Guerras Energéticas: O Preço Das Opções Europeias IV

 

Fizemos a cama, agora deitamo-nos nela. Espera-se novamente uma generosa subida de juros. E muito, muito mais...

ECB to go big again on Oct. 27 with 75 bps rate hike

The European Central Bank will go for another jumbo 75 basis point increase to its deposit and refinancing rates when it meets on Oct. 27 as it tries to contain inflation running at five times its target, a Reuters poll found.

As in much of the world, euro zone inflation has soared on skyrocketing energy prices and supply chains still healing from the coronavirus pandemic have taken a further hit from Russia's invasion of Ukraine...

... The ECB targets inflation at 2.0%, yet it was 10.0% last month...

... "Inflation is far too high. Rapid rate rises are needed...

...Much of the price pressure is coming from energy costs...

... "The worst impact of the energy crisis on the household sector will develop in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023, when the demand for gas is seasonally higher," said Luca Mezzomo at Intesa Sanpaolo... 

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E como está a correr a tentativa de impor um limite ao preço do gás vendido pela Rússia? Bem, se formos a uma gasolineira e indicar que só queremos pagar 1€ por litro ...

EU fails to agree on cap on gas prices after 11 hour summit

European Union leaders have failed to reach an agreement on a plan to help protect their citizens from surging energy prices, despite hours of wrangling at a summit in Brussels.

While the announcement of the summit text made a public show of unity among the 27 member states, the absence of any decision on capping gas prices indicated negotiations would remain difficult.

“We do now have a very good and solid roadmap to keep on working on the topic of energy prices,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in the early hours of Friday morning.

No timeframe was given on when a decision on price caps would be made, with EU energy ministers due to meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday for further discussions...

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E se não conseguimos impôr um preço máximo aos fornecedores, o que resta aos políticos para disfarçar a verdadeira factura que os europeus vão ter que pagar pela energia? Injectamos dinheiro claro.

Europe Racks Up $700 Billion Energy Tab as Budgets Strain

European Union governments have pledged more than 550 billion euros ($536 billion) to protect citizens and businesses from soaring energy costs over the past year, highlighting the enormous fiscal burden the bloc’s leaders face as they jostle over how to pay for it.

That figure climbs to 710 billion euros when support for utilities via loans, bailouts and nationalizations are taken into account, according to the think tank Bruegel. That’s just 90 billion euros shy of the EU’s landmark borrowing program to help the region recover from the two-year Covid pandemic...

Spiraling Costs

European countries are spending billions on energy support

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Como podemos ver, toda a Europa está a injectar milhares de milhões de euros para disfarçar a factura energética, no nosso caso, Portugal, 3,3% do PIB.

Isto para se evitar o quê? o descalabro total por esta Europa fora. Para evitar que a população vá atrás dos políticos que tomaram estas opções e que nos enfiaram a todos num beco sem saída.

Vem aí queda de governos, manifestações e violência na rua.

Tal como todos estamos a ver, apesar das massivas injecções de dinheiro não está a ser possível evitar por completo as subidas generalizadas de preços e a paragem da indústria europeia.

EU leaders hail breakthrough in gas cap plan to tackle energy crisis

The proposed cap would “immediately limit episodes of excessive gas prices” but will not be introduced until it has met conditions imposed by sceptical countries such as Germany and the Netherlands, which fear that producers could export gas to countries willing to pay higher prices...

... The EU has rushed to find alternative supplies to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine nearly eight months ago. Gas flows from Russia now account for about 9 per cent of EU supply, down from 40 per cent last year...

“Time is running out,” Fredrik Persson, president of BusinessEurope, the employers’ group, told the Financial Times in an interview. “My major concern is that we not only lose European competitiveness but also businesses and jobs as production moves abroad.”...

With storage facilities close to capacity, the EU is confident that the bloc can get through this winter without resorting to rationing supplies. But Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s prime minister, pointed out that much of the gas in storage is Russian and will not be available next year. “We filled all the tanks with Russian gas. Next winter is coming too.”...

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Já muita gente percebeu na gravidade da situação em que nos encontramos, como é que estes políticos todos ainda estão ao volante do destino da Europa?

Estamos a 2 meses da entrada do Inverno. (21/12).

Estamos a menos de 2 meses para ser fazer um ano sobre o ultimato russo (17/12).

O relógio está a contar.

Fundado em 1945, este relógio entrou pela 1ª vez na contagem em segundos em 2020 (foi sempre em minutos), demonstrado o agravar da situação e com o qual concordo inteiramente.

O relógio que coloquei aqui, foi publicado no início de 2022 e ainda não previa o que viria aí este ano. Em 2023 este relógio vai aproximar-se perigosamente do valor final.

Não estamos cientes da gravidade da situação em que nos encontramos.

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