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08LJUBLJANA533 | SLOVENIA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK SI |
08LJUBLJANA549 | SLOVENIA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM 2008 [...] (U) In 2007 Slovenia enacted a new Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, which became applicable in January 2008. During Slovenia's Presidency of the EU Council, Slovenia chaired an EU troika meeting with the United States on the external aspects of fighting aga [...] | 2008-12-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM SI |
08LJUBLJANA550 | ECONOMIC FEAR IN SLOVENIA PROMPTS GOS ACTION [...] (SBU) Although recent data show that Slovenia is not yet in a recession, Slovenes fear the onset of one and there is pressure on the government to forestall it. Business directors packed an auditorium on December 8 to ask the Government of Slovenia (GoS) to take swift actions to address the c [...] | 2008-12-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI |
08LJUBLJANA554 | SLOVENIA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] (C) On December 12, Emboff delivered ref A's demarche to Marija Adanja, head of the International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance Division, informing her of the change of date of the proposed conference and urging Slovenia to participate and to provide financial assistance. [...] | 2008-12-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK SI |
08LJUBLJANA560 | SLOVENIA GROWTH REVISED DOWNWARDS AGAIN, GOS [...] The Government of Slovenia (GoS) has revised growth estimates down to 1.1% for 2009, based substantially on new growth forecasts of -0.8% for Germany, Slovenia's biggest trading partner. The growth figures have been falling steadily. In March 2008, the GoS predicted 4.1% GDP growth for 2009. [...] | 2008-12-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI |
08LJUBLJANA561 | SLOVENIA HESITANT ON BURMA SANCTIONS, BUT WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BM SI |
08LOME272 | GOVERNMENT OF TOGO RE-ENGAGES ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Togolese Government highlighted the revival of the moribund National Commission for Combating Corruption and Economic Sabotage at the launch of a national workshop in Lome on implementing the UN Anti-Corruption Convention. In his keynote address, the Prime Minister announce [...] | 2008-06-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EIND TO |
08LOME385 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FAURE TO THE SECRETARY: [...] The Embassy has received for transmission a letter dated June 25 from Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe to Secretary of State Rice. The letter is in French. Embassy translation follows: QUOTE Dear Madam Secretary of State: As you know, Togo is emerging from a recent political crisis [...] | 2008-07-28 17:40:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OPDC PREL EFIN TO |
08LONDON1116 | UK REACTION TO IRAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY The UK is actively considering its options in its efforts to contain Iranian nuclear proliferation, and appreciates the information we provided on Banks Melli, Saderat and Mellat, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanctions Unit of HM Treasury, and his Deputy, P [...] | 2008-04-18 15:42:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN KNNP IR UK |
08LONDON116 | EUROPEAN SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL INSTABILITY SET [...] (SBU) Last October, France, Germany, and the UK agreed to a Summit to discuss current financial market problems. Italy and the EU will join that meeting, in London on January 29. In advance of that summit, the respective finance ministers will meet on January 17. A Cabinet Office source told [...] | 2008-01-11 17:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON1204 | IRAN: UK PUSHES BACK ESTIMATED DATE OF EU'S [...] (C) Summary. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Embassy there is "an eighty percent chance" the EU will vote to designate Bank Melli and 34 other persons and entities at the "next available" EU-level ministerial meeting. FCO was optimistic a text on designations will be f [...] | 2008-04-29 15:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON1285 | UK MORTGAGE LENDERS OK FOR NOW; HOUSING PRICES FALLING [...] (SBU) Recent announcements of lenders withdrawing mortgage products from the market incorrectly suggest that UK mortgage lenders are in crisis. As a group, mortgage lenders are solvent with significant equity cushions in their mortgage portfolios and default rates remain low. Building societ [...] | 2008-05-07 16:35:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON129 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK TO CO-SPONSOR LET-4 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 15:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UK |
08LONDON130 | TERRORIST FINANCE: UK AGREES TO UN DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) The UK agrees to support U.S. designation of Badran Turki Hishan Al Mazidih and members of his network, the five individuals in Ref A, according to Giles Cutler, 1267 Committee expert, International Organizations Department, Foreign Office. However, they have not yet decided whether to co [...] | 2008-01-15 15:18:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC IZ SY UK |
08LONDON1300 | ICI: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL PROBABLY ATTEND [...] (SBU) UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband will probably lead the UK delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm, Miliband's Chief of Staff Matthew Gould told us May 9. The UK is not planning any deliverables for the meeting, FCO Iraq Group officers [...] | 2008-05-09 13:30:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ UK |
08LONDON1327 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 16:59:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL UK |
08LONDON1328 | ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 17:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC UK |
08LONDON1352 | IRANIAN BANKING IN LONDON: UK PLANS AND CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 15:16:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN MNUC IR UK |
08LONDON1396 | IRAN: EU BANK MELLI DESIGNATION PUSHED TO MID/LATE [...] (S) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) working level contacts on May 19 told Embassy London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that, although the EU has agreed politically to designate Bank Melli, the EU has pushed the expected designation date, previously set for May 19 (ref),back to mid- or late [...] | 2008-05-19 16:21:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON1457 | BANKS STOPPING UK SUB-PRIME LENDING [...] (SBU) Over the last few months the UK has seen the virtual closure of its sub-prime market. Market conditions and action by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) against brokers for poor lending practices may have caused some banks to withdraw from the sub-prime market. The Financial Service [...] | 2008-05-27 07:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON1505 | SUDAN: UK SUPPORTS DESIGNATION OF REFTEL [...] (C) HMG supports sanctioning all four individuals in reftel A, FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Rachel Edis said May 30. If other UNSC members oppose the entire list, however, sanctioning Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim and Doussa Deby would be the preferred o [...] | 2008-05-30 16:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU UK |
08LONDON1586 | U/S JEFFERY AND A/S O’BRIEN PRESS UK ON IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien met with UK banking regulators on May 15 to urge increased scrutiny and tougher actions against Iranian banks operating in London. O'Brien and State Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney also d [...] | 2008-06-09 10:58:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN ECON IR UK |
08LONDON1597 | (S) UK MEASURES TO STEM BANK MELLI'S ASSET FLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 15:26:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN IR KTFN MNUC UK |
08LONDON1627 | UK SHARES USG CONCERNS RE ISO 26000 DRAFT [...] The UK shares the concerns outlined in the reftel non-paper. They have just received a new working draft 4.2 of ISO 26000. It has not yet been reviewed by the government or discussed with the UK ISO Working Group, but it appears to raise the same concerns as the prior draft. This is the draft [...] | 2008-06-13 17:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO EFIN UK |
08LONDON1645 | IRAN: FCO READOUT ON SOLANA IN TEHRAN AND PM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although Iran did not provide an immediate response to the P5 1 refreshed offer, Iran NSC Secretary Jalili unexpectedly agreed to "study the offer carefully," and also agreed it is now up to Iran, rather than the P5 1, to respond (ref a). A reference by Prime Minister Gordon [...] | 2008-06-17 16:41:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC PINS IR UK |
08LONDON1655 | UK SPECIAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY IS A SUCCESS [...] (U) By ensuring broad participation, including the UK's five largest banks, and by ensuring strict confidentiality, the Bank of England's (BOE's) Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) has eliminated the stigma associated with borrowing from the BOE. Because of this, BOE contacts told Econoff that t [...] | 2008-06-19 09:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON1690 | UK PLEASED WITH U.S. DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO RENEW [...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials Angus Stewart, Susie Kitchens and Will Taylor, of the International Organisations Department, told us June 24 the British government is "pleased" with the U.S. draft 1267 Monitoring Team renewal. HMG agrees with the need to keep the focus on stopping the flow of [...] | 2008-06-24 16:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC UK |
08LONDON1888 | BAE JUDICIAL REVIEW: HOUSE OF LORDS HEARS HMG [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7-8 the Law Lords of the House of Lords heard HMG's appeal of the High Court ruling that Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Wardle acted unlawfully when he abandoned the anti-corruption investigation into BAE Systems' dealings in Saudi Arabia. HMG argued that Wardle ha [...] | 2008-07-18 16:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCOR EFIN OECD UK |
08LONDON1916 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S "USEFUL" LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Nigerian President Yar'Adua's "useful" July 16 - 17 visit to London focused on Nigeria-UK migration issues, corruption and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),and the Niger Delta, according to FCO Nigeria Desk Officers Catherine Inglehearn and Fiona Grant. In addition [...] | 2008-07-23 11:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN EINV SMIG NI UK |
08LONDON1917 | SQUEEZED IN THE JAWS OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH -- UK ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 12:30:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV |
08LONDON1921 | SQUEEZED IN THE JAWS OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH -- UK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The British economy will slow dramatically in 2008 and 2009 after leading the G7 with GDP growth of three percent in 2007. Ernst and Young predict GDP growth to fall to only 1.5 percent in 2008, the OECD forecasts 1.8 percent, and Oxford Economics says 1.6 percent. Inflation is [...] | 2008-07-23 13:00:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV |
08LONDON196 | FOLLOW-UP: BANK MELLI ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A [...] (S/NF) HM Treasury appreciates the information contained in reftel and promised to look into evidence of any Bank Melli activity in London and possible measures the UK could take to disrupt the Turkish transaction, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of Financial Sanctions Unit, HMT. However, [...] | 2008-01-22 15:52:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC EFIN ETTC |
08LONDON2053 | UK REQUESTS U.S. INFORMATION ON TERRORIST FINANCE [...] Action request, see Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) HM Treasury has passed us names of individuals and groups for which it is requesting any and all updated information, identifiers and statements of cases (SOCs) in order to comply with it's 2007 policy to conduct yearly reviews of all designated par [...] | 2008-08-06 14:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC UK |
08LONDON2179 | HMG'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER E.O. 13382 REF: STATE 88759 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 14:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR UK |
08LONDON2196 | DRC SANCTIONS: UK APPRECIATES INFORMATION, KEEN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 13:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF CG RW UK |
08LONDON2217 | UK SLIDING TOWARDS RECESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic news is not good for Great Britain or its Prime Minister. GDP growth was 0.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2008, the worst quarter in 16 years. Inflation hit 4.4% in July, and the Bank of England predicts it will rise to 5% by the end of the year. Employment numb [...] | 2008-08-29 12:25:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON2460 | London Financial Experts Anxious for Conclusion of U.S. [...] (SBU) Uncertainty about the fate of the USG proposed $700 billion support facility has paralyzed UK financial markets, senior HMT officials told Econoffs on September 25. There is no inter-bank lending at the moment, and all the big players are waiting for news about the plan before making sig [...] | 2008-09-26 14:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IR EINV UK |
08LONDON2486 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S OCTOBER 10-12 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The UK economy is reeling from the effects of the global economic crisis, with housing prices falling even faster and further than in the United States. The UK economy continues to slide into recession with negative GDP growth forecast for the second semester of 2008. Inflation, fueled b [...] | 2008-09-30 14:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN UK |
08LONDON2494 | New Chief Regulator Faces Baptism by Fire in Month of [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis, which has hit the UK particularly hard, has turned the spotlight on Britain's recently appointed financial regulator, Jonathan Adair Turner, who succeeded Callum McCarthy as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority. Turner's appointment was well [...] | 2008-10-01 15:32:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON2589 | SOMALIA: UK SUPPORTS USG COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN SANCTIONS UNSC RESOLUTION REF: STATE 108662 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 12:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XW SO UK |
08LONDON2629 | PARLIAMENT'S TREASURY COMMITTEE CLEARS CALENDAR FOR BANKING [...] (SBU) On October 14, the Treasury Committee of the Parliament announced an urgent inquiry into the banking crisis. "The inquiry will take a fundamental look at the causes of the present banking crisis, the current responsibilities of the banks, and the Government to the taxpayer, and the futur [...] | 2008-10-17 16:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON2683 | HMG ACKNOWLEDGES UK ECONOMY ENTERING RECESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This week, officials publicly acknowledged that the UK is likely to be entering a recession. For months, prominent public figures refused to mention the 'R' word, in favor of talking up the underlying strength of the UK's economic position. However, Mervyn King, Governor of t [...] | 2008-10-24 09:40:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON2688 | Lord Kerr on the U.S. - EU Transatlantic Dialogue [...] (SBU) Lord John Kerr, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, Advisory Council Member of Business for New Europe (BNE),and former UK Ambassador to the U.S. shared views on the changing nature of the transatlantic dialogue and climate change at a recent BNE-sponsored event. Transatlantic Dialogu [...] | 2008-10-24 14:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR MARR ETRD PINR EU UK |
08LONDON2757 | SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 12:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN |
08LONDON2778 | IRANIAN IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS: HAVING MORE PROBLEMS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iranian importers and exporters are encountering ever-greater problems, in all regions including China, in obtaining trade financing due to USG-led international financial measures, according to statements by an Iran banking contact to Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff). End su [...] | 2008-11-03 15:59:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | CJAN ECON EFIN PINS PREL PTER KFIN IR UK |
08LONDON2783 | ECONOMIC RECOVERY A LONG WAY OFF SAY BANKERS [...] (SBU) The UK economy will not begin to recover until the end of 2009 at the earliest, and the road back to health will be slow, said Stephen King, Group Chief Economist at HSBC Bank plc and Melanie Baker, Vice President at Morgan Stanley. High loan burdens for banks, rising unemployment, and [...] | 2008-11-03 16:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV UK |
08LONDON2784 | FINANCIAL CRISIS AND UK DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Despite the economic crisis, HMG has no intention of cutting back on assistance and indeed, will move forward to increase funding, UK Development Secretary Douglas Alexander told Parliament on October 30. In response to a parliamentary inquiry, Alexander stated that he plans to pus [...] | 2008-11-03 17:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON2798 | (C) UK'S POTENTIAL NEW FINANCIAL TOOL AGAINST IRAN Classified By: KATHLEEN DOHERTY, ECON COUNSELOR FOR REASONS 1.4 B & D [...] (C/NF) Summary. The British government amended the Counter-Terrorism Bill (CT Bill) on November 3, which would potentially give HMG stronger financial powers against Iran and other rogue nations. If approved by Parliament, HM Treasury would obtain power to impose measures on private entities doing [...] | 2008-11-04 16:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN MNUC IR UK |
08LONDON2829 | HMG ACCUSED OF SEEING NO BLAME, HEARING NO BLAME, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Select Committee held an unprecedented evidence session November 3 in which the Tripartite Committee authorities responded to Parliamentary questions and to questions emailed to the Committee by the general public. In their responses, the Chancellor of the Excheque [...] | 2008-11-10 11:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON2909 | APOLOGIES, EXCUSES, AND GLOOM - TESTIMONY OF EXECUTIVES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The executive teams of the UK's two nationalized banks, Bradford & Bingley (B&B) and Northern Rock (NR),were quizzed by MPs on the Treasury Committee November 18. B&B executives gave a gloomy outlook for the bank's mortgage books, with GBP 600-800 million losses expected from [...] | 2008-11-20 14:28:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON2961 | PAKISTAN: UK ON MID-DECEMBER DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) The UK is generally on board with a donors conference on Pakistan, though there is some hesitation over the timing, according to FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey. That said, it is likely that a UK Minister will attend. Both Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Development Secretary Do [...] | 2008-11-28 14:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK UK |
08LONDON2970 | Spending Sprees And Tax Hikes: The Highs And Lows Of The [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 24 2008 UK Pre-budget report (PBR) announces a GBP 20 billion stimulus package and deficit financing to respond to the recession brought on the global financial crisis. Government debt will double to GBP 1 trillion over the next few years before declining, and the [...] | 2008-11-28 16:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON3097 | Government's Pre-Budget Report: Too Bullish, Too Risky, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pre-Budget Report (PBR),announced on November 24, has been widely criticized, from the size and nature of HM Treasury's fiscal stimulus package to HMT's perceived overly optimistic macroeconomic forecasts. On December 10, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling defended t [...] | 2008-12-11 16:42:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON3110 | IRAN: FCO QUIETLY URGES PRESSURE ON GERMANS FOR EU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany has deep political reservations over bank designations proposed against Iran under the EU's Common Policy, and is making legal and intelligence arguments within E4 against UK and French proposals to designate several Iranian banks, according to a UK Foreign and Commonweal [...] | 2008-12-12 18:03:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ENRG IR KTFN MNUC PTER UK |
08LONDON3196 | TRADE AND FINANCE EXPERTS SOUND THE ALARM [...] European trade and finance experts speaking at a December 18 HMG-sponsored conference in London spoke of an "acute crisis" in trade and finance that "puts world trade genuinely under threat." The credit crisis has administered two blows to world trade by: (1) decreasing economic activity and ( [...] | 2008-12-22 16:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECIN ETRD EINV EUN EU UK |
08LONDON341 | PM BROWN HOSTS SUMMIT: PROPOSALS FOR STABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, UK Prime Minister Brown, together with German President Merkel, French President Sarkozy, Italian PM Prodi, and EU President Barroso, issued a joint communiqu proposing steps to enhance transparency and promote stability in the global financial markets. The leade [...] | 2008-02-04 11:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON347 | UK BUSINESS RESERVEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK international business figure Gary Campkin (PROTECT) is "reservedly optimistic" that the WTO Doha negotiations can be concluded this year. He says that the current global economic and political situation has created a climate giving impetus to reaching an agreement; it will be [...] | 2008-02-04 17:57:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV |
08LONDON475 | NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...] | 2008-02-14 16:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK |
08LONDON476 | NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...] | 2008-02-14 17:38:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK |
08LONDON498 | UK PM BROWN REACHES OUT TO CHINA AND INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CBI's head of international affairs Gary Campkin (PROTECT) described PM Brown's recent trip to China and India as "warm, but frantic." The UK-Chinese relationship is going through an especially friendly period in his opinion. In China, the PM discussed climate change, trade, sove [...] | 2008-02-15 16:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
