Euro area in recession mode

Written by Manfred Hübner | 07 May 2012
Posted in sentix Economic News

Last month's slumps are aggravated: the sentix total index for Euroland falls strongly by 9.80 points to -24.5 points. Especially the economic situation makes no secret of the fact that investors are acting on the assumption that Euroland is heading for a pronounced recession. The German economy is trying to lift itself out of this development, but the economic expectations cannot get away from the minus signs, either. The US economy has also begun to weaken.

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Liquid Feedback

Written by Manfred Hübner | 18 April 2012
Posted in Woolly thoughts (blog)

Marina Weisband, eine der „Stars" der Piratenpartei, wurde heute vom Handelsblatt geadelt und durfte einen Gastkommentar prominent auf der letzten Seite veröffentlichen. Darin führt sie aus, wie die Piraten ihre politischen Überzeugungen erarbeiten. „Liquid Feedback" heißt dazu das verwendete Verfahren.

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Kollektive Intelligenz

Written by Manfred Hübner | 14 April 2012
Posted in Woolly thoughts (blog)

Der arabische Frühling hat es gezeigt, der Erfolg der Piratenpartei zeigt es ebenso: Das Internet verändert unsere Gesellschaft. Die Art, wie Werte entstehen, geformt und verbreitet werden, ist einem tiefgreifenden Wandel unterzogen. Ich bin im Netz auf ein interessantes Video von Prof. Peter Kruse gestoßen, der seine Ansicht zu diesem Veränderungprozess vor einem Ausschuß des Deutschen Bundestages dargelegt hat.

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Question marks, again

Written by Manfred Hübner | 09 April 2012
Posted in sentix Economic News

Investors hardly got used to economic glimmers of hope when a new disappointment appeared from around the corner. In April, after three consecutive rises, the sentix economic index for Euroland slumped. Current assessment and expectations dropped in unison. Current assessment even dropped to their lowest level this year. The question marks over a recession in Euroland are mounting once more.

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Recovery, even in Japan!

Written by Manfred Hübner | 04 March 2012
Posted in sentix Economic News

The spring revival in the economic data continues in March. We were able to survey a rise in the respective total indices for all world regions. This leads us to be optimistic for the upcoming publication of the OECD Leading Indicator! Even for the buffeted Euroland-region, the sentix total index rises for the third time in a row. Neither rising oil prices, unrest in the Middle-East nor the latently smoldering Euro-crisis were able to sway sentiment at the moment.

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