dimecres, 23 d’abril del 2008

Something to think about


I know that today is Saint Jordi's day and this is the lovers' day in the Catalan Countries. Each girl or woman will receive a rose from a boy or man; and she will give him a book.


On the other hand, it is also the international week in the NHL (my "university" in The Netherlands) and we are attending to some international courses. The last and most interesting one was given by Miriam Wall, an Irish woman who is working in Canada. During her lesson we have been talking about economy. You may know everything better than me, because you can watch TV (I don't have it).


Currently, the price of the oil is growing and the value of the dollar is falling (and it make me think about the '29 Crash in New York): €1 = $1.6 Now, our euro is very strong. If we would like, we could buy a lot of things in America with few euros, or have a nice trip (low cost) there. But the situation is not so nice in Spain. The construction bubble has started to deflate. Some companies are in default of payments and bankruptcy. American people won't come to our coasts on holidays this summer, I'm sure. What is going to happen with our beautiful restaurants, with our nice hotel resorts?


Have Spain built useless infraestructures?

2 comentaris:

Mandragora ha dit...

Gràcies per la ràpida resposta vía mail que m'has enviat.

Justament l'altre día li preguntava jo a la meua mestra de financiació internacional, que fins quan els que tenen el poder seguirán apretant la "tuerca" de la nostra economía domèstica, fins que ja no pugam menjar? molts ja no poden pagar sa casa...sols demane un poc de sentit comú per favor.

Un beset amigueta d'or ;)

Vic ha dit...

It was strange to read the expression of "our Euro". Hungary still has it's own currencny and if things are going like this we will have it in 2014 too... I wish that euro would be "our" euro too.
And don't worry, I'm sure those people on the other side of the Atlantic will be able to solve their problem. If not, Chinese and Indian people will go to Spain to your nice beaches :D