08LONDON592 | UK TO DESIGNATE THREE MEMBERS OF LIBYAN ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 17:08:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER LY UK |
08LONDON621 | UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown' government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll b [...] | 2008-02-29 11:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON634 | UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown's government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll [...] | 2008-02-29 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON694 | UK MEASURES ON IRAN: HMG STILL LAYING GROUNDWORK [...] (C) On immediate EU sanctions steps in follow-up to passage of UNSCR 1803, FCO working level contacts on March 7 advised London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that "nothing substantive will happen on the EU track" at the GAERC session Monday March 10: "there will be no Iran conclusions." According to [...] | 2008-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON71 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CONSULTATION ON UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 16:56:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL |
08LONDON74 | HMT STANDS FIRM ON NON-DOM TAX CHANGE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 08 2. (SBU) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) told us that the proposed non-domiciled tax changes will take effect in April 2008 as planned despite complaints from U.S. business and other groups. They say they have fully considered the concerns raised by British [...] | 2008-01-09 08:41:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CASC UK EINV |
08LONDON749 | UK ANNOUNCES 2008 BUDGET - KEY POINTS [...] (U) Summary: Alistair Darling announced his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer on March 12. The budget forecast revised growth downward and predicted that inflation will rise above the Bank of England's two percent target. However, Darling took care to emphasize that the UK's economic [...] | 2008-03-13 11:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK |
08LONDON750 | UK ANNOUNCES 2008 BUDGET - KEY POINTS [...] (U) Summary: Alistair Darling announced his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer on March 12. The budget forecast revised growth downward and predicted that inflation will rise above the Bank of England's two percent target. However, Darling took care to emphasize that the UK's economic [...] | 2008-03-13 11:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK |
08LONDON774 | SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS CREATE JOBS SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) behave differently, said Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt in a March 10 meeting with Michael Snyder, Chairman, City of London Policy and Resources Committee. Kimmitt said SWFs have been non-political in their instrum [...] | 2008-03-14 15:41:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON778 | Treasury Deputy Secretary and British [...] (SBU) Key issues facing the UK, the likely passage of the EU treaty, U.S. financial markets, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs),and the Clean Technology fund were discussed by Jon Cunliffe, Head of International Affairs and Europe at the Cabinet Office in a March 10 meeting with Treasury Deputy Se [...] | 2008-03-17 09:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON781 | DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND PERMANENT UNDER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Ambassador Tuttle met Peter Ricketts, UK Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on March 10. Both sides agreed on the need to plan for the one-year review conference for the International Compact wi [...] | 2008-03-17 10:20:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON EFIN |
08LONDON797 | BANKING CRISIS NOW ONE OF SOLVENCY NOT LIQUIDITY [...] (C/NF) Since last summer, the nature of the crisis in financial markets has changed. The problem is now not liquidity in the system but rather a question of systemic solvency, Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mervyn King said at a lunch meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Ambass [...] | 2008-03-17 18:27:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON801 | DEPSEC TREASURY DISCUSES IRAN SANCTIONS, U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 10 meeting with Conservative Party leader David Cameron, Deputy Secretary Kimmitt told him that the Iranian financial sector was feeling the effects of Western sanctions and the EU-3 remain unified on tightening the ability of Iranian banks to do business, although [...] | 2008-03-18 13:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IR IZ UK |
08LONDON803 | DEPSEC TREASURY DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt outlined on March 10 to Yvette Cooper, British Treasury Deputy Secretary-equivalent, USG efforts to stimulate the U.S. SIPDIS economy and address problems in the U.S. housing market. Cooper described efforts to revitalize the securitization [...] | 2008-03-18 15:24:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV UK |
08LONDON878 | BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...] | 2008-03-27 09:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS |
08LONDON959 | UK FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY ADMITS FAILINGS RE NORTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: An internal report by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on the handling of the now-nationalized Northern Rock (NR) details multiple failings including: high turnover of staff supervising NR; inadequate staff; and infrequent contact with NR management. The report recommends a [...] | 2008-04-02 16:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON966 | HMG ON HOW TO MOVE THE EU ON BURMA, SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] 4 (b,d) Â [...] | 2008-04-03 14:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC EFIN ETTC EU BM UK |
08LONDON989 | REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION [...] (S) London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel demarche April 3 to Foreign and Commercial Office Iran Coordination Group Sanctions Implementation Officer Neil Kernohan. Poloff explained absolute need of U.S. financial institutions for identifier information for 1803 implementation to be e [...] | 2008-04-07 14:43:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL MNUC PTER KTFN IR UK |
08LUANDA206 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY - ANGOLA INPUT [...] The Government of Angola (GRA) makes its budget public on the Ministry of Finance website about two months after its approval by the National Assembly. Individual schedules break down expenditures by ministry, program and province, and public works projects. Budget documents have grown more [...] | 2008-03-12 17:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL AO |
08LUANDA219 | SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL PHALEN'S MARCH 18-22 [...] (U) Embassy Luanda warmly welcomes the visit of Professional Staff Members from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Michael Phalen and Neil Brown on March 18-22. This is the first visit by Congressional Professional Staff to Angola and provides an opportunity to discuss key bilateral is [...] | 2008-03-13 17:51:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP ECON EPET EFIN AO |
08LUANDA249 | VIGNETTES FROM STAFFDEL PHELAN'S MEETINGS IN LUANDA [...] (C) Summary: StaffDel Phelan's March 18-22 visit to Angola provided an opportunity to engage with a wide range of Angolan leaders on issues of importance to our bilateral relationship. Although the overall theme of the visit focused on investment climate, transparency, and Angola's request for [...] | 2008-03-31 09:35:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN AO |
08LUANDA386 | ANGOLA RENEWS REQUEST FOR U.S. TREASURY TECHNICAL [...] Key leaders of Angola's economic team, including the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Industry, the National Treasury Director, and the Governor and Vice Governor of the Central Bank have each recently made direct appeals to the Ambassador for the placement of a U.S. Department of the Trea [...] | 2008-05-16 10:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL AO |
08LUANDA536 | CHINA's ENGAGEMENT IN ANGOLA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECPS EFIN PREL SENV AO CM |
08LUANDA574 | U/S JEFFERY VISIT SETS THE STAGE FOR DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angola rolled out the red carpet to receive Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agriculture Affairs Reuben Jeffery III during his July 21-22 visit to Luanda. In meetings with key players in Angola's economic equation (government, international oil companies, ba [...] | 2008-07-28 18:27:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAID |
08LUANDA907 | FINANCE MINISTER REQUESTS U.S DEPARTMENT OF [...] Summary: Angola's new Finance Minister made a strong push for the placement of a U.S. Treasury Resident Advisor in Luanda. The Minister told the Ambassador the GRA requires urgent technical assistance with tax reform, budgeting, and debt management. End Summary. 2. During a November 6 cal [...] | 2008-11-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON AO |
08LUANDA923 | CENTRAL BANK ON U.S. TREASURY ADVISOR [...] In a November 14 meeting with DCM, National Bank of Angola Vice Governor Rui Miguens de Oliveira strongly supported the possibility of US Treasury assistance to the GRA. Such assistance, he said, was "something that could really help, from our perspective." He noted the Finance Minister wou [...] | 2008-11-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON AO |
08LUSAKA1173 | ZAMBIA: ECONOMIC WOES IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary. Zambia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by just under six percent in 2008, according to the Ministry of Finance. Although the Zambian Government (GRZ) forecasts five percent growth in 2009, its economic prospects are likely to be challenged by external shocks and unhelpful p [...] | 2008-12-17 11:11:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EFIN EINV EMIN ZA |
08LUSAKA278 | IMF Mission Supportive of New Mining Tax Regime, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV EINV ENRG ZA |
08LUSAKA293 | Zambia and Fiscal Transparency [...] (SBU) Background and introduction: Zambia has a history of endemic government corruption, both under a one-party statist regime during the 1970s and 80s, and also during a period of economic liberalization and privatization in the 1990s. Since 2002, the government has increased its efforts to [...] | 2008-03-10 14:32:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR ZA |
08LUSAKA368 | ZAMBIA MARCH 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Rises Again in March -- Labor Trouble At Chinese-Owned Copper Smelter -- Government Suspends duty on Energy-Saving Devices -- Maamba Coal Mine Seeks Investor -- Indian Firm To Invest in Coal-Powered Energy -- Zambia May Face Fuel Shortage If Financing Is Not Secured -- L [...] | 2008-04-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET EFIN ELAB ZA |
08LUSAKA444 | U.S. MINING MAJOR ON NEW TAX AND LEGAL REGIME IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV EFIN ZA |
08LUSAKA529 | ZAMBIA APRIL 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Rises to Double Digits -- New Mineral Tax Regime Approved -- GRZ Revises Mines and Mineral Development Act -- GRZ Offers Uranium Mining Licenses -- GRZ Phases Out Leaded Fuel -- Celtel Offers Shares -- LuSe to Automate its Trading System Inflation Rises to Double Digi [...] | 2008-05-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON EINV ENRG EPET EFIN ZA |
08LUSAKA865 | KWACHA GENTLY SLIDES IN WAKE OF PRESIDENT'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's economy remains relatively sound, despite foreign exchange market fluctuations immediately following news of President Mwanawasa's death. Although the Zambian Kwacha has slipped slightly against the U.S. Dollar, it remains in line with historical averages. The Lusaka [...] | 2008-08-27 11:55:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZA |
08LUSAKA980 | IMF CONTENT WITH ZAMBIA DESPITE RISING INFLATION AND BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) briefed diplomatic missions on its quarterly meetings with Zambian Government (GRZ) officials. The team's overall impressions of GRZ's macroeconomic performance were good; they noted continued GDP growth and national spending that [...] | 2008-10-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ZA |
08MADRID1003 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPT. 15-19 [...] (SBU) Spanish government officials and press followed the U.S. financial turmoil closely during the week. President Zapatero and Second Vice President and Economy and Finance Minister Solbes reassured Spaniards that Spain's financial sector was safe and its financial firms solvent. Zapatero claimed [...] | 2008-09-22 05:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG EWWT KNNP SOCI |
08MADRID1008 | REPSOL CONFIRMS NO PLANS WITH IRAN AND INDICATES [...] (S) Ambassador Aguirre met September 17 with Repsol General Counsel and Secretary to the Board Luis Suarez de Lezo. During the discussion, Suarez de Lezo advised the Ambassador that, after Repsol had allowed to expire its option on its block in Iran's South Pars field (reftels),it had no remaining [...] | 2008-09-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR |
08MADRID1016 | SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE [...] (S) On September 22 PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper from REFTEL to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament, and Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. As the non-paper is classified, neither GOS offici [...] | 2008-09-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SP UK |
08MADRID1020 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATION OF [...] On September 12, Econoff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper concerning the OFAC designations of Venezuelan officials under the Kingpin Act to Iago Lossada in the MFA,s International Counter-Terrorism Directorate. Econoff subsequently shared the information with Conchita Cornejo Garcia of [...] | 2008-09-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL PINR SNAR KCRM VE SP |
08MADRID1025 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 22-26 [...] (U) While visiting New York to speak at the UN, President Zapatero met with business executives in a September 24 event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain. Executives from firms such as Boeing, Microsoft, IBM, Pfizer, and the Bank of America, as well as the MPAA, participate [...] | 2008-09-29 06:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SP |
08MADRID104 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ SY SP |
08MADRID1050 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 29-OCT. 3 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB SP |
08MADRID106 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) So reads the FT's Gillian Tett's lead into her insight column. She asks how the big Spanish banks have so far weathered the storm well. She says that Mexico's Central Bank Governor, Guillermo Ortiz, has said that a few years ago, big Spanish banks asked for permission from the regulators [...] | 2008-02-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP |
08MADRID1064 | DEMARCHES ON UNSCR RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EWWT EUN PREL MNUC |
08MADRID1080 | MADRID ECON WEEKLY, OCT 6-10 - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB SP |
08MADRID1101 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - OCT 13-17 [...] (SBU) President Zapatero announced October 13 that the GOS will guarantee up to 100 billion euros in bank borrowing this year. This initiative is part of a decree approved that day by the Council of Ministers that incorporates measures agreed over the weekend by heads of state of the euro nati [...] | 2008-10-17 19:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP PGOV |
08MADRID1105 | REQUEST TO INVITE SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL SP |
08MADRID1123 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCT. 20-24 [...] (SBU) The hot topic for much of this week has been President Zapatero's failure to be invited to the upcoming global financial summit and GOS efforts to secure an invitation (ref A). Media reported October 24 that the government is reaching out "in every direction to the entire world at all [...] | 2008-10-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TSPA SP |
08MADRID1141 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCT. 27-31 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
08MADRID1189 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - NOV 1-7 [...] (U) On November 4, the Ministry of Labor released statistics showing an increase of 192,658 registered unemployed workers for the month of October, the sharpest month-to-month increase ever recorded. This brings the total of unemployed to over 2.8 million, with immigrants especially affected. [...] | 2008-11-07 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SP EPET |
08MADRID1205 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 10-14 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP |
08MADRID1226 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 17-21 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 08:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SP SCUL |
08MADRID1257 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 21-28 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EPET KIPR SP |
08MADRID1289 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC. 1-5 [...] (U) According to the EU's Eurostat, Spain's unemployment rate for the month of October reached 12.8 percent, giving the country the highest rate in the EU for the 6th month running. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes has noted that unemployment is the primary concern of [...] | 2008-12-09 07:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB SP |
08MADRID1306 | SPAIN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL A, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Report on Terrorism" follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT in Spain is Hugh Clifton. Telephone 34-91-587-2294, email: CliftonLH@state.gov. 2. (U) The Government of Spain and its citizens were concerned that their cou [...] | 2008-12-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
08MADRID1309 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC 9-12 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG SP |
08MADRID1339 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC 13-19 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB SP |
08MADRID143 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Registered unemployment rose by 132,000, or 6.2 percent, in January, the largest one-month increase in the 21 years that records have been kept in their current form. The month's increase was primarily concentrated in temporary employment, but the permanent sector is likely to be affected [...] | 2008-02-11 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN ENRG ETRD |
08MADRID179 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Speaking to an overflow audience at a February 15 event, Trichet argued for further structural reform in the Eurozone, citing particularly the need for more flexibility in the labor, products and services markets. He argued strongly that price stability was not inconsistent with job creat [...] | 2008-02-15 18:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KFRD SCUL SENV |
08MADRID180 | SPAIN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, Embassy Madrid's Counterterrorism Working Group has collectively taken inventory of Spain's critical infrastructure and key resources and does not believe that the country possesses any CI/KR that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious [...] | 2008-02-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08MADRID212 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Second Vice President and Economy Minister Pedro Solbes debated Madrid PP parliamentary candidate Manuel Pizarro, who has the prestigious position of being number two on the Madrid list behind party leader Mariano Rajoy, on 2/21/08 on the Antenna 3 TV station. The debate lasted an hour an [...] | 2008-02-25 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EFIS EIND EINV ENRG SENV |
08MADRID218 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. When you arrive, Spain will be 4 short days away from what is looking to be a very close March 9 general election. President Jose Luis Zapatero and his Socialist Workers party are slightly ahead in the polls, although the opposition Par [...] | 2008-02-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL SP |
08MADRID236 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) More evidence of the slowdown in housing came with the announcement that 32 percent fewer mortgages were issued in December 2007 than in December 2006. The average value of mortgages issued in the month also declined, by 2 percent to 144,000 euros, but it is not clear whether that represen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EWWT PTER SP |
08MADRID246 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY SECRETRY ROBERT [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmit, Robert Saliterman, SIPDIS Public Affairs Specialist, Eric Meyer, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia and William Lindquist, International Economist, Office of Europe and Eurasia to [...] | 2008-03-05 11:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIN |
08MADRID285 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara on March 6. Kimmitt expressed his confidence in the underlying strength of the U.S. economy. Both agreed that accounting rules would be very important for dealing with issues surrounding the p [...] | 2008-03-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KTFN SP IR |
08MADRID286 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On March 5, visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, discussed with Bank of SIPDIS Spain (central bank) Deputy Governor Jose Vinals the U.S. and Spanish economic situations, sovereign wealth funds, and Iran. The Deputy Secretary said that the U.S. econom [...] | 2008-03-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN IR SP |
08MADRID287 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE MARCH 1-7 [...] (U) The ICD came to an agreement with troubled real estate construction company Colonial owners Luis Portillo and Luis Nozaleda on 3/4/08. The Dubai fund will buy Colonial's bricks and mortar real estate assets and will end up paying something between euros 1.9 billion and 2.1 billion, i.e., [...] | 2008-03-10 10:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENIV ENRG ETRD KIPR SP |
08MADRID294 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, met with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Camacho March 6. Camacho outlined the GOS' views of the threat from Islamic terrorism and emphasized the importance of exchanging information. He suggested the creation of a task for [...] | 2008-03-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN KTFN SP IR |
