Dnevna rasprava - 17. travnja 2024

Američki dug predstavlja ’značajne rizike’ za globalno gospodarstvo

The IMF has warned the US that its massive fiscal deficits have stoked inflation and pose “significant risks” for the global economy.

The fund said in its benchmark Fiscal Monitor that it expected the US to record a fiscal deficit of 7.1 per cent next year — more than three times the 2 per cent average for other advanced economies.

It also raised concerns over Chinese government debt, with the country set to record a deficit of 7.6 per cent in 2025 — more than double the 3.7 per cent average for other emerging markets — as Beijing copes with weak demand and a housi…  Čitaj višeng crisis.

Političke podjele štete američkoj automobilskoj industriji

The U.S. auto industry needs regulatory certainty from politicians in Washington and the back and forth as the White House changes hands doesn't help, but the adoption rate of electric vehicles will continue to grow, Ford Motor's (F.N), opens new tab executive chairman Bill Ford said on Wednesday.

The CEO of Ford said when he talks with politicians in Washington, he gets very different viewpoints from the two parties.

He said Republicans question the need for EVs, saying the U.S. sector trails China and they don't want to use Chinese technology. Meanwhile, Democrats are pushing…  Čitaj više the industry to make more EVs and asking what they can do to accelerate the process.

Vijeće sigurnosti UN-a u petak će glasovati o palestinskom članstvu u UN-u

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full U.N. membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel ally the United States is expected to block because it would effectively recognize a Palestinian state.

The 15-member council is due to vote at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) Friday on a draft resolution that recommends to the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations," diplomats said.

A council resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the U.S., Britain, France,…  Čitaj više Russia or China to pass. Diplomats say the measure could have the support of up to 13 council members, which would force the U.S. to use its veto.

Iranski predsjednik upozorava na ’masovnu’ reakciju ako Izrael pokrene ’najmanju invaziju’

Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weekend.

President Ebrahim Raisi spoke Wednesday at an annual army parade that was moved to a barracks north of the capital, Tehran, from its usual venue on a highway in the city’s southern outskirts. Iranian authorities gave no explanation for its relocation, and state television didn’t broadcast it live, as it has in previous years.

Iran launched hundreds…  Čitaj više of missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend in response to an apparent Israeli strike on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria on April 1 that killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals.

Izraelska javnost podijeljena oko toga kako odgovoriti na napad Irana

Throughout the six months that Israel has been fighting in Gaza, the public has overwhelmingly supported the war effort, with the vast majority of Israelis backing the goal to destroy Hamas and free the hostages still held in the enclave.

But there is no such consensus on how to respond to the threat from Iran, whose strike on Israel in the early hours of Sunday has revived fears that the hostilities that have engulfed the Middle East since Hamas’s October 7 attack could escalate into a regional conflict.

A poll carried out by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem this week found 52 per cent…  Čitaj više of Israelis thought the country should not respond to the drone-and-missile barrage — the first time the Islamic republic has targeted the Jewish state directly from its own soil — but instead close the current round of hostilities. The rest thought Israel should retaliate, even at the risk of extending the current round.

Trump zaostaje sa 75 milijuna dolara za Joeom Bidenom u utrci za novcem dok se baza donatora smanjuje

Donald Trump has raised $75mn less for his presidential bid than Joe Biden and has 270,000 fewer unique donors now than at the same stage of his run for the White House four years ago.

The findings, from a Financial Times analysis of federal campaign data, raise new questions about how the former president’s shrunken base will sustain him through costly court cases and what is expected to be the most expensive presidential race ever.

The Trump campaign and affiliated political action committees have attracted roughly 900,000 donors from July 2023 through the first quarter of 2024, compare…  Čitaj višed with 1.17mn donors in the equivalent period of the 2020 race, according to the FT’s analysis of federal data.

Wall Street "Fear Gauge" skače zbog straha od bliskoistočnog rata

US investors are paying the biggest premiums since October to protect their portfolios against market gyrations as mounting tensions in the Middle East and reduced expectations of interest rate cuts fuel a surge in volatility.

The Vix index, Wall Street’s so-called “fear gauge”, hit 19.6 this week, its highest level since October 20, two weeks after the Hamas attack that triggered Israel’s war in Gaza.

The metric measures the price of options that enable investors to profit from swings in the S&P 500.

As of Wednesday morning in the US, the index had receded slight…  Čitaj višely to about 18, still far higher than its late-March level of 12.6 per cent.

Joe Biden poziva na utrostručenje carina na kineski čelik

US President Joe Biden is pushing for tariffs to triple on Chinese steel and aluminum, as he seeks to boost union support in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

In a meeting with United Steelworkers union members in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Biden will call on trade representative Katherine Tai to triple the tariff on the imports from the current average of 7.5 per cent.

Biden’s campaign is trying to shore up support among union workers ahead of November’s US presidential election, in which Pennsylvania could play a decisive role.

“It is important for us to get ahead of China&rsquo…  Čitaj više;s new export surge and their continued pressure on prices that make it hard for American steel companies to compete,” said a senior US official, who added that the actions had “nothing to do with elections”.

Dron Hezbollaha lansiran iz Libanona ranio 7 u Izraelu

Hezbollah claims responsibility for the attack on Arab al-Aramshe, saying it targeted a building used by the Israeli military with guided missiles and explosive-laden drones.

The terror group says the attack was a response to the killing of three members, including two commanders, in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon yesterday.

At least seven people were wounded in the attack, including two seriously, medics say.

Potvrđeno da je 50.000 ruskih vojnika poginulo u ratu u Ukrajini

Russia's military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm.

In the second 12 months on the front line - as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy - we found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year.

BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers have been counting deaths since February 2022.

New graves in cemeteries helped provide the names of many soldiers.

Our teams also combed through open-source information from official reports, newspapers and social media.

More than 27,300 Russian soldiers died in the second…  Čitaj više year of combat - according to our findings - a reflection of how territorial gains have come at a huge human cost.