(Challenges) La Banque centrale de Russie transfère ses rése

La Banque centrale de Russie transfère ses réserves placées aux Etats-Unis

EXCLUSIF La banque centrale de Russie a retiré des banques américaines une partie importante de ses avoirs. Des milliards de dollars transférés en Europe. D’après un expert de la finance, la Banque centrale de Russie a retiré jeudi 6 mars une importante partie de ses réserves déposées dans les banques américaines pour les transférer dans des établissements européens. Impossible de connaître le montant exact de ces transferts, mais selon notre spécialiste, ils pourraient se chiffrer en dizaines de milliards de dollars.

Ce mouvement montre que, dans son conflit avec le nouveau pouvoir en Ukraine, le président russe, Vladimir Poutine, envisage tous les scénarios. Y compris celui qui verrait Washington geler les avoirs russes déposés dans ses banques.  D’où l’opération menée jeudi.

Poutine inquiète les investisseurs étrangers

D’autres déplacements de capitaux ont été observés depuis plusieurs mois.  Mais cette fois il s’agit d'avoirs qui ont quitté les banques russes à un rythme très élevé: environ 25 milliards de dollars par mois, soit 300 milliards en une seule année ! Une catastrophe pour Moscou car ces mouvements affaiblissent le rouble et jouent sur la croissance : seulement 1,2% l’an dernier contre +7% en 2000.

Des transferts aussi massifs avaient déjà eu lieu à la fin des années 1980 et lors de la décennie 1990 du temps où le pays était dirigé par Mikhaïl Gorbatchev et Boris Eltsine. Aujourd’hui, bis repetita, les investisseurs n’ont plus confiance en Poutine.

 

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>>> DIRECTV and DISH Applaud Draft Satellite Bill

DIRECTV and DISH Applaud Draft Satellite Bill
DIRECTV and DISH thank Chairman Walden of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee for releasing the first STELA reauthorization discussion draft.

We support this draft as an important first step in the reauthorization of STELA. Significantly, it ensures continuity of service to more than 1.5 million distant signal customers who would, otherwise, lose service in December. It also addresses one of the most egregious forms of retransmission consent abuse joint negotiating agreements among broadcasters.

We and our 34 million combined customers appreciate the hard work of the Subcommittee, and we look forward to working with Republican and Democratic members of Congress as this legislation moves forward.

WSJ : Hilsenrath Analysis: Fed Likely to Continue Taper, Consider Changing Forwa

There is likely enough to like in Friday’s jobs report to keep the Federal Reserve on track to scale back its monthly bond buying by another $10 billion to $55 billion at its March 18-19 policy meeting.

Fed officials have made clear in the past few weeks that their bar to veering from this course is high. It’s a point that New York Fed President William Dudley emphasized in an interview with The Wall Street Journal Thursday. He said his “threshold is pretty high” to altering the plan. Moreover, Mr. Dudley, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other Fed officials believe economic data have been soft in recent months because of bad weather. Employment in the retail industry, for example, has now fallen for two straight months. Against that backdrop, a 175,000 increase in payrolls in February probably doesn’t look that bad. Mr. Dudley said he believed the economy is growing at an annual rate below 2% in the first quarter because of bad weather, but is likely to bounce back to a 3% pace in the spring.

A more challenging question for the Fed at its next meeting is whether to change its forward guidance on the likely future course of interest rates. The Fed has said it won’t even consider raising rates until the jobless rate gets to 6.5%. Mr. Dudley said Thursday he thought the Fed should revise the guidance with the jobless rate so close to 6.5%. It was 6.6% in January. With it rising to 6.7% in February, that takes a little pressure off officials to move right away. More on that later.

>>> comScore reports Jan smartphone market share...AAPL, GOOG, FB...

ComScore reports Jan 2014 U.S. smartphone subscriber market share; Apple (AAPL) ranked as the top OEM with 41.6% of U.S. smartphone subscribers, up 1 percentage point from Oct
* comScore released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for January 2014. Apple (AAPL) ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 41.6% OEM market share, while Google (GOOG) Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 51.7% platform market share. Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook (FB) was the top individual app.
* 159.8 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (66.8% mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in January, up 7% since October. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 41.6% of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 1 percentage point from October). Samsung (SSNLF) ranked second with 26.7% market share (up 1.3 percentage points), followed by LG with 6.9% (up 0.3 percentage points), Motorola with 6.4% and HTC with 5.4%.
* Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in January with 51.7% market share, followed by Apple with 41.6% (up 1 percentage point), BlackBerry (BBRY) with 3.1%, Microsoft (MSFT) with 3.2% and Symbian with 0.2 percent.

>>> comScore reports Jan smartphone market share...AAPL, GOOG, FB...


comScore reports Jan smartphone market share
- Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 41.6% OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 51.7% platform market share. Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook was the top individual app.

- Apple ranked as the top OEM with 41.6% of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 1% point from October). Samsung ranked second with 26.7% market share (up 1.3% points), followed by LG with 6.9% (up 0.3% points), Motorola with 6.4% and HTC with 5.4%.