08MADRID301 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOUR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche March 10, notifying the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the recent E.O. 13224 designation of four Syria-based members of the Abu Ghadiyah network. Ivo Pascual, desk officer at the MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism, accepted the additional informa [...] | 2008-03-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC SY SP |
08MADRID308 | IRANIAN TIES OF SPANISH BANKS SANTANDER AND [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Bank of Spain, Spain's central bank, provided to post on March 7 a document summarizing activities that Bank Santander and Bank Sabadell have had or still have with Iran. The document is based on information the Bank of Spain received from the two banks on March 6 in response to [...] | 2008-03-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PTER PREL IR SP |
08MADRID366 | NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP |
08MADRID370 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH [...] ECON/EFIN: 2008 Economic Growth Forecast at 2.5 Percent 2. ECON/EFIN: Budget Surplus Declines 3. EIND: Housing Sales Decline Continues 4. ECON/EFIN: Catalan Economy Minister Concerned About U.S., Global Woes 5. ELTN: Emboffs Meet with Rail Security Lead 6. ENRG: Renewable Electricity Cos [...] | 2008-03-28 19:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG EPET |
08MADRID393 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH 31 [...] ECON: Business activity declining 2. SOCI/ECON: Call for immigrants 3. ECON: Ex-Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro to coordinate PP economic policy 4. EIND: National Competition Authority (CNC) to open investigation into egg, bread, chicken industries 5. ECON/EFIN: Madrid Autonomous Commu [...] | 2008-04-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET SOCI SP |
08MADRID407 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 5-11 [...] ECON/PGOV: Zapatero Announces Economic Measures During Investiture Debate 3. ECON: IMF, BBVA Revise Growth Projections Down, Economy Top Concern. 4. ECON/EFIN: Housing Downturn Continues to Hit Construction, Real Estate 5. ECON: Per Capita GDP Still Below Italy's After All 6. ECON/ELTN: [...] | 2008-04-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN PGOV SENV SP |
08MADRID418 | BANCO SABADELL SUSPENDS IRAN REPRESENTATIONAL [...] (SBU) On April 14, post received a letter from Banco Sabadell President Jose Oliu announcing that Sabadell had decided on March 31 to suspend all activities of its Iran representational office. Para 3 contains an informal translation of the letter, which responded to a letter post had sent Oliu the [...] | 2008-04-16 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR KTFN SP |
08MADRID443 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 14 - 18 [...] ECON: Euros 10 billion fiscal stimulus package announced and approved 2. ECON/EFIN: Solbes insists he is in charge of the economy 3. SENV: Drought leads to "Water War" 5. KNNP: Nuclear accident cover-up sparks controversy 7. ECON/EFIN: Caja Madrid buys Florida bank 8. EPET: REPSOL stake [...] | 2008-04-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET KIPR KNNP PGOV SENV SP |
08MADRID465 | POST PRESSES GOS ON IRAN FINANCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed the head of Spain's Export Credit Insurance Company (CESCE) on 4/21/08 to limit export credit guarantees to Iran. Separately, EconOff met on 4/21/08 with a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official to discuss Spain's views on Iran sanctions. The MFA offici [...] | 2008-04-24 12:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP |
08MADRID469 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 21 - 25 [...] ELAB: Unemployment increases one full point to 9.6% 2. EFIN: IMF says no more room for additional fiscal stimulus 3. EFIN: Banks returning to capital markets 4. EFIN: 198 suspected of tax evasion via Liechtenstein 5. EINV/ECPS: "Everyone expects the Spanish telecoms acquisition" 6. EAIR: [...] | 2008-04-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB KNNP SENV |
08MADRID47 | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCHES UP, IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. As unemployment rates begin to inch up, voters have yet another reason to worry about the future of the economy. Spain's unemployment rate hovers at a little over 8 percent (low by historical standards) with immigrants and young workers being the most vulnerable to losses. Alth [...] | 2008-01-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL SP |
08MADRID477 | AMBASSADOR RAISES IPR, IRAN CONCERNS WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador Aguirre informed new GOS trade minister Sebastian of Spain,s placement on the Special 301 Watch List. Sebastian expressed disappointment but vowed to work with the USG and set as a goal getting Spain off the Watch List by 2009. The Ambassador reviewed US [...] | 2008-04-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KIPR KNNP IR SP |
08MADRID48 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LET-4 [...] (S) On January 16, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez, Area Specialist within MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff advised Martinez of U.S. plans to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the "LET 4" operatives to the list of terrorist entities. Martinez [...] | 2008-01-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SP |
08MADRID486 | FINANCE VICE MINISTER LETTER ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) As a followup to visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt's meeting with Spanish Secretary of State (vice minister) for Economy David Vegara on March 6 (reftel),the Ambassador wrote Vegara a letter about Spanish transactions with Iranian banks. Vegara has responded with the following l [...] | 2008-04-29 17:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN SP IR |
08MADRID490 | ADDITIONAL TERRORISM FINANCE CHARGE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Judge of Instruction Ismail Moreno has filed charges against jailed Al Qaeda leader Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah, for efforts to continue financing jihadist groups from his jail cell, according to an April 28 report in El Pais, Spain's leading daily. The charges wer [...] | 2008-04-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID499 | TREASURY A/S LOWERY MEETING WITH SPANISH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Secretary of State for the Economy Vegara told Assistant Secretary Lowery that he expected Spanish growth rates to fall below two percent as a result of the housing slump, which had been complicated by international credit market difficulties. He cited as helpful the gove [...] | 2008-05-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SP |
08MADRID50 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCOS) AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID503 | FINCEN DIRECTOR, SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS MONEY [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by FinCEN Director Jim Freis. 2. (C/NF) Summary. During a visit to Madrid April 23-24, Department of Treasury FinCEN Director Jim Freis met with Spanish government officials involved in anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML-CTF) activitie [...] | 2008-05-09 07:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SP ECON EFIN KTFN |
08MADRID517 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on May 8 to MFA's Directorate of Counter Terrorism area specialist Laura Martinez. Martinez expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the proposed UNSCR 1267 listing of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). She co [...] | 2008-05-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL KU |
08MADRID522 | SPAIN/COUNTERTERRORISM - CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (S) The Charge, accompanied by EconOff, met with Gregorio Martinez, Chief of Staff to Interior Minister Rubalcaba, on May 9. Charge stressed the need for better inter-agency cooperation in Spain in the fight against terrorism. Responding to the Charge's expressions of concern regarding the front-pa [...] | 2008-05-12 06:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN SP PTER |
08MADRID525 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 28 - [...] (U) According to recently released Ministry of Labor statistics, the number of unemployed workers in Spain rose in April by 37,542, bringing the total number to over 2.3 million. What is significant about the April increase is that typically April is a seasonally dynamic month in Spain, and h [...] | 2008-05-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP |
08MADRID526 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS BARAKAT [...] (S) Late on Friday, May 9, Ministry of Interior Chief of Staff Gregorio Martinez called the Charge about the April 28 El Pais story that suggested that Barakat Yarkas had financed terrorist cells from jail. The Charge had discussed the issue in person with Martinez the morning of May 9 (ref A) [...] | 2008-05-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID53 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT's January 14 lead editorial is titled "Spain feels the credit squeeze pain: Europe's economic success story may be about to unravel." The editorial focuses on December's bad inflation numbers, falling housing prices and rising unemployment. The FT recommends that the GOS avoid ge [...] | 2008-01-18 20:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ETTC KIPR SENV SOCI TBIO SP |
08MADRID540 | ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO THE UN [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on 5/12/08 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin. Alvargonzalez told EconOff on 5/14/08 that he did not know when Spain would submit its UNSCR [...] | 2008-05-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC SP IR |
08MADRID541 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING UNSCR LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Area Director Laura Martinez on 5/13/08. Martinez said she would get back to EconOff if the GOS has a reaction. Llorens [...] | 2008-05-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL SP |
08MADRID547 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 12 - MAY [...] (U) Felipe Gonzalez and Rodrigo Rato, speaking at a conference of Repsol directors, agreed that the current economic slump has not yet hit bottom, but both expected that it would be relatively short-lived. Former PP Economy Minister and IMF Managing Director Rato said businesses should get us [...] | 2008-05-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP |
08MADRID56 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT,s Leslie Crawford says: International financial gridlock has destroyed the country,s recent bout of economic euphoria. The article describes December,s bad inflation and unemployment numbers, the international credit squeeze, lower growth estimates and signs of falling house prices [...] | 2008-01-22 08:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SCUL SOCI FR SP |
08MADRID583 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 19 - MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP |
08MADRID606 | SPAIN HAS SENT UNSCR 1803 REPORT TO NEW YORK [...] (U) Per reftel, on 5/14/08, EconOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations, Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, about the status of Spain's UNSCR 1803 report and encouraged submission as soon as possible, noting that the U.S. had already submitte [...] | 2008-05-30 08:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR |
08MADRID612 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL PETERSON [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Representative Collin Peterson, Chairman, House Agriculture Committee, Representatives Linda Sanchez, Lincoln Davis, Virginia Foxx, Tim Holden, Robert Latta, Frank Lucas, Dan Burton and the other members of the delegation to Madrid, Spain from May 3 [...] | 2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
08MADRID613 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BEARES [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Professional Staff Member Ellen Stein Beares, Simon Gros, James Ray, and Heideh Shahmoradi-Holley from the Department of Transportation and the other members of the delegation to Madrid, Spain from May 29 to June 1 on an official visit. 2. Post [...] | 2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
08MADRID616 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 26 - MAY [...] (U) The official estimate for May consumer price inflation reached 4.7%, the highest rate since the index began in 1997. Separately, April's industrial price index was 7.2% above its April 2006 level, the highest inflation rate since mid-1995. Increases in the prices of oil and to a lesser e [...] | 2008-06-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR SENV SP |
08MADRID619 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERESA RUTLEDGE [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Teresa Rutledge, Director, International Banking and Finance for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to Madrid, Spain from June 11 to June 14 to attend the ASBA meeting. 2. Post understands no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...] | 2008-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
08MADRID641 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AGRICULTURAL UPDATE [...] (U) During a June 4 congressional hearing, President Zapatero faced heavy criticism from opposition leaders regarding Spain's weakening economy. During this hearing, opposition Partido Popular leader Rajoy highlighted a waning economy and loss of confidence by businesses and families, and he [...] | 2008-06-09 01:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG KIPR |
08MADRID643 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION DELIVERED TO [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel pre-notification on June 6 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Counter-Terrorism officer Ivo Pascual. Pascual expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the USG's intention to submit to the UNSCR 1267 committee a list of [...] | 2008-06-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | AINR ECON EFIN PINR PREL PTER SP KTFN PK |
08MADRID679 | IRAN SANCTIONS - SPAIN WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF BANK [...] (C) Following up on information contained in ref e-mail, EconOff spoke on 6/18/08 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin about Iran sanctions. Alvargonzalez indicated that Spain would vote in fa [...] | 2008-06-19 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN AORC ETRD EINV TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR |
08MADRID692 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 14-20 [...] (U) After suspending last week,s disruptive truckers, strike, independent truckers, groups also cancelled a Madrid demonstration scheduled for June 18, ostensibly due to security concerns. Demonstrations, however, continue within other sectors affected by high fuel prices. Over 10,000 member [...] | 2008-06-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD EWWT PTER |
08MADRID707 | ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 23, President Zapatero acknowledged the economy's rapid deceleration, said growth in 2008 would be below 2 percent but would start to recover in the second half of 2009, and announced 21 reforms. The measures include spending cuts that are being perceived as an atte [...] | 2008-06-25 17:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL SP |
08MADRID714 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF- [...] (C) On June 23, Econoff informed MFA Directorate of Counter-Terrorism Officer Laura Martinez that the U.S had proceeded with the domestic designations of reftel A al-Qaida financiers, reftel B Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, and reftel C LET operatives. Martinez thanked Econoff for the i [...] | 2008-06-30 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA SP |
08MADRID733 | SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO [...] (C) Spain's Guardia Civil detained four Algerian-born individuals (three on June 30 and another on July 1) suspected of belonging to a terrorism finance cell linked to Al Qaida. Three of the men were arrested near the southern town of Huelva in the province of Andalusia while the other was arr [...] | 2008-07-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SP PREL PTER EFIN PINR KTFN |
08MADRID746 | SPAIN SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS CONCEPT [...] (C) As per reftel request, Econoff conveyed the Global Maritime Partnerships concept to Alberto de la Calle from MFA's Foreign Policy Directorate as well as to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, Deputy Director for Economic, Maritime, and Aviation issues. Both directorates represent Spain on issues [...] | 2008-07-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON EFIN MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PHSA PREL |
08MADRID757 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your presence provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message on Iran financial sanctions with both government and private sector representatives. (Note: Your schedule has been sent via e-mail to staff.) You will also have an oppo [...] | 2008-07-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETC ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM |
08MADRID764 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 7 - [...] (U) The Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),Angel Gurria, said there is an economic "crisis" in Spain on July 4. He added that the economy would not be "normalized" until 2010 (Note. This latter points tracks with the Spanish government's view [...] | 2008-07-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV PTER SP |
08MADRID77 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...] | 2008-01-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP |
08MADRID793 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 14 - [...] (U) The IMF maintained its 2008 growth forecast for Spain at 1.8 percent. Growth for the euro zone is estimated at 1.7 percent. However, for 2009 the IMF has revised downwards its growth forecast for Spain by half a percentage point - it estimates Spanish growth will be 1.2 percent. The Fund [...] | 2008-07-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV SP |
08MADRID794 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes on 7/17/08. The minister acknowledged the serious economic difficulties that Spain was facing. He said that he would review the issue of granting the same tax benefits to religious denominations such as the Mor [...] | 2008-07-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SP |
08MADRID8 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) "The economy hounds the socialists only two months before the elections" is the January 4th El Pais headline, a stinging statement coming from the largely pro-government daily, Spain's newspaper of record. December's 4.3% inflation rate (annualized) and a 5.5% increase in unemployment gav [...] | 2008-01-04 19:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP |
08MADRID825 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 21-24 [...] (U) Spain's official statistics agency (INE) released data showing that Spain's unemployment rate had risen to 10.4% in the year's second quarter, a significant jump from 9.6% the prior quarter. Since undergoing a severe housing downturn beginning 2007, Spain has experienced rapid increases in [...] | 2008-07-24 16:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP |
08MADRID828 | TENSIONS SPARK OVER REVENUE SHARING FOR AUTONOMOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Efforts to revise an outdated revenue sharing model has sparked tensions between Spain's autonomous communities and are testing President Zapatero's loyalty to the Catalan Socialist party as it pushes for more financial autonomy and resources. The Catalan community government [...] | 2008-07-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SP PGOV PREL EFIN ECON |
08MADRID836 | IRAN FOCUS OF TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Under Secretary Stuart A. Levey, accompanied by Chief of Staff Christy Clark and Policy Advisor DeAnna Fernandez, traveled to Madrid, Spain July 15-17, 2008 to press for Spanish support for implementation of UNSCR 1803 per the EU-3 1 proposal and to provide information on the [...] | 2008-07-28 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR SP |
08MADRID84 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...] | 2008-01-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP |
08MADRID844 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff explained that the USG had designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals on July 8, and passed along to Martinez background on these entitie [...] | 2008-07-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SP PTER KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
08MADRID845 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Laura Martinez from the Directorate of Counter-Terrorism on July 28. Econoff explained that following the UNSC 1267 designation of 4 leaders of AQIM, the U.S. domestically designated these individuals under E.O. 13224 [...] | 2008-07-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC |
08MADRID86 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Ivo Pascual Herrera at MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff informed Pascual that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee had approved the designation of the three reftel Kuwait-based terrorist facilitators, and that the U.S. had sim [...] | 2008-01-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU SP |
08MADRID879 | MADRID ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL WEEKLY AUGUST 4-8 [...] (U) Spain,s National Institute of Statistics (INE) released data August 5 showing that industrial output (mining and manufacturing) for the month of June was down by 9 percent from June 2007. This data is compounded by additional unfavorable economic news including unemployment increases for [...] | 2008-08-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PTER SP |
08MADRID895 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE AUGUST 11-14 [...] (U) President Zapatero and economic ministers met on August 13 in a special session to discuss the economy and the impact of previous GOS stimulus measures and to propose new measures to address the slowdown. During the meeting, Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes presen [...] | 2008-08-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EC ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV SP |
08MADRID921 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - AUGUST 18-22 [...] (U) On August 18, the GOS published the list of measures agreed to in the August 14 extraordinary Council of Ministers session (ref A). The package includes 24 economic stimulus measures and structural reforms to be implemented with a specific timeline in 2009 and 2010. Many of these proposal [...] | 2008-08-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG SP |
