9 43km NW of Guanaja, Honduras 2016-02-29 04:09:59 UTC 10.0 km
2.6 20km W of Perry, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 03:54:59 UTC 3.4 km
2.6 7km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma 2016-02-29 01:58:32 UTC 2.9 km
2.8 67km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-29 01:28:12 UTC 106.1 km
2.6 8km SW of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-02-29 00:56:46 UTC 3.4 km
4.0 118km SSW of Fort McPherson, Canada 2016-02-29 00:19:31 UTC 6.5 km
3.2 62km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2016-02-28 23:49:36 UTC 42.0 km
3.0 70km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-02-28 23:32:39 UTC 30.0 km
3.4 67km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2016-02-28 23:30:35 UTC 49.0 km
2.8 15km W of Mountain View, Hawaii 2016-02-28 23:28:14 UTC 0.7 km
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