08MADRID925 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 19 to MFA's newly arrived Deputy Director General for Counter-Terrorism, Pascual Navarro, informing him that the U.S. had designated an additional 5 Iranian entities under E.O. 13382. Econoff also talked with Juan Manuel Vega Serrano, Deputy Directo [...] | 2008-08-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN SP |
08MADRID93 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that provides Spanish government estimates for 2007 narcotics seizures by Spanish authorities. The DEA Madrid Country Office obtained these figures from the Spanish Ministry of Interior on January 28, although the Mini [...] | 2008-01-30 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EFIN SP |
08MADRID943 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- AUGUST 25-29 [...] (U) The economy's deceleration continues to be reflected in slowing consumer spending. Household spending, which drives two-thirds of the economy, appeared to continue its drop in the summer sales season according to reports from retailers and business associations. Aggressive pricing during [...] | 2008-08-29 13:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG PGOV SENV SP |
08MADRID972 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- SEPT 2-5 [...] (U) The number of unemployed increased by 103,085 in August, bringing the total number of unemployed to 2.53 million, the highest total since 1998. President Zapatero will appear September 10 in parliament to discuss these and other poor economic indicators and the GOS response. Spain has on [...] | 2008-09-08 05:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP |
08MADRID98 | CODEL MARTINEZ JANUARY 10-11 VISIT TO MADRID [...] (U) Summary: Codel Martinez had a busy and productive visit to Madrid January 10-11, 2008, meeting with the Prince of Asturias, Popular Party (PP) presidential candidate Mariano Rajoy, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana (septel),former President Aznar, Foreign Minister Moratinos (se [...] | 2008-02-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV SP |
08MADRID985 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE, SEPT. 8-12 [...] (U) President Zapatero appeared before the Congress on September 10 to discuss the state of the economy and the GOS, plans for leading Spain out of its economic doldrums. Zapatero acknowledged that the economic situation had worsened since his last parliamentary appearance in July, but remaine [...] | 2008-09-15 05:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB SP |
08MANAGUA1070 | NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - BAC NICARAGUA [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Managua supports OPIC's proposal for a $30 million loan to Banco de America Central, S.A. Nicaragua (BAC Nicaragua). We have reviewed the proposal and concluded that there are no reasons why the loan should not proceed. End Summary. Company Standing ---------------- 3. ( [...] | 2008-08-20 21:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
08MANAGUA1071 | NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - FINDESA [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Managua has reviewed OPIC's proposal to include Nicaragua's FINDESA as part of its $54 million loan to the Global Microfinance Facility (GMF). We conclude that there are no reasons why the loan should not proceed. End Summary. Company Standing ---------------- 2. [...] | 2008-08-20 21:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
08MANAGUA1096 | MICROFINANCE CONCERNS DOMINATE ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE [...] (C) Participants in Ambassador Trivelli's farewell Economic Roundtable on July 29 expressed alarm that President Ortega's rhetoric and economic policies are now showing visible and negative effects on the economy. In particular, Ortega's tirade in July against microfinance institutions (MFIs) [...] | 2008-08-22 22:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA1115 | NICARAGUA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On August 27, 2008 we met with Rene Morales, Director for American Affairs and Jane Mary Rivera from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 and delivered the points and non-paper as instructed per REFTEL. Mo [...] | 2008-09-02 17:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR GM NU PARM |
08MANAGUA1306 | NICARAGUA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points on October 20 to Renee Morales, Director for North America, Ministry of External Relations (MINREX). Morales indicated MINREX is aware of the November conference in Doha and plans to send a representative, though it remains uncertain exactly who wil [...] | 2008-10-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PREL NU |
08MANAGUA1381 | NICARAGUA: INFLATION: A GATHERING STORM [...] (C) Summary. The rate of inflation in Nicaragua is the highest in Central America and the second-highest in Latin America. High petroleum and food prices, and off-budget cash inflows from Venezuela appear to be the main causes. The steep rise in food prices disproportionately affects the po [...] | 2008-11-13 21:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD NU PGOV PREL |
08MANAGUA1390 | NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nicaragua was $713 million in 2007, a decrease of $61 million from $774 million in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $890 million, up 18.5 percent from the previous year. U.S. imports from Nicaragua were $1.6 billion, up 5.1 percent over the correspondin [...] | 2008-11-18 17:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EAGR EFIN ECPS SOCI TBIO NU |
08MANAGUA1396 | NICARAGUA: ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE TALKS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary. Private sector leaders and economists at the Ambassador's inaugural economic roundtable on November 4 focused on the impact of the global financial crisis and the November 9 municipal elections. The main impact of the global financial crisis in Nicaragua appears to be more expe [...] | 2008-11-18 20:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD NU PGOV PREL |
08MANAGUA1414 | NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Hernan Estrada is the Government of Nicaragua's (GON) lawyer and a close advisor to President Daniel Ortega. While Estrada is known to us as the point person on U.S. citizen property claims, he also is the lead government official on protecting the assets and natu [...] | 2008-11-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN EIND ECON ENRG EU |
08MANAGUA1424 | ELECTORAL FRAUD SPARKS IADB APPREHENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. On November 24 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Country Representative for Nicaragua called on the Ambassador to share concerns following the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) manipulation of the November 9 municipal elections. She had received the same mes [...] | 2008-11-26 23:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN NU PGOV |
08MANAGUA1425 | NICARAGUA: ELECTORAL FRAUD SPARKS IADB [...] (C) Summary. On November 24 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Country Representative for Nicaragua called on the Ambassador to share concerns following the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) manipulation of the November 9 municipal elections. She had received the same mes [...] | 2008-11-27 00:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA1426 | NICARAGUA: ELECTORAL FRAUD SPARKS IADB [...] (C) Summary. On November 24 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Country Representative for Nicaragua called on the Ambassador to share concerns following the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) manipulation of the November 9 municipal elections. She had received the same mes [...] | 2008-11-27 00:04:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA1427 | NICARAGUA: FINLAND CUTS BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (U) On October 22, the Embassy of Finland announced an end to its $2.5 million annual assistance to the national budget of Nicaragua. Finland is now the fourth country to withdraw direct budget assistance, after Germany, Sweden, and Great Britain. The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of five [...] | 2008-11-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU |
08MANAGUA1436 | NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SAYS VENEZUELAN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) In reaction to MCC's announcement to freeze disbursements and review its program, President Ortega said on December 1 that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had promised to provide funds to continue the implementation of MCC programs if they are canceled. Ortega claimed that U.S. assista [...] | 2008-12-03 15:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL KMCA NU |
08MANAGUA1437 | NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT CLAIMS ALBA FUNDS AS MUCH AS [...] (C) FSLN officials claim that from January to September 2008, Nicaragua imported $600 million worth of petroleum products through Venezuelan - Nicaraguan joint venture ALBANISA, providing $300 million for development funds. During the last quarter of 2008, the scheme may have earned Nicaragua [...] | 2008-12-03 15:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NU |
08MANAGUA1489 | NICARAGUA: EUROPEAN BUDGET DONORS IN HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: European donors to Nicaragua's national budget (at both the EU and Member State level) are seriously examining their assistance to Nicaragua in large part as a result of the fraud perpetrated by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) during the November 9 municipal elect [...] | 2008-12-12 23:07:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN NU PGOV |
08MANAGUA1492 | NICARAGUA: IMF REP PREDICTS GLOOMY 2009 [...] (C) Summary. The IMF's Resident Representative in Nicaragua, Humberto Arbulu, told the Ambassador on December 10 that the GON faces a very difficult 2009, and that the Fund had recently downgraded the country's economic growth forecast from 4% to 2%. The December 4-5 IMF review of Nicaraguan [...] | 2008-12-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN NU PGOV |
08MANAGUA202 | NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbean [...] | 2008-02-20 20:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PETER PREL PGOV ETTC AID EAGER EFIN |
08MANAGUA253 | NICARAGUA: MONTERREY CONSENSUS WORKING AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Post continues to promote Financing for Development (FfD) and President Bush's New Development Compact based on partnership with countries that govern justly, invest in their peoples, and encourage economic freedom. The partnership with the new Sandinista g [...] | 2008-03-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA266 | NICARAGUAN FISCAL PROCESS FAIRLY TRANSPARENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A request, Post reports that Nicaragua's budget is a public document published by the Ministry of Finance on its web site. The budget, which must be reviewed and approved by the National Assembly, does not, however, reflect funds coming from Venezuela. The USG and othe [...] | 2008-03-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL NU |
08MANAGUA314 | NICARAGUA: POST COMMENTS ON OPIC FINANCING FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MFI FUND [...] (U) Reftel requests post's comments regarding OPIC's direct loan to Global Partnerships Microfinance Fund 2008 (The Fund). The Fund has an established track record working with many of Nicaragua's microfinance institutions (MFIs). We are not aware of any derogatory information on the Fund or [...] | 2008-03-13 19:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EAID EFIN NU |
08MANAGUA325 | NICARAGUA: IRANIANS SHOW THE MONEY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Late on March 11, 2008, a major Nicaraguan daily reported that the Iranian Council of Ministers had approved a 150 million euro loan to fund a Nicaraguan hydroelectric project at Boboke in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). After the story broke, Rappaccioli took pains [...] | 2008-03-17 21:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ENRG NU IR |
08MANAGUA339 | NICARAGUAN BUSINESS SECTOR CAUTIOUS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: During their January 31 meeting, participants in the Ambassador's Economic Roundtable continued to paint a cautious outlook for Nicaragua's economy in 2008. In particular they highlighted the GON's unwillingness to address inflation, which reached 16.8% in 2007. While recognizin [...] | 2008-03-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA373 | NICARAGUA: IMF SIX MONTH REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: On March 7 a visiting IMF review team stated that Nicaragua had performed satisfactorily during the first six months of its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Nicaragua met most quantitative and structural targets. General IMF recommendations emphasized improving the [...] | 2008-04-01 16:17:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET EAID PGOV PREL NU |
08MANAGUA394 | VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States and revoking the visa presently held by Jose Manuel Martinez Sevilla, born in Nicaragua [...] | 2008-04-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
08MANAGUA443 | NICARAGUA TRIES TO SUSPEND PAYMENT ON LOCAL BANK [...] (C) Summary: On April 4, a Criminal District Court judge issued a sequestration order for all of the remaining USD 190 million in Negotiable Investment Certificates (CENIs),in order to stop the Central Bank (BCN) from making a USD 20 million coupon payment on April 15. The CENIs have been a [...] | 2008-04-10 21:54:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA450 | NICARAGUA'S CENIS: A HISTORY AND POLITICS [...] (U) Summary: In an effort to provide context for the current Nicaraguan non-payment of bonds scandal (Ref A),post provides below the history of the CENIs and their use for political ends. 2. (C) Between 2000-2001, four Nicaraguan banks failed due to faulty banking practices and money laund [...] | 2008-04-11 21:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA481 | NICARAGUA'S CENIS- A POTENTIAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, the Nicaraguan Central Bank announced the creation of an escrow account in which the Ministry of Finance deposited payments due on bonds issued as part of a bail-out of the financial sector in 2000-2001, generally known as CENIs. The account would be frozen until a [...] | 2008-04-18 21:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA578 | NICARAGUA: TRANSPORTATION WORKERS STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: The Association of National Transport Coordinators went on strike on May 5 seeking relief from skyrocketing gasoline and diesel prices. While day one was not well organized, on days two and three, more taxi, intercity bus, and truck drivers heeded the call, and sporadic violence [...] | 2008-05-08 23:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA611 | NICARAGUA: TRANSPORTATION STRIKE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Nicaragua's national transportation strike involving taxis, inter-urban buses, and freight haulers is now in its ninth day. On May 12, for the second day in a row, transportation leaders and government representatives - led by Transportation Minister Fernando Martinez - failed to [...] | 2008-05-14 20:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA659 | NICARAGUA: SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE DAS BASTIAN AND TREASURY DAS O'NEILL [...] (U) We look forward to your visit May 27-29 to participate in the National Competitiveness Forum we are organizing with the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development and the investment promotion agency ProNicaragua. Recent visits to Nicaragua by Department of Commerce Under Secretary Chris [...] | 2008-05-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PREL ETRD EFIN NU |
08MANAGUA665 | NICARAGUA: TRANSPORTATION STRIKE ENDS WITH A [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, President Daniel Ortega announced a package of measures which successfully ended the national transportation strike (Refs A and B). The Government of Nicaragua's (GON) principal concession is a $1.30 per gallon subsidy for the transport sector on the purchase of diesel [...] | 2008-05-23 19:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA764 | NICARAGUA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF HHS SECRETARY [...] (SBU) We look forward to your visit June 25-26 to meet with President Ortega, students at UNAN, and political and economic leaders. Your visit comes as Nicaragua prepares for municipal elections in November. President Ortega's political maneuvering in the last 18 months has resulted in a sig [...] | 2008-06-16 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SOCI ETRD EFIN NU |
08MANAGUA808 | NICARAGUA: VISIT OF TREASURY DAS O'NEILL COINCIDES [...] (C) Summary: On May 27-29, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Brian O'Neill visited Nicaragua to participate in the Competitiveness Forum (Ref A) and privately address the CENIs case. In his meetings with the Nicaraguan Vice President, Central Bank President (BCN),Banking Superintende [...] | 2008-06-24 20:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA880 | NICARAGUA'S CENIS- DEBT RENEGOTIATED, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On July 7 Special Prosecutor Armando Juarez filed formal accusations against 39 people for "crimes against the economy of the country, fraud, and influence peddling" in connection with the bailout of Nicaragua's banking system and attendant issuance of bonds, originally known as [...] | 2008-07-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
08MANAGUA932 | NICARAGUA: ORTEGA INCITES MICROFINANCE PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega encouraged supporters at political rallies held in northern Nicaragua to protest against microfinance providers and demand renegotiation of outstanding loans. Local groups have responded to Ortega's call for action and barricaded the offices of several banks and [...] | 2008-07-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
08MANAMA126 | BAHRAIN: POLLING POTENTIAL KOSOVO DONORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 07:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KV BA |
08MANAMA127 | U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON TERRORISM, IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION FINANCE REF: 07 MANAMA 1089 MANAMA 00000127 001.6 OF 002 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). ------- SUMMARY ------- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA130 | FUTURE BANK'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 12:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA138 | REISSUE - U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA184 | CENTRAL BANK COMMITTED TO DOLLAR PEG DESPITE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON BA |
08MANAMA195 | U/S LEVEY PROMOTES CHARITIES CONFERENCE, WARNS BANKERS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury U/S Levey reiterated to banks the risks of engaging in transactions with Iranian financial institutions. U/S Levey said he expected the imminent U.S. designation of Future Bank. He told the Minister of Social Development about the importance of fund-raising oversight, and supp [...] | 2008-03-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN IR BA |
08MANAMA218 | BAHRAIN: DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC EFIN IR BA |
08MANAMA220 | BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803, EMPHASIS ON BANKS MELLI, MELLAT, AND SADERAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM MNUC IR BA |
08MANAMA28 | AUB CEO CONFIRMS BANK'S SUSPENSION OF IRANIAN BUSINESS NOT NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA299 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 DESIGNATION OF THREE INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 13:00:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN PREL BA |
08MANAMA301 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BAHRAIN REF: A. MANAMA 184 B. 07 MANAMA 1089 C. 07 MANAMA 887 Classified By: Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Henzel, reasons 1.4(b ) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 17:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD PGOV EFIN BA |
08MANAMA521 | DESPITE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, BAHRAIN SHARES [...] (U) Summary: Although Bahrain's economy is not as dependent on petroleum exports as its GCC neighbors, it does feel similar inflationary pressures from rising oil prices. Bahrain's disproportionate susceptibility to petroleum-driven inflation is largely due to a combination of Central Bank po [...] | 2008-08-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GCC BA |
08MANAMA528 | BAHRAIN’S RELATIONS WITH IRANREF: A. 07 MANAMA 1045 B. 07 MANAMA 1070 C. 07 MANAMA 1016 D. MANAMA 22 E. MANAMA 220 F. MANAMA 430 G. MANAMA 442 [...] (C) Summary: The Sunni ruling family of tiny, Shi'a-majority Bahrain have long recognized that they needed outsiders -- first the British, then the United States -- to protect them from predatory neighbors, Iran foremost among them. Both Shahs and Ayatollahs have asserted claims to sovereignty over [...] | 2008-08-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL KNNP PTER EFIN IR BA |
08MANAMA535 | BAHRAIN COMMITTED TO CURRENCY PEG, RESIGNED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BA |
08MANAMA555 | BAHRAIN WATCHING FOR IRANIAN PROLIFERATION-RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KNNP IR BA |
08MANAMA66 | NO GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGAINST JUDGES' DECISION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 09:31:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EFIN ASEC BA |
08MANAMA674 | FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN DOHA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 11:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN BA |
08MANAMA724 | BAHRAIN: WAIT AND SEE ON GEORGIAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 06:43:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG RS BA |
08MANAMA787 | POSSIBLE PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF BA |
08MANILA10 | 2007 a Good Year for Philippine Economy, and for USG [...] (SBU) Embassy Manila's long-term efforts to promote economic reforms and improved governance are one factor behind the increased performance and resilience of the Philippine economy. Although statistics for the entire year are not yet available the economy is on track to grow at around seven [...] | 2008-01-02 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV ENRG SENV TPHY RP |
08MANILA104 | PRESIDENT ARROYO MEETS REP. ADAM SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting January 10, President Arroyo and Rep. Adam Smith praised Philippine-U.S. counterterrorism cooperation and agreed on the need to combine military action with development assistance. President Arroyo has ordered her forces to focus on senior terrorist figures and beli [...] | 2008-01-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS ECON EFIN RP |
08MANILA1050 | Hunger and Poverty Worsen in the Philippines [...] (U) Summary: Recently-released Philippine government statistics indicate poverty increased in 2006 to engulf a third of the population. There has been little progress in reducing poverty or addressing the uneven distribution of incomes. The recent surge in the price of rice will push even m [...] | 2008-05-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV RP |
08MANILA115 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Anti-Money Laundering Council Executive Director Vicente Aquino on January 15. Aquino said that per standard its practice in such cases, his office would notify us if any financial transactions involving the designated entities were found. KENNEY [...] | 2008-01-15 09:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
08MANILA1610 | Mindanao: An Economic Overview [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Misconceptions abound, both inside and outside the Philippines, about the large southern Philippine island of Mindanao, where the USG focuses its development and counterterrorism activities in the Philippines. In particular, it is easy to over-generalize about [...] | 2008-07-08 09:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
08MANILA1656 | AES' PHILIPPINE INVESTMENT: BUYER'S REMORSE? [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials of U.S. energy giant AES alleged in a meeting with Embassy officers on July 1 that the Philippine state-owned National Power Corporation was abusing its market power, and the Energy Regulatory Commission was violating its own guidelines in order to lower the wholesale [...] | 2008-07-14 03:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EXIM RP |
08MANILA1674 | AES' Philippine Investment: Buyer's Remorse? (CORRECTED [...] (U) This is the corrected copy with the addition of paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Officials of U.S. energy giant AES alleged in a meeting with Embassy officers on July 1 that the Philippine state-owned National Power Corporation was abusing its market power, and the Energy Regulatory Co [...] | 2008-07-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EXIM RP |
08MANILA1748 | PHILIPPINES RECEIVES DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on July 17 received reftel A non-paper that describes the designation of an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters"). DF [...] | 2008-07-23 06:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IR RP |
08MANILA1775 | GRP RESPONSE TO RISING FOOD AND FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary: Rising food and fuel prices in the Philippines have pushed up consumer price inflation to a fourteen-year high. The Philippine government continues to provide cheap rice for the poor and has scrapped duties on fuel, granted tax relief to personal income taxpayers, and postponed [...] | 2008-07-25 04:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR EPET ENRG RP |
08MANILA1790 | Davao: A Mindanao Success Story [...] (SBU) Summary: Davao, located in the southeastern section of Mindanao, is now one of the Philippines' major economic hubs, with rich natural resources, good infrastructure, an educated labor pool, strong local government support for business, and a pro-active business sector. The city has ga [...] | 2008-07-29 02:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
08MANILA1855 | ELECTRIC POWER STRUGGLE OR FAMILY FUED? [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine analysts predict a protracted struggle between the Lopez family and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS, the government employees' pension fund) for control of the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO). This conflict, which some analysts see as a feud between t [...] | 2008-08-05 07:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EXIM RP |
08MANILA207 | TERRORISM FINANCE MANILA UPDATE JANUARY 2008 [...] (S) Legatt and Econ officers met with Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Vicente Aquino on January 25 to discuss terror finance issues raised in ref A related to Rajah Solaiman Movement listing by the UN 1267 Committee, and to deliver the talking points and bac [...] | 2008-01-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | RP KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC |
08MANILA2135 | PHILIPPINE STATE-OWNED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: EconCouns met with Secretaries of Finance, Trade and Agriculture to express concern about the failure of a Philippine state owned enterprise to make required principal payments on its bonds, $20 million of which are held by GE Moneybank. GE is requesting that the government e [...] | 2008-09-15 01:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL RP |
08MANILA2174 | U.S. Woes Unsettle Philippine Markets [...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainties in the U.S. financial system drove down the Philippine stock market by more than 11% on September 15-18 and the peso down to a sixteen-month low. The Philippine Central Bank remains confident that local commercial banks' exposure to Lehman Brothers will not pose [...] | 2008-09-18 09:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RP |
08MANILA2340 | UPDATE: PHILIPPINES AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: During October 6-10, the Philippine stock market index dropped by more than 18% to its weakest level in more than 27 months and the peso hit seventeen-month lows, yet banks maintained adequate foreign exchange and peso liquidity. The stock index then rose by 8.4% on October 13 [...] | 2008-10-14 23:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RP |
08MANILA2370 | Philippines Calls for ASEAN+3 Response to Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: In a press conference on October 12, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called for an ASEAN+3 meeting on the sidelines of the upcoming October 24-25 Asia-Europe summit in Beijing to coordinate regional responses to the global financial crisis (ref A). Philippine offi [...] | 2008-10-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RP |
08MANILA2532 | PAIN NOW, WORSE PAIN LATER FOR THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The impact of the U.S. slowdown and global financial problems on the Philippines has so far been felt mostly through the fall of the stock market and of the value of the peso. Real economic pain, though, is coming. Contacts in business and government tell us they are bracing f [...] | 2008-11-10 05:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RP |
08MANILA2605 | Meeting in Manila on ASEAN+3 Crisis Fund [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 20 special meeting of ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank officials in Manila discussed a regional funding facility to help regional economies weather the global financial crisis. The meeting achieved consensus to expand the Chiang Mai Initiative rather than create a n [...] | 2008-11-26 05:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
08MANILA2725 | Financial Crisis Impact on the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine GDP growth will slow, some jobs will disappear, and poverty will increase, but the global financial crisis will not create an economic or balance of payments crisis here (Ref A) in 2009. The business process outsourcing industry will continue its spectacular growth, [...] | 2008-12-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
08MANILA2740 | Buffeted, Buffered, Challenged: The Economy of the [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2008 the Philippines saw its growth rate fall, inflation jump, assets lose value and poverty increase, primarily as a result of global economic conditions. Nonetheless, the country continues to be reasonably well placed to weather the shocks which have so far occurred. Wit [...] | 2008-12-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EAIR ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
08MANILA367 | Can the Philippine Economy Keep it Up? [...] (SBU) As we reported ref A, 2007 was a very good year for the Philippine economy which, according to final numbers, grew at 7.3%. While concern is widespread over the impact on exports of slowing global demand and the strong peso, the rapid growth in services, remittances, transport, construct [...] | 2008-02-12 22:42:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
08MANILA553 | THE PHILIPPINE TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - [...] Summary. The Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation (PTFCF) had a busy and productive 2007. The Foundation launched initiatives including mapping of Philippine forests, publication of a book on a Philippine hardwood species, and nursery development. The PTFCF also competitively a [...] | 2008-03-05 07:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN SENV RP |
08MANILA603 | Anti-Smuggling Efforts in Cebu [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the progress that an anti-smuggling coalition of business chambers, companies, and foreign embassies achieved in the Subic Freeport (reftel),a coalition led by the American Chamber of Commerce with Embassy support visited Cebu, the most important port in the central [...] | 2008-03-11 00:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
08MANILA625 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Vicente Aquino on March 7. Aquino said his office would inform us if any financial transaction involving any of the named individuals was found. KENNEY [...] | 2008-03-13 04:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08MANILA626 | RP SUPREME COURT SUPPORTS BANK SECRECY [...] (U) Summary: The Philippine Supreme Court has ruled that a bank account holder must be given prior notification before inquiry can be made into their bank records during investigation of money laundering or corruption cases. Both Philippine and U.S. criminal law enforcement efforts may be ne [...] | 2008-03-13 04:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KCRM EFIN RP |
08MANILA998 | Limits of Chinese Soft Power in the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: China's soft-power diplomacy has recently stumbled in the Philippines under a months-long media barrage of corruption allegations and scandal investigations. This has occurred against the backdrop of a tenfold increase in bilateral trade since 2000, increased security cooperatio [...] | 2008-04-28 06:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KINR KCOR RP CM |
08MAPUTO60 | MOZAMBIQUE'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Mozambique's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investor [...] | 2008-01-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MZ |
08MAPUTO969 | USTR REINVIGORATES TIFA WITH MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 28 to October 1 visit, USTR Director for African Affairs Bill Jackson met with a variety of government and private sector stakeholders in Maputo to reinvigorate the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). The second high-level Trade and Inve [...] | 2008-10-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG EPET SENV MZ |
08MASERU148 | LESOTHO: INCREASING FOOD AND COMMODITY PRICES IMPACT [...] SUMMARY: As Lesotho is a food deficit country which imports about 80% of its commodities from South Africa, rising international food prices have a strongly negative impact on Basotho households. The structure of Lesotho's economy and, in particular, its heavy reliance on South Africa, leave [...] | 2008-05-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU168 | LESOTHO: WORRYING DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION DEVELOPMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Inflation in Lesotho continues to erode economic gains and the purchasing power of salaried employees. The year-on-year increase in the consumer price index reached 10.7% in March 2008, as reported by the nation's Central Bank as well as the Bureau of Statistics, sources which typic [...] | 2008-06-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN AFIN AMGT LT |
08MASERU29 | LESOTHO: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. The Kingdom of Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors favorably. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is p [...] | 2008-02-06 11:45:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR OPIC KTDB LT |
08MASERU346 | LESOTHO: UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON PROPOSED GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 16:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV LT EFIN |
08MASERU387 | LESOTHO'S RESPONSE TO "DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LT |
08MASERU44 | LESOTHO JANUARY 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: TOURISM, NUTRITION, [...] In this edition (January 2008): -- Lesotho's First Annual Tourism Conference -- Nutrition Survey Indicates No Major Malnutrition -- GOL Promotes Improves Farming Techniques -- 2007 Quarter Four in Review (annual inflation tops 10%) ----------------------------------------- Lesotho's First [...] | 2008-02-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV EAID EAGR PGOV LT |
08MBABANE345 | SWAZILAND ECONOMIC REACTION TO THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] SUMMARY. Swaziland, thus far, has been insulated from the global banking crisis. Other parts of the economy, however, such as the textile industry, are beginning to feel the effects of the international recession. END OF SUMMARY. BANKING AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE 2. Local companies attribute [...] | 2008-11-10 03:21:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN WZ |
08MBABANE355 | SWAZILAND: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TARIFFS Swaziland is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO),the Southern African Customs Union (SACU),the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC),and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). As a member of SACU, Swaziland's tariff policies are generally de [...] | 2008-11-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN WZ |
08MBABANE389 | COMESA GIVES SWAZILAND TIME TO MANEUVER [...] SUMMARY. The Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland's (GKOS) trade office has secured a two year extension of its Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) derogation. The derogation gives Swazi goods preferential price treatment on a non-reciprocal basis. COMESA's intention to cre [...] | 2008-12-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN WZ |
08MELBOURNE123 | Melbourne Businesses See Tough Times Ahead [...] (SBU) Melbourne business leaders predict that Australian GDP growth will slow to approximately two percent in the coming three quarters. While most are not using the word recession, there is an expectation that jobs will be lost, commodity prices will fall and belts will have to be tightened. [...] | 2008-10-24 06:15:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH AS |
08MEXICO1031 | Presidential Advisors Discuss CalderonQs Social [...] (SBU) On April 6, President Calderon once again publicly explained how fighting poverty is the top economic goal of his Administration. In Ref A, Post explains President CalderonQs overall strategy for alleviating poverty, which includes macroeconomic stability, increased trade and foreign inv [...] | 2008-04-08 18:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1049 | C O R R E C T E D C O P Y Presidential Advisors Discuss [...] (SBU) On April 6, President Calderon once again publicly explained how fighting poverty is the top economic goal of his Administration. In Ref A, Post explains President Calderon's overall strategy for alleviating poverty, which includes macroeconomic stability, increased trade and foreign inve [...] | 2008-04-08 22:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1097 | VISITING FINCEN DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Mexico City and FinCEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. visited Mexico City 19-23 February to meet with senior Mexican officials and address a joint FinCEN-FIU strategic analysis training [...] | 2008-04-11 17:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD KTFN PTER MX |
08MEXICO1272 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) This cable is Mexico City's response to Ref A regarding how rising food and agricultural commodity prices have affected Mexico. DEMAND ------ 2. (U) Prices of staple Mexican crops -- such as corn, beans, and chicken -- have varied by commodity. For example, increases have been seen [...] | 2008-04-28 21:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR MX |
08MEXICO1300 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO COMBAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Felipe Calderon on April 28 announced a new strategy to tackle poverty and social inequalities in Mexico called "Vivir Mejor" ("To Live Better"). This strategy serves as an umbrella for coordinating and improving existing social programs. On the positive side, this st [...] | 2008-04-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD MX |
08MEXICO1504 | ANALYSTS DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Market analysts are relatively upbeat about prospects for the Mexican economy due in part to high oil prices and domestic demand. Consumer price inflation is expected to increase again in May and June, and then begin falling slowly. Several local observers believe a watered d [...] | 2008-05-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT MX |
08MEXICO1540 | CALDERON AND GORDILLO COOPERATE ON EDUCATION REFORM [...] (SBU) On May 15, Teacher's Day in Mexico, President Calderon unveiled the "Alliance for Quality Education" aimed at improving education quality, school infrastructure and teachers' skills based on five pillars: modernization of schools, renewal of teachers' selection and promotion processes, i [...] | 2008-05-21 17:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EAGR PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1779 | MEXICAN BANKERS DISCUSS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary. During roundtable discussions with Embassy officials, bank compliance officers said their institutions base their anti-money laundering (AML) and combating terrorism financing (CTF) practices on international standards. They commented on how difficult it can be to stop illicit [...] | 2008-06-10 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER MX |
08MEXICO184 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER CARSTENS [...] (C) In a luncheon with Ambassador Garza on January 18, Finance Minister Agustin Carstens speculated that personnel changes in the Calderon Administration are over for right now. He defended agricultural policies that have helped fuel calls for the ouster of Agricultural Minister Cardenas. Ca [...] | 2008-01-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV AMGT PINR |
08MEXICO1868 | MEXICO'S STOCK EXCHANGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) sold a 41% stake of itself in an initial public offering (IPO) on June 12. After four days of trading, shares of the exchange finished 5.5% lower than the initial price set on June 12, losing ground alongside the broader market. Many consider [...] | 2008-06-19 17:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON MX |
08MEXICO2335 | APPROACHING THE THIRD RAIL: MEXICO'S BIG PARTIES [...] (SBU) With the conclusion of the Senate debates on the Calderon Administration's proposal for reforming the state-owned petroleum monopoly PEMEX, leaders of the three major parties (the right-leaning ruling National Action Party, or PAN; the more centrist opposition Institutional Revolutionary [...] | 2008-07-29 18:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EFIN MX |
08MEXICO240 | FEAR OF U.S. RECESSION RATTLES MEXICAN MARKETS [...] (SBU) The Mexican stock market is down 3.3% this month on fears that the U.S., Mexico's largest trading partner, could slip into recession. Real GDP growth currently is expected to slow this year to 1.5-3.0% from an estimated 3.1% in 2007 and 4.8% in 2006, due largely to the economy's tight li [...] | 2008-01-29 20:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2453 | CALDERON'S CHIEF OF STAFF REPLACES SOJO AT ECONOMY [...] (SBU) President Calderon announced that Eduardo Sojo would be leaving the helm of the Economy Secretariat in order to head up the National Institute of Statistics and Geography. Calderon assigned his Chief of Staff and longtime political confidante, Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, to succeed Sojo as Secre [...] | 2008-08-08 22:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX |
08MEXICO2753 | PRESIDENT CALDERON DELIVERS HIS "STATE OF THE [...] Summary. President Calderon presented the written version of an annual report on the &state of the union8 to Congress on September 1. Over prior decades, Mexico's president would deliver this report orally to Congress. Over the summer recess, however, Congress passed legislation that amen [...] | 2008-09-09 21:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB |
08MEXICO2764 | CALDERON SUBMITS 2009 BUDGET TO CONGRESS; SPENDING ON [...] (U) With oil revenues down, President Calderon submitted a 2009 federal budget proposal that increases spending on security and social programs. The proposed budget, presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Sept. 8, rose by 5.7 percent in real terms over the budget approved in 2008. Spending fo [...] | 2008-09-10 22:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PINR ENRG PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2877 | POOR TEST RESULTS STARTS TEACHERS, UNION ON SLOW [...] Summary: This past May Mexico,s Secretary of Public Education (SEP) and the National Teachers Union (SNTE) signed an agreement called the &Alliance for Quality Education.8 One of the main elements of this agreement stipulated that applicants for teaching positions in Mexico,s public schools w [...] | 2008-09-25 18:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO2917 | MEXICO MARKET REACTION - SEPT. 29 [...] (U) The Mexican stock market's index, the IPC, fell 6.4% on Monday, September 29 and the inter-bank Peso depreciated to 11.04 pesos to the dollar and to 11.15 pesos to the dollar in retail markets. President Calderon instructed Finance Minister Carstens to follow the markets' development very [...] | 2008-09-30 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2918 | MEXICO MARKET REACTION - SEPT. 29 [...] (U) The Mexican stock market's index, the IPC, fell 6.4% on Monday, September 29 and the inter-bank Peso depreciated to 11.04 pesos to the dollar and to 11.15 pesos to the dollar in retail markets. President Calderon instructed Finance Minister Carstens to follow the markets' development very [...] | 2008-09-30 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2977 | MEXICO STOCKS DROP, PESO WEAKENS AFTER HOUSE BAILOUT VOTE [...] SUMMARY. The IPC, Mexico's stock market index, plummeted on Friday Sept. 31, despite the approval of a financial bailout by the U.S. House of Representatives. The IPC plunged 4.32% on Friday, totaling a 10.2% weekly decline, one of the worse performances since 2000. The peso also fell to 11.2 [...] | 2008-10-06 18:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3340 | MEXICO'S ECONOMY HIT BY GLOBAL CRISIS; PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Jitters over the depth of the global economic downturn, the drop in oil prices, and foreign investors' flight to quality have hurt domestic financial markets. The financial crisis and the downturn of the U.S. economy is adversely affecting the Mexican economy, reflected in a dec [...] | 2008-11-10 23:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3345 | MEXICO?S ECONOMY HIT BY GLOBAL CRISIS; PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Jitters over the depth of the global economic downturn, the drop in oil prices, and foreign investors? flight to quality have hurt domestic financial markets. The financial crisis and the downturn of the U.S. economy is adversely affecting the Mexican economy, reflected in a de [...] | 2008-11-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
08MEXICO357 | MEXICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS INFLATION, GROWTH, AND [...] (U) Key cabinet members and economists discussed economic challenges for the Mexican economy at a seminar hosted by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) last month. Bank of Mexico Governor Ortiz said that the impact of the 2007 fiscal reform on inflation may be smaller than [...] | 2008-02-08 21:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3650 | Mexico Economic Weekly - December 11 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2008-12-11 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
08MEXICO3755 | Mexico Economic Weekly - December 19 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2008-12-19 23:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
08MEXICO3793 | MEXICO ON INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points on increasing financial pressure on Iran (reftel) December 24 to Fernando Gonzalez in the Office of the UN Security Council at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Gonzalez commented that the Government of Mexico (GOM) supports full implementation of the Se [...] | 2008-12-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM MX |
08MEXICO543 | MEXICO CITY'S RESPONSE TO INQUIRY ON FISCAL [...] (U) This cable is Mexico City's response to reftel regarding fiscal tranparency in countries receiving USG assistance monies. 2. (SBU) Mexico has made strides in improving the transparency of its federal budget in recent years, but significant shortcomings remain. Mexico publishes its fed [...] | 2008-02-25 21:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV MX |
08MEXICO63 | INFLATION A KEY CHALLENGE FOR THE MEXICAN [...] (SBU) A key challenge for the Calderon administration this year will be containing inflation expectations and bringing the overall inflation rate closer to 3%. The annual consumer price inflation rate hovered around the top end of the government's target range throughout 2007, with end-of-mont [...] | 2008-01-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO691 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 7, 2008 [...] (SBU) President Calderon on March 3 announced a series of measures aimed at helping the Mexican economy weather the U.S. economic slowdown. The package includes reductions in provisional income tax payments between March and June 2008, reductions in corporate payments to the social security i [...] | 2008-03-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
08MEXICO749 | GROWTH IN REMITTANCES TO MEXICO STAGNATES [...] (SBU) Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico grew by only 1% last year to total USD 23.98 billion. The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) attributed the fall to a combination of factors, including a slowdown in the U.S. economy, particularly in the construction sector, stricter U.S. immigration controls, a [...] | 2008-03-13 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD MX |
08MEXICO944 | President Calderon's Economic Development [...] (U) The pillar of President CalderonQs economic development strategy for Mexico is to preserve macro- economic stability in order to prevent a return to economic crises that periodically devastated Mexico during the 1980Qs and 1990Qs. While the economic stability Mexico has enjoyed since 2001 [...] | 2008-04-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO949 | PRESIDENT CALDERON'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (U) The pillar of President Calderon's economic development strategy for Mexico is to preserve macro-economic stability in order to prevent a return to economic crises that periodically devastated Mexico during the 1980's and 1990's. While the economic stability Mexico has enjoyed since 2001 h [...] | 2008-04-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD PINR MX |
08MINSK172 | NO IMMINENT ECONOMIC CRASH IN BELARUS - IFI [...] (C) World Bank Regional Director for Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Paul Birmingham told representatives of Minsk's diplomatic corps March 10 that he sees little likelihood of an economic crisis in Belarus in the short term. Birmingham noted that the Belarusian authorities had managed to weathe [...] | 2008-03-12 08:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN IBRD EBRD BO |
08MINSK257 | BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...] | 2008-12-18 19:30:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BO |
08MINSK258 | BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...] | 2008-12-18 19:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BO |
08MINSK259 | BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...] | 2008-12-18 19:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BO |
08MINSK260 | BELARUS: REGIME AGREES TO IMF TERMS, BUT WANTS [...] (SBU) IMF mission member Neven Mates reported to Charge December 19 that the GOB had agreed to the IMF's conditions (detailed ref A) but wants USD 3 billion whereas IMF headquarters were telling the IMF mission now in Minsk that more than USD 2 billion would be difficult to achieve. 2. (S [...] | 2008-12-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL BO |
08MINSK263 | BELARUS: REGIME SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IMF; OPPOSITION CALLS [...] (SBU) We have learned from a NATO embassy that the GOB and IMF mission signed an agreement for USD 2.5 billion late December 19. According to the same source, the GOB has not/not worked to accelerate IMF board approval, with the result that the IMF board is not expected to deliberate on the a [...] | 2008-12-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM ECON PREL BO |
08MINSK264 | BELARUS: REGIME SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IMF; OPPOSITION CALLS [...] (SBU) We have learned from a NATO embassy that the GOB and IMF mission signed an agreement for USD 2.5 billion late December 19. According to the same source, the GOB has not/not worked to accelerate IMF board approval, with the result that the IMF board is not expected to deliberate on the a [...] | 2008-12-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM ECON PREL BO |
08MINSK269 | BELARUS, RUSSIA, AND NATURAL GAS: WHEN HIGH PRESSURE IS A [...] (SBU) Although the Belarusian and Russian presidents agreed in principle December 22 on a new natural gas supply and payment formula for 2009, actual numbers are still being sorted out even as the new year arrives. Gazprom has not released Belarus from its contractual obligation to pay the wo [...] | 2008-12-31 12:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EFIN BO |
08MINSK83 | TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 83 DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC BO |
08MONROVIA1067 | LIBERIA: Encouraging Investment? [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with the Ambassador, two top GOL officials confirmed that they expect the revised Investment Code to pass quickly after the legislature convenes in mid-January. President Sirleaf has called on her Cabinet to expedite major concession agreements, but investors [...] | 2008-12-30 15:55:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA255 | LIBERIA: AGOA Workshop Roaring Success, but a lot to do [...] Summary: The first-ever Africa Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) workshop held in Monrovia March 20-21 attracted strong participation by members of the business community, GOL officials, members of civil society organizations, and the press. The presentations by the inter-agency USG delegation, [...] | 2008-04-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID EINV ELAB EAGR EFIN ECON LI |
08MONROVIA32 | LIBERIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of san [...] | 2008-01-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTBD OPIC USTR PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA325 | LIBERIA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 60% of Liberians are estimated to live below the poverty line and price increases hit hard. Liberia is heavily reliant on imported food, of which rice is the most important. Imported rice supplies over half of domestic consumption and prices at the retail level are up as [...] | 2008-05-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL ECON LI |
08MONROVIA336 | LIBERIA: 21 REFORMS TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL has announced 21 reforms to improve Liberia's ranking in the IFC "Doing Business" index by enhancing the business climate. The rapid progress reflects President Sirleaf's commitment and the productive collaboration between the GOL and the business community to target r [...] | 2008-05-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA LI |
08MONROVIA407 | LIBERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: KENDEJA HOTEL [...] (U) The following response to reftel is based on information gleaned during the May 19-23 visit of OPIC officers Kenneth Angell and Barbara Gibian, on post's interaction with the Kendeja project prior to that meeting, and on information gleaned from Liberian officials and others who either supp [...] | 2008-05-27 07:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA409 | LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET CONTINUES ON RIGHT TRACK [...] (U) Liberia's $277 million draft budget for 2008-09 provides a 38.8% increase over last year, with the focus on supporting poverty reduction and specific emphasis on boosting civil service salaries and funding education. (Note: All amounts are in US dollars. End note.) It is divided into a [...] | 2008-05-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON LI |
08MONROVIA427 | LIBERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES [...] (SBU) The possibility of electricity generated from abundant locally-available fuel is tremendously appealing. The BRE/MacBain team presents a compelling case, but there are some assumptions and uncertainties that do not yet appear to have been resolved. 2. (SBU) Econoff participated in a Fe [...] | 2008-05-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA567 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LI |
08MONROVIA591 | LIBERIA: THE BUDGET, LEGISLATORS, MOF, AND GEMAP, [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Bureau of the Budget (BOB),Augustine Ngafuan, expects the budget to pass this week assuming the full House accepts decisions made by the relevent legislative committees. If it does not pass this week, the GOL will be "in a state of crisis." He shared c [...] | 2008-07-31 17:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA592 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-QAIDA-AFFILIATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LI |
08MONROVIA608 | LIBERIA: FINAL PASSAGE OF 2008-2009 BUDGET SHOWS TREMENDOUS [...] (U) The Senate passed a $298 million 2008/2009 fiscal budget August 4, which is $21 million higher than the initial submission by the executive branch and $116 million more than last year's initial budget (REF C). However, when last year's supplemental budget and actual (rather than projected [...] | 2008-08-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA612 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT TURNS TO YOUNG TECHNOCRATS FOR NEW [...] (U) President Sirleaf has promoted Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee (LRDC) Coordinator Natty B. Davis to Minister of State Without Portfolio to oversee overall coordination of economic policy. She also has nominated two young American-educated officials to build her new economi [...] | 2008-08-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR LI |
08MONROVIA63 | LIBERIA: MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER ON USG ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian Finance Minister Antoinette Sayeh is grateful for USG, especially Treasury, support for the GOL's multilateral debt-relief efforts. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) will assess the best use of USG assistance in the debt management strategy, and welcomes the rapid respons [...] | 2008-01-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ASEC PGOV KCRM EWWT LI |
08MONROVIA647 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT WAIVES TAXES FOR LOW-SALARIED WORKERS [...] (U) The GOL announced an Executive Order August 14 that waives income tax for salaried workers earning less than US$70 a month. The GOL statement explained the action was necessary "to address the increased need to mitigate economic shock and hardship, a consequence of the global increase in t [...] | 2008-08-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA650 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN LI |
08MONROVIA753 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN LIBERIA (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to the Chinese Embassy, China has committed $88,347,400 in assistance to Liberia since 2006, contributing to all sectors of Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) except Governance and Rule of Law. We understand that China was uncharacteristically outspoken during [...] | 2008-09-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY LI |
08MONROVIA87 | LIBERIA: PROGRESS ON DEBT, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's fiscal picture is rosier in 2008 but there are still challenges. The July-September first quarter of FY 2007-08 saw revenue increase more than 50% from the same period the previous year, thanks to the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program (GEMAP). The [...] | 2008-01-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA891 | LIBERIA: GOL SUBMITS PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL submitted a comprehensive Public Financial Management (PFM) Act to the Legislature August 28 that consolidates public financial management, and supports the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). The PFM Act governs management of Liberia's public finances and provides the le [...] | 2008-10-31 17:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
08MONROVIA906 | LIBERIA: IMF PREVIEWS ARTICLE IV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting IMF mission leader Robert Powell told Ambassador October 30 that Liberia was on track to reach HIPC Completion Point (CP) in mid-2010. The schedule for the CP is largely dependent upon implementation of the PFM Act (ref A) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ref C) for [...] | 2008-11-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
08MONROVIA936 | LIBERIA: GOL AUDITS REVEAL PROBLEMS BUT ALSO DEMONSTRATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an important display of improved economic governance, Liberia's independent General Accounting Commission (GAC) completed and published the first audit reports of GOL institutions since the re-establishment of the GAC in 2005. Audits of several other key government institution [...] | 2008-11-19 17:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
08MONROVIA976 | LIBERIA: 2008-09 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Attached is the text of Liberia's 2008-09 INSCR report. The text has been e-mailed as instructed reftel. Monrovia POC is economic officer Lucy Abbott abbottlk@state.gov. (Note: URLs exceeding 55 characters have been removed but are included in the text sent via e-mail. End note.) 2. B [...] | 2008-12-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ECON LI |
08MONROVIA993 | LIBERIA: LEDFC AT ONE -- LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OPIC-funded Liberia Enterprises DevQopment Finance Company (LEDFC) is faltering but can probably be salvaged. Both the recently-resigned LEDFC General Manager and current CHF International caretakers cite the lack of adequate business service support and mentoring as a facto [...] | 2008-12-05 11:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA999 | LIBERIA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her new economic management team hosted a well-attended roundtable discussion on the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia. Although Liberia's economic isolation and lack of debt service requirements buffer the economy, the GOL expect [...] | 2008-12-05 11:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID EINV ECON LI |
08MONTERREY306 | NUEVO LEON DEVELOPS A HIGH TECHNOLOGY SERVICE INDUSTRY; [...] (SBU) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon continues to pursue higher value added industries through a government led strategy, highlighted by the Research and Technological Innovation Park. The Research and Technological Innovation Park (PIIT for its initials in Spanish) has made substantial st [...] | 2008-07-02 20:01:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY489 | FALLING REMITTANCES HIT NORTHERN MEXICAN FAMILIES HARD [...] (U) Summary: After years of steady increases in remittances sent by Mexican workers in the U.S. to their families in Mexico, the current U.S. economic slowdown has caused a sudden drop in such payments. The decline in remittances stems from the concentration of Mexican workers in the constru [...] | 2008-10-30 18:18:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON EFIN PGOV CVIS MX |
08MONTERREY495 | U.S. FINANCIAL WOES SPILL OVER INTO MONTERREY'S REAL [...] (U) Summary. The Monterrey business community has begun to be affected by the U.S. financial crisis, including large derivative losses, abrupt changes in currency values, and restricted credit access. Several large Monterrey companies incurred significant losses due to derivatives con [...] | 2008-11-04 14:52:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY508 | MEXICAN CENTRAL BANK REGIONAL DELEGATE PAINTS A GRIM PICTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 14 the Nuevo Leon regional delegate of the Mexican Central Bank briefed the local American Chamber of Commerce on the U.S. financial crisis and its impact on Mexico. His analysis reflects many negative trends and portrays a much more negative picture of the Me [...] | 2008-11-21 16:26:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY548 | MEXICAN CREDIT CRUNCH AFFECTING INTEREST RATES, CREDIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Mexican financial system remains well capitalized, credit has become more expensive and more difficult to obtain for certain sectors such as for car purchases and small and medium sized enterprises. Our contacts all agree that the Mexican financial system wil [...] | 2008-12-12 15:41:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV MX |
08MONTEVIDEO266 | BANCO DEL SUR: MINISTERS AGREE ON DRAFT CHARTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministers of finance from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela met in Montevideo on April 25 for the fourth Banco del Sur (Bank of the South) ministerial meeting. Argentina did not participate in the meeting following the resignation of its Minister of Economy [...] | 2008-05-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL AR BL BR PY EC VE UY |
08MONTEVIDEO356 | URUGUAY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE STRONG ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: Uruguay continued to experience exceptional economic growth in the first quarter of 2008, fostered by robust consumer spending, high commodity prices and the start-up of operations by Botnia's giant paper pulp mill. Over the past couple of months, Economy Minister Danilo Astori and Ce [...] | 2008-06-16 19:17:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD UY |
08MONTEVIDEO43 | URUGUAY RESPONSE: S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO583 | GOU CONCERNS ABOUT GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Remembering well their own devastating economic crisis of 2002, the GOU is anxiously watching how the current worldwide financial crisis will affect the previously booming Uruguayan economy. The country is in a better position than before, but vulnerabilities remain. In the fir [...] | 2008-10-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO608 | NEW CHARTER FOR CENTRAL BANK RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament approved a new Central Bank charter on October 22 that expands the number of Board members, spins off the Superintendency of Saving Protection into an independent entity and consolidates the remaining superintendencies. The new charter falls short of giving more indep [...] | 2008-10-31 08:21:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO627 | Uruguayan Economists Weigh In on Global Crisis [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguayan economists expect the global financial crisis, lower commodity prices and economic slowdown to slow growth in Uruguay to an anemic 1-3% in 2009. Despite this, observers believe the GOU is in a good position to weather the downturn, with government spending financed t [...] | 2008-11-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO697 | AN OPTIMISTIC GOU PASSES STIMULUS PACKAGE TO SUPPORT THE [...] The GOU's economic team, composed of Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia, Central Bank President Mario Bergara and Director of Planning and Budget Enrique Rubio presented its economic policy guidelines for 2009 to a large business audience on December 3. Official 2009 economic projections include [...] | 2008-12-12 16:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV UY |
08MOSCOW1217 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - RUSSIA [...] 1. (SBU) In Russia, basic commodity prices for products have spiraled in recent months, with price increases registered of up to 70 percent nationwide for vegetable oils, and 50 to 100 percent for potatoes in some regions in Russia. The poorest in Russia, who spend nearly two-thirds of their [...] | 2008-04-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR RS |
08MOSCOW1282 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS G8 INITIATIVE AGAINST ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW1283 | OPIC FINANCING FOR CREDIT MOSCOW BANK [...] Embassy has no objection to the proposed USD 5 million OPIC loan guaranty to expand Credit Moscow Bank's SME lending program. 2. Embassy has no adverse information regarding Credit Moscow Bank or its shareholders. Embassy has no information that could adversely affect the long-term prosp [...] | 2008-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1302 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov on May 8, emphasizing the U.S. desire to cooperate with Russia on counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and military equipment assistance to Afghanistan. Khokhlov agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared similar goals w [...] | 2008-05-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN MARR MASS MCAP OSCE PGOV PINS |
08MOSCOW141 | RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND INVESTMENT RULES, PART I [...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov signed a government resolution that sets the investment parameters for part of the country's sovereign wealth fund. On February 1, the GOR will divide the current Oil Stabilization Fund into two parts: the Reserve Fund and the National Prosperity [...] | 2008-01-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1432 | P&G TAKES ON THE TAXMAN AND WINS VAT CASE [...] (C) On April 28, Russian tax authorities cancelled a $28 million back taxes claim lodged against Procter & Gamble Russia in late 2006. The case involved royalty payments to P&G's headquarters for trademarked brands sold in Russia, which the GOR'S tax authorities disputed as a legitimate dedu [...] | 2008-05-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1444 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1445 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR UNSCR 1267 LISTING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1450 | UNLOCKING RUSSIA'S HOUSING MARKET POTENTIAL: VIEWS [...] (SBU) Improving Russia's housing sector is often mentioned as one of the new government's highest economic priorities. To better understand the issues at play, we met with a series of experts in April and May. Sergey Riabokobylko, Senior Executive Director, and Denis Sokolov, Head of Research [...] | 2008-05-23 06:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN - SEEK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW158 | RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS TUMBLE AMID GLOBAL CONCERN ABOUT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Russian investors prolonged the downward slide of the benchmark RTS Index that began last week. Although the market reported minor gains today, the RTS Index had fallen 15 [...] | 2008-01-22 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1616 | RUSSIA'S INFLATION AND THE STAGES OF GRIEF: [...] (C) The World Bank and the IMF, echoing much of Russia's business community and economic elite, cite Russia's spiraling inflation, which reached an annual rate of 15 percent in May, as the Achilles heel of the country's economy. However, senior Russian officials dismiss these concerns and ap [...] | 2008-06-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1669 | RUSSIAN EXPERT EXPRESSES "RESERVED OPTIMISM" ON [...] (SBU) Continuing our series of cables on Russia's housing sector, Econoffs met with Alexander Puzanov, General Director of the Institute for Urban Economics. Puzanov told us that the obvious solution was to increase the supply of housing. He was optimistic that this would occur eventually thro [...] | 2008-06-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1672 | DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
08MOSCOW1673 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1709 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BA EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER QA UNSC KTFN |
08MOSCOW1710 | GOR TO SUPPORT DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
08MOSCOW1765 | AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT RUSSIA'S COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) We have reported extensively on the residential real estate sector. Last week Econoffs returned to Cushman & Wakefield to gain a better understanding of the flip side of the coin: commercial real estate. Denis Sokolov, Head of Research, said the commercial real estate market is "hot," e [...] | 2008-06-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1865 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1875 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...] | 2008-07-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1977 | OPIC FINANCE: INDEPENDENT LEASING [...] Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed direct loan to Independent Leasing LLC for the purpose of expanding the company's capital equipment leasing activity to small and medium enterprises across Russia. Post is not aware of events that may adversely impact the project. Post also has no ad [...] | 2008-07-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2125 | RUSSIA'S "SAFE HAVEN" STATUS SLIPPING? [...] (C) In contrast to Russia's record-setting financial performance for 2007 and high hopes for 2008, the results from the first half of 2008 have revealed signs of strain. Net capital inflows are down substantially, as are Initial Public Offerings (IPOs),which through June have totaled only US [...] | 2008-07-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2179 | RUSSIA: NO CONTRACT YET ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Zimbabwe desk Andrei Stolyarov. He said that at this time he was not aware of any request by the GOZ to obtain bank note paper from the Russian State Mint, and would take into account US concerns if the GOZ did approach Russia on this issue. He [...] | 2008-07-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PGOV SADC ASEC EFIN ECON ZI RS |
08MOSCOW2201 | RUSSIA'S MARKETS PLUNGE AFTER PUTIN'S STATEMENTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's public criticism of Mechel, Russia's largest specialty steelmaker and second-largest coking coal producer, has highlighted the fragility of Russia's stock market, exposed possible divisions within the country's leadership, and spooked investors -- some of whom see t [...] | 2008-07-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2308 | WHAT DOES THE MECHEL INCIDENT MEAN? [...] (C) The Mechel incident (Ref A) has been a sobering initial test of the new administration's management of the economy. On the heels of the TNK-BP dispute, Mechel unleashed precipitous stock market losses and struck a blow to previously bullish sentiment on Russia's investment climate. Opti [...] | 2008-08-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW2437 | TFGG01: RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ON GEORGIA, INVESTOR [...] (C) During an August 14 meeting with the Charge and ECMIN, Central Bank (CBR) First Deputy Chairman Aleksey Ulyukaev expressed hope that the conflict with Georgia would be short-lived, thus helping restore battered investor confidence. He said controlling inflation was the country's top econ [...] | 2008-08-15 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2514 | RUSSIA'S ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE FINES MECHEL, [...] (C) The Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) announced on August 13 that it had found Mechel's coking coal operations to have violated competition law through its monopolistic domestic pricing practices. On August 19, FAS announced that it would assess a $32 million fine, or 5 percent of the [...] | 2008-08-22 11:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2602 | PRESSURING RUSSIA ECONOMICALLY: DIFFICULT CHOICES [...] (C) As Washington contemplates next steps toward Russia in the aftermath of the conflict with Georgia, including possible economic punishment, the Mission would like to share its perspective. First, the U.S.-Russia economic relationship has been growing fast in recent years and was showing g [...] | 2008-08-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL RS |
08MOSCOW270 | RUSSIA'S KINDER, GENTLER FACE TO THE WORLD? [...] (C) During the opening session of the 2008 Russia Forum organized by Troika Dialog, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin called for "a shift in the GOR's foreign policy goals" to ensure a more stable, more attractive investment climate. His comments followed, but did not [...] | 2008-02-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2800 | KUDRIN: "RUSSIAN BUDGET FACES TOUGH THREE YEARS" [...] (C) Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced at hearings in the Duma and Federation Council on September 11 that "Russia faces a difficult three-year budget cycle." The 2009-2011 budget plan he presented assumes GDP surpassing $2 trillion in 2009, with real growth of 6.7 percent but with de [...] | 2008-09-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2804 | RUSSIA'S WORSENING FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Russia's stock markets closed at noon today, September 17, after a 5.5 percent fall in the benchmark RTS index in the preceding 15 minutes. This spectacular fall followed one of the worst days in the history of Russia's markets. On September 16, the RTS dropped 11.5 percent and its sister [...] | 2008-09-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2815 | RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS CLOSED, TRADING TO RESUME [...] (SBU) In an unprecedented development, Russia's leading stock markets remained closed September 18. Limited transactions to close out overnight lending were allowed on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) but the exchange was otherwise closed all day, as was the benchmark, dollar-d [...] | 2008-09-18 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2822 | GOR PROPOSES RECORD DEFENSE BUDGET AND CSTO'S [...] (C) Summary. Criticism of the Russian military's performance in the South Ossetian crisis factored into the GOR's decision to propose a record defense budget for 2009-2011 (reftel). After the conflict in South Ossetia, President Medvedev admitted that the Russian military was not yet an effe [...] | 2008-09-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS MCAP ECON EFIN MARR |
08MOSCOW2865 | KUDRIN ON RUSSIA'S RISING DEFENSE BUDGET AND [...] (C) During a September 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said defense spending in 2009 would increase only slightly. He acknowledged that there was pressure for greater increases because of the current tensions, but said Russia did not want and could not win a n [...] | 2008-09-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2868 | RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT: TEETERING, NOT FALLING [...] (C) Summary. On the heels of the Russian stock markets' precipitous free fall, the publication of August's industrial output figures, marginally lower than analysts had predicted, contributed to calls for government intervention, mainly in the form of increasing liquidity and tax breaks. A m [...] | 2008-09-26 06:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
08MOSCOW2900 | RUSSIAN MARKETS CLOSE BRIEFLY AFTER "BAILOUT" [...] (C) One minute after the trading day began on September 30, the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) suspended trading for two hours apparently in anticipation of a meltdown in reaction to the Congressional vote against the Paulson Plan. According to press reports, the FFMS "special orde [...] | 2008-09-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2943 | RUSSIA HAS NO INFORMATION ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches on October 2 to MFA Africa Counselor Andrei Stolyarov, who said that the GOR did not have any information regarding a report that either a Russian company or individuals had contracted with a Zimbabwean company to produce Zimbabwean bank notes. This did not m [...] | 2008-10-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EFIN PGOV RS ZI |
08MOSCOW2970 | PUTIN'S PENSION REFORMS: BUSINESS BURDEN OR [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's recent announcement that social security taxes paid by businesses will increase eight percent over the next two years has alarmed segments of the business community, particularly the cash-starved small and medium sized enterprises. On the other hand, market analysts [...] | 2008-10-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI RU |
08MOSCOW2978 | RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS' DOWNWARD SPIRAL STEEPENS [...] (SBU) Russia's main stock indices posted their largest one-day losses at the end of the trading day on October 6. The benchmark Russian Trading System (RTS) Index plunged 19.1 percent, and the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) Index fell 18.7 percent. Russian stock prices fell amid [...] | 2008-10-08 03:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2992 | RUSSIA'S NEW PLAN FOR RESERVES FAILS TO HALT [...] (SBU) Russia's Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) ordered a one-and-a-half day closure of Russia's exchanges early in the October 8 trading day after they resumed their steep declines, with the benchmark RTS Index dropping more than 11 percent and the MICEX Index more than 14 percent. A [...] | 2008-10-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3010 | ICELAND EMBASSY: RUSSIAN LOAN "STRICTLY [...] (C) Iceland's Moscow Deputy Chief of Mission, Magnus Hannesson, told us that the proposed loan from Russia is a strictly financial transaction. He insisted Iceland's economic fundamentals are sound but said the country needs assistance providing liquidity to its banking sector. Iceland's mon [...] | 2008-10-09 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL RS IC |
08MOSCOW3222 | FIRST DEPUTY PM SHUVALOV ON G-20 SUMMIT, CRISIS [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, First Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov outlined Russia's general positions on the G-20 Summit: coordination of currency policy; opposition in principle to protectionism; and improving the quality of existing government regulatory mechanisms with [...] | 2008-11-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3230 | SOME RUSSIANS GROW UNEASY AS GOR DOLES OUT RESERVES [...] (C) Oligarchs, bankers, and industrialists are vying to receive Kremlin handouts, while ordinary Russians appear to be disengaged concerning the fate of Russia's dwindling "rainy day" reserve funds. The GOR has been injecting billions of dollars into the economy to prevent a collapse as it s [...] | 2008-11-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
08MOSCOW327 | U/S JEFFERY'S JAN 30 MEETING WITH RUSSIA'S CENTRAL [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, EEB Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and the Ambassador, Central Bank of Russia (CBR) Chairman Sergey Ignatiyev provided a generally optimistic outl [...] | 2008-02-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW328 | U/S JEFFERY'S JAN 30 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, EEB Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elizabeth Dibble, and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kudrin said that the end of Russia's WTO ac [...] | 2008-02-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3303 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 08:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM |
08MOSCOW3322 | NEW CALLS FOR RUBLE TO BECOME A "RESERVE CURRENCY" [...] (C) President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin have both recently repeated suggestions that the Russian ruble should become a "regional reserve currency" and that to achieve this Russian oil exports should be denominated in rubles. We discussed these proposals with a variety of local analysts [...] | 2008-11-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3333 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov told U/S Burns and the Ambassador November 12 in Moscow that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations. He dismissed the contention that Medvedev's state of the union address had been a deliberate slap at President-elect O [...] | 2008-11-18 12:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM |
08MOSCOW3347 | GOR MONITORING OF BANKS, ANTI-CRISIS FUNDS [...] (C) During a November 11 meeting with leaders of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI),President Medvedev outlined a plan for Central Bank (CBR) officials to ensure that banks receiving anti-crisis funds turn those resources into loans for domestic firms. At the meeting, RCCI [...] | 2008-11-19 10:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3352 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH DFM RYABKOV: [...] (S) Summary. DFM Ryabkov November 12 reiterated FM Lavrov's message to U/S Burns and the Ambassador that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations, and Medvedev's state of the union address had not been intended as a deliberate slap at President [...] | 2008-11-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM |
08MOSCOW3367 | GOR EFFORTS TO AID RETAIL SECTOR RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (C) As Russia,s financial crisis gathered steam in recent weeks and began to spill over into the real economy, the GOR identified food retailers as a critical sector that the state should support. Industry insiders attributed the inclusion of the sector to a desire to support Russian agricultu [...] | 2008-11-21 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR RS |
08MOSCOW3376 | PUTIN TAKES ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's speech to the United Russia Congress on November 20 was arguably the GOR's most forthcoming public statement to date about the effects of the financial crisis in Russia. Although he reiterated that the cause of the current financial turmoil was the U.S. mortgage ma [...] | 2008-11-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3390 | FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 19, we shared reftel non-paper regarding the USG objectives for the UN-organized Doha conference on Financing for Development with Viktor Zagregov, Head of the UN Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, and Grigoriy Ustinov, a second secretary in Zagregov' [...] | 2008-11-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID UNGA RS |
08MOSCOW341 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3437 | CYPRIOT PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) During a November 19-20 visit to Moscow, Cypriot President Christofias met President Medvedev but a scheduled meeting with PM Putin was canceled. Russia accomplished two objectives in the eight agreements signed during the visit: an agreement to request information on financial transacti [...] | 2008-11-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN CY RS |
08MOSCOW3476 | KEEPING A WARY EYE ON THE STREETS: THE CRISIS [...] (C) Government statements and measures to contain the effects of the economic crisis are beginning to reflect official concern that a prolonged economic downturn could lead to social unrest as was the case in 1998. Senior analysts at two of Russia's leading research institutes claim that a sh [...] | 2008-12-03 06:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW3497 | PUTIN CALLS FOR RUSSIAN INVESTOR CLASS [...] (C) In a December 1 cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Putin voiced frustration over the country's reliance on foreign markets to fund domestic growth. He blamed foreign investors for driving down the market value of Russian firms. While Russia would not place restrictions on foreign capital, P [...] | 2008-12-04 10:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3507 | CHATTERING CLASS ON WHY PUTIN CAN'T FAIL [...] (C) Summary: Putin remains the linchpin of the Russian political system, with rumors over his return to the Kremlin or departure from the White House serving to keep all options open and everyone off balance. Despite disagreements over whether and why Putin might contemplate a "spring scena [...] | 2008-12-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3546 | SCENARIOS FOR RUSSIAN POLITICS IN ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. An INDEM survey of top analysts suggests that the economic crisis has shifted elite opinion on Russia's course over the coming year, with a growing expectation that the Medvedev-Putin tandem will either muddle through or accelerate existing trends toward a "Pinochet" model - a d [...] | 2008-12-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI EFIN |
08MOSCOW3563 | G20 DEMARCHE: RUSSIA IS CONSIDERING "SOME" [...] (SBU) In response to subject demarche Andrey Kushnirenko, Deputy Director of the Economic Development Ministry's Trade Negotiations Department, told us December 4 that Russia will make decisions related to duty increases based on "all relevant factors." He acknowledged that Russia had committe [...] | 2008-12-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3575 | SMOLENSK: HOPE IN GOD AND PUTIN, APATHY IN ALL ELSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent conversations with government, political, business, religious and NGO officials in Smolensk revealed the divisions between official messages of calm and stability and the nervousness and discontent among citizens. Senior United Russia officials, speaking in their capacity [...] | 2008-12-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3582 | THE GOR'S ECONOMIC CHOICES: RESERVES AND THE RUBLE [...] (C) As Russia's economic downturn deepens, it is forcing the GOR to make difficult economic choices. One of the first of these choices is what to do about the deteriorating ruble, which has lost roughly 20 percent of its value to the dollar since August. Initially, the GOR strongly defended t [...] | 2008-12-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3585 | CHAIRMAN OF RUSSIA'S SECOND-LARGEST BANK SAYS U.S. [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting with the Ambassador, VTB Chairman Andrey Kostin said next year would be very difficult for Russia's economy and that the U.S. economy's recovery would be the key to an economic turnaround in Russia. Kostin praised the GOR's response to the financial crisis to date [...] | 2008-12-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3586 | DEUTSCHE BANK CHIEF ECONOMIST ON CRISIS IN RUSSIA, [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting with EEB Special Representative Frank Mermoud, Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist Yaroslav Lissovolik said that investors, foreign and Russian, were concerned about increased GOR control over the economy. He said the GOR's intervention in support of the ruble was a mis [...] | 2008-12-12 07:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW3599 | RUSSIAN COAL: PRODUCERS WAITING FOR SIGNS OF DEMAND [...] (C) Summary. Russian coking coal producers on 27 November appealed to the government for assistance as they grapple with unpaid bills owed to them by Russia's struggling steelmakers. Although coal producers' most immediate priority is to remain solvent in the face of their customers' non-paym [...] | 2008-12-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW3609 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO COUNTER ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points concerning illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe to Vladimir Borisyuk, Acting Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Economic Cooperation. Boriskyuk told us the GOR was aware of the diamond trading trends in Zimbabwe. He maintained that the GOR would co [...] | 2008-12-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC RS ZI |
08MOSCOW361 | TERRORIST FINANCE: RUSSIA TO SUPPORT DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EFIN ECON RS IZ SY |
08MOSCOW3610 | OPIC FINANCE: ZAO STAR NETWORKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW366 | GOR ADVISOR ON DIFFICULTIES FIGHTING GROWING [...] (C) Economic Experts Group (EEG) Director Yevsey Gurvich told us February 5 that fighting growing inflation was a GOR priority but that the tools at the government's disposal were inadequate to the task. In particular, the GOR had few levers with which to temper growing demand. Gurvich spec [...] | 2008-02-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3687 | ROSTOV: TRADE HUB, PRODUCES GRUB, SUPPORTS CHUB [...] (C) Summary. As one of the country's most populous and temperate weather regions, Rostov Oblast in southwestern Russia boasts of being a leading agricultural and trade center. Recent travel to the region's capital, Rostov-Na-Donu (Rostov),gave us the opportunity to see how it has thrived i [...] | 2008-12-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI ECON EFIN |
08MOSCOW3708 | SENATOR LUGAR: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Lugar heard a mixed, but mostly positive, message on Russian receptivity towards rebuilding U.S.-Russian relations, with a range of officials and respected observers calling for a return to the official diplomatic architecture that once governed bilateral dialogue. Th [...] | 2008-12-22 06:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS IR AF |
08MOSCOW3741 | PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR DISCUSSES ANTI-CRISIS [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Medvedev's Chief Economic Advisor, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, was uncharacteristically pessimistic about Russia's growth prospects over the short and medium term and predicted a protracted global economic slow down. Dvorkovich said that dep [...] | 2008-12-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV OREP PREL RS |
08MOSCOW502 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow has proposed the following information on critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Russia which, "if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" (ref A). As requested, this message also provides in [...] | 2008-02-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC ECON PTER PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW709 | ECONOMIC REFORMS UNDER MEDVEDEV--ANALYSTS' VIEWS [...] (C) The week following Medvedev's election we talked separately with four Moscow-based analysts about the prospects for market reforms under Medvedev: Renaissance Capital Managing Director Roland Nash; IMF Senior Resident Representative Neven Mates; consulting firm FBK's Director for Strategic [...] | 2008-03-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL RS |
08MOSCOW721 | MERRIL LYNCH RUSSIA CEO DISMISSES LIKELIHOOD OF [...] (C) Former Central Bank First Deputy Chairman, and current CEO of Merrill Lynch in Russia, Sergei Aleksashenko told us he did not anticipate that President-elect Medvedev would implement any pro-market reforms. Medvedev would be too weak and dependent on Putin to make major changes and would [...] | 2008-03-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL RS |
08MOSCOW74 | RUSSIA REPORT FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES PORTION OF 2007-2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. The tracked changes version of this report will be sent to individuals specified in reftel. Post's point of contact for this report is Economic Officer Clayton Hays (hayscp@state.gov). 2. (SBU) Russia's financial system does not attract a s [...] | 2008-01-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR RS |
08MOSCOW756 | RUSSIA'S BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW866 | EXPERT VIEWS: MEDVEDEV'S REFORM PROSPECTS SLIM; [...] (C) A swelling number of experts has low expectations that the Medvedev administration will pursue pro-market reforms. In separate conversations the week of March 17, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition (aka the Gaidar Institute) Sergei Sinelnikov and Alfa Bank Chi [...] | 2008-03-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW924 | MORE VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) In a series of meetings March 20, NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick and the Economic Minister Counselor solicited the views of a variety of Russian interlocutors on the prospects for economic reform under President-elect Medvedev. From those meetings, we offer three disparate but represent [...] | 2008-04-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW937 | RUSSIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVES VS. CONSERVATIVES: [...] (C) The GOR's resolution of April 1 to authorize deposits of so-called "temporarily available budget funds" into commercial bank accounts is not being uniformly welcomed by policy makers. During an April 2 conference hosted by the Association of Russian Banks (ARB),representatives of Russia [...] | 2008-04-04 11:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW997 | RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVES VS. CONSERVATIVES, [...] (C) Disagreement between Trade Minister Nabuillina and Finance Ministry Kudrin over the right economic prescription - promote growth or control inflation - came into the open at an April 1 conference at the Higher School of Economics. Nabiullina dismissed Kudrin's concern about inflation, cal [...] | 2008-04-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
08MUMBAI136 | MUMBAI MASALA APRIL 14, 2007: SEBI OPENS DIRECT MARKET [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. -- SEBI Ushers in Direct Market Access for Institutional Investors -- Confederation of Indian Industries Annual Conference in Mumbai -- Supreme Court Hearing Draws Attention to Controversial Salwa Judum Movement in Chhattisgarh [...] | 2008-04-14 06:55:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PHUM PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI244 | STATE-OWNED OIL MARKETING COMPANIES LEFT WITH FEW CHOICES AS [...] (U) The three state-owned integrated oil refining and marketing companies (OMCs) have been hit by a triple whammy -- spiraling crude oil prices of over USD 120 a barrel, the depreciating rupee via-a-vis the dollar, and a higher inflation rate of over 7 percent. These three factors have widen [...] | 2008-05-29 13:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON IN |
08MUMBAI246 | BABY STEPS: EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWING NORMS AND DEBT [...] (U) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Ministry of Finance (MoF) relaxed norms on external commercial borrowings (ECBs) on May 30. The announcement relaxed restrictions in three distinct areas. First, the limit on borrowings by companies for rupee expenditures was raised from USD 20 millio [...] | 2008-05-30 12:13:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EINV IN |
08MUMBAI304 | INDIAN PLANNING COMMISSION COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL REFORMS [...] Summary: In August 2007, the Planning Commission constituted a high-level Committee on Financial Sector Reforms (CFSR) to outline a comprehensive agenda for the evolution of the Indian financial sector. The Committee compiled its findings and suggestions in a draft report and put it up for di [...] | 2008-06-26 14:02:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TRSY IN |
08MUMBAI321 | INFLATION, INTEREST RATES, AND GROWTH IN INDIA [...] Summary: In recent weeks, the Reserve Bank of India has raised the main monetary policy rate over 75 basis points in order to fight rising inflation. At the same time, India's main stock market indicator, the Sensex, has continued its slide, and is now almost 38 percent off its January 2008 p [...] | 2008-07-03 14:01:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET TRSY IN |
08MUMBAI359 | MUMBAI MASALA JULY 25, 2008: AGITATION IN GUJARAT, RBI TALKS [...] (U) Table of Contents: -Agitation Against Hindu Spiritual Leader in Gujarat Turns Violent -RBI Talks about Financial Inclusion Developments -Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission Describes Its Efforts AGITATION AGAINST HINDU SPIRITUAL LEADER IN GUJARAT TURNS VIOLENT --- [...] | 2008-07-25 05:20:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EFIN PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI436 | MUMBAI ECON MASALA: CURRENCY FUTURES, CREDIT CARDS AND REAL [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Currency Futures Trading in India - Are Banks Feeling the Pinch from the New Restrictions on Credit Cards? - Real Estate: New Entrants May Find the Market Tough Currency Futures trading in India --------------------------------- 2. (U) On 6th August, the Res [...] | 2008-09-09 10:21:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IN |
08MUMBAI463 | SUZLON POWERS CAPACITY BUILDING IN WIND ENERGY IN INDIA BUT [...] (U) Suzlon Energy, which accounts for nearly 50 percent of the India's installed wind-power generating capacity, told Congenoffs that wind power's potential in India is far greater than Government of India estimations. Company boosters claimed that Suzlon has "popularized" wind energy in Indi [...] | 2008-09-24 07:07:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EINV EFIN EIND PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI500 | TEST CABLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 04:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN EINV ECON IN |
08MUMBAI539 | MUMBAI MASALA FROM PUNE: CUMMINS BUILDS A GREEN FACTORY, [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Cummins Builds India's first "Green" Factory - Praj Industries Researches Non-edible Food Crops as an Energy Source - Kalyani of Bharat Forge Reviews U.S.-India CEO Forum - MNS Agitation Against Non-Maharashtrians Delays Construction Activity in Pune Cummins Bui [...] | 2008-11-19 11:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EIND PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI559 | INDIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLIERS ARE EAGER TO GLOBALIZE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In series of recent meetings in Mumbai, including with the delegation led by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein, Indian private-sector nuclear energy equipment and service suppliers expressed enthusiasm about the opportunities awaiting them now that the U.S.- [...] | 2008-12-01 13:46:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON IN PREL |
08MUMBAI569 | INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE GRAPPLES WITH NEW REALITIES [...] (U) Summary. The global credit crisis has hit infrastructure finance in India, making it difficult for financiers and development companies to raise funds to start or continue projects. While slow execution, regulatory uncertainty, high commodity prices, and investment barriers have slowed [...] | 2008-12-05 07:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IN |
08MUMBAI573 | INDIAN ECONOMY REELING FROM EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, NOT [...] (SBU) Summary. Market participants and corporate representatives tell Congenoffs that the Mumbai terrorist attacks may have a modest, short-term impact on markets and economic activity, exacerbating the more serious and ongoing deterioration of market conditions due to the global economic cr [...] | 2008-12-05 13:02:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD IN |
08MUMBAI588 | RBI GOVERNOR SUBBARAO DISCUSSES THE INDIAN ECONOMY IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Speaking on a wide range of subjects, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao told the Consul General that he thought the global financial crisis would only slightly derail the high growth trajectory of the Indian economy. Acknowledging the problems in the Indian [...] | 2008-12-19 11:50:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV IN |
08MUNICH317 | RUSSIA/COUNTERTERRORISM: RUSSIAN PLEDGES ETERNAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Anatoliy Safonov and Ambassador Dell Dailey, coordinators of counterterrorism efforts by the Russian Federation and the United States, met privately in Munich on September 17 to discuss counterterrorism issues. Safonov took pains to confirm that bilateral relationship w [...] | 2008-09-24 06:20:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN US RS |
08MUNICH396 | Germany/Economics - Mixed but Increasingly Worried Messages [...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel, ridiculed by some for her cautious approach to an economic stimulus package, might be half right and half wrong, based on analysis of the evolving situation in Germany's touchstone state, Bavaria. On one hand, the graph from the November 2008 "business sentiment indic [...] | 2008-12-16 07:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
08MUSCAT100 | 2008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART II [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU |
08MUSCAT107 | OMANI SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on February 6 to Humeid al-Ma'ani, Office Director for the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ma'ani responded that the government of Oman appreciated the "very difficult" situation in Lebanon and would seriously consider our re [...] | 2008-02-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN LU MU |
08MUSCAT150 | UN SPONSORS AML/CTF WORKSHOP IN MUSCAT [...] (SBU) On February 19, Econoff discussed a recent two-day seminar on anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) with Mahran Yarub al-Barwani, Director of Anti Money Laundering, Central Bank of Oman. Barwani noted that the event, sponsored by the Omani National Committee f [...] | 2008-02-20 10:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER MU |
08MUSCAT235 | SULTAN'S ADVISOR SPEAKS ON IRAN [...] (C) Iran is taking advantage of America's misperceived weakness in the region in order to court the Arab street and fill the resulting power vacuum in the region, according to Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas. In a meeting with the Ambassador March 25, [...] | 2008-03-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IR MU |
08MUSCAT266 | DELIVERY OF FINCEN ADVISORY ON IRANIAN BANKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
08MUSCAT267 | OMAN MOVING TOWARD FIU IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) On April 5, FINCEN Middle East Director Ahmed el-Bashari and Econoff met with Lt. Colonel Mohsin Awad al-Muqaddam, Director of the Financial Crimes Department, Royal Oman Police (ROP),to review Oman's progress in formally establishing a financial intelligence unit (FIU). Muqaddam noted [...] | 2008-04-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PTER MU |
08MUSCAT289 | OMAN REMAINS VIGILANT ON IRANIAN BANKING ACTIVITIES [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Executive President Hamoud Sangour al-Zadjali to urge vigilance on the increasingly deceptive practices used by Iranian financial institutions to circumvent UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and Financial Action Task Fo [...] | 2008-04-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PTER IR MU |
08MUSCAT293 | OMAN CENTRAL BANK REMAINS FIRM ON DOLLAR PEG [...] (C) Oman's Central Bank chief reiterated his government's commitment to maintaining its currency peg to the dollar at the current rate of exchange, in spite of official statistics showing that inflation had exceeded 10% in February. He explained that a revaluation would not temper inflation in [...] | 2008-04-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT466 | OMANI GOVERNMENT TAKES FURTHER ACTION TO COUNTER [...] On June 9, the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) announced that it would reduce the lending ratio of commercial banks from 87.5% to 82.5% and increase the minimum reserve requirement from 5% to 8% of total deposits, actions intended to control inflationary pressures by absorbing excess liquidity and [...] | 2008-06-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON MU |
08MUSCAT486 | OMANI BANKS REMAIN FLUSH WITH LIQUIDITY [...] (C) On June 28, Econoff reviewed the status of Oman's banking sector with Mansour al-Raisi, Banking Examination Manager, Central Bank of Oman (CBO). Raisi noted that with the continued rise in oil prices, Oman's banking system remained flush with liquidity. "If you (a banker) can't make mone [...] | 2008-06-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT515 | OMAN CONTINUES TO KEEP ISLAMIC BANKING AT ARM'S [...] (U) On June 28, Arabic-language daily "al-Shabiba" retracted a news article that Bank Muscat, the nation's largest, was preparing to offer the first type of loans in Oman to be compliant with Islamic Shari'a law. The paper had mistakenly reported on June 25 that the bank would offer such loan [...] | 2008-07-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MU |
08MUSCAT575 | OMAN'S CHANGING WORKWEEK [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials encouraged the private sector to adopt a five-day workweek in lieu of the current six days to help prompt more Omanis to seek jobs outside the public sector. In addition, financial institutions and a growing number of private businesses have taken steps t [...] | 2008-08-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT593 | TELECOM LICENSE ISSUE MAY FURTHER DELAY FTA [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a press conference August 11 inviting companies to bid for a new fixed telecommunications license package. The bidding process may further delay implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by deferring othe [...] | 2008-08-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINT ETRD ETTC MU ETRA |
08MUSCAT608 | OMANI AMBASSADOR TO DELIVER FTA MESSAGE FROM [...] (C) Dr. Salem al-Ismaily, Executive President of the Omani Centre for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED),informed the Ambassador on August 25 that Sultan Qaboos personally recalled Omani Ambassador to the U.S. Hunaina al-Mughairy to Muscat to provide her with an important m [...] | 2008-08-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT682 | OMAN TAKES HARD LINE STANCE ON TELECOM LICENSES; [...] (C) Summary: In a letter received by post on September 21, Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (TRA) defended its recent bid process to award a single, integrated telecommunications license package for multiple services (including fixed-line service) despite U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agree [...] | 2008-09-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINT EINV ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT709 | INTERIOR RESIDENTS EXPRESS VIEWS ON U.S. FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In his 'Eid al Fitr calls on senior sheikhs and majlis members in Oman's interior Sharqia governorate, the Ambassador heard diverse and sometimes surprising views about the U.S. and on Omani government policies. Omanis expressed considerable interest in the ongoing financial c [...] | 2008-10-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON EFIN KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT722 | OMAN WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Despite public assurances from officials that Oman's economy has not been affected by the global financial crisis, the Sultanate's stock market dropped by almost 40% over the last five months while its banking system, formerly flush with cash, now suffers from a lack of liquidity. Local [...] | 2008-10-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG MU |
08MUSCAT724 | OMAN UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) During an October 13 meeting with Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs for Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref A and B demarches and urged the Omani government to strongly consider making a contribution to reconstruction efforts in Georgia [...] | 2008-10-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA GG MU |
08MUSCAT731 | MINISTER SEEKING COMPROMISES TO COMPLETE FTA [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan told the Ambassador on October 15 that compromise on a number of issues will be necessary if the U.S. and Oman are to conclude the FTA implementation process. He recognized that there are differences in how each party th [...] | 2008-10-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN MU PREL |
08MUSCAT738 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SCHWAB'S [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," [...] | 2008-10-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT749 | OMANI OFFICIALS DISCUSS IMPACT OF GLOBAL CREDIT [...] (C) Summary: The Executive President of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO),Hamoud bin Sangour al-Zadjali, told the Ambassador that Oman had no direct exposure to the global financial crisis as its banks had not invested in mortgage-backed securities. While contending that liquidity in local ba [...] | 2008-10-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL MU |
08MUSCAT765 | FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN: OMANI RESPONSE [...] (C) Post delivered relevant reftel information to the government of Oman on November 3 via diplomatic note. On November 5, DCM met with Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, and asked that Oman seriously consider takin [...] | 2008-11-05 12:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR MU |
08MUSCAT802 | OMAN FINANCIAL CRISIS UPDATE: NEW FUND TO BOLSTER [...] (SBU) To help shore up local equity values, Oman will establish a $390 million fund with capital from the government, private sector and pension funds to buy shares in the Muscat Securities Market (MSM). While the government claims that local banking institutions have passed on Central Bank [...] | 2008-11-24 07:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN MU |
08MUSCAT812 | BACKGROUND ON OMAN FOR CENTCOM ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (C) One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2009, we will begin negotiations on renewal of our bilate [...] | 2008-11-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN ETRD MASS MOPS |
08MUSCAT829 | JOINT DEMARCHE TO OMAN ON INCREASING FINANCIAL [...] (C) The ambassadors of the E3 and the U.S. - the Italian was unavailable to participate - called on Ambassador Ahmed al Harthy, Chief of Middle East Affairs of the Omani MFA, and Lyeutha al Mughairy, Director of the MFA Secretary General's Office, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (C) In o [...] | 2008-12-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN MNUC KNNP IR MU |
08MUSCAT863 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK MU |
08MUSCAT99 | 2008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART I [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU |
08NAIROBI1049 | AMERICAN BUSINESS INTEREST IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel request to gauge sentiment in the Kenya-based U.S. business community with regard to doing business in Southern Sudan and likely participation in a suggested USG-organized trade mission to Juba. In Kenya, the response of U.S. companies is mixed: Most are ke [...] | 2008-04-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV SU KE |
08NAIROBI1088 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) has submitted the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Parliament by publishing it in the official Gazette on April 18. This is the first bill gazetted by the new grand coalition government to the new parliament, indicating perhaps th [...] | 2008-04-25 04:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1099 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) has submitted the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Parliament by publishing it in the official Gazette on April 18. This is the first bill gazetted by the new grand coalition government to the new parliament, indicating perhaps th [...] | 2008-04-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1122 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for Mission Kenya's analysis on how rising food and agricultural commodity prices are affecting Kenyan society. As instructed, it also lists post's recent cables on this matter. ------------------------------ CONTEXT OF KENYA'S FOOD CRISIS ------ [...] | 2008-04-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1176 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA - KENYA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: China's engagement with Kenya is primarily a private sector-led effort, focused on trade generally, and the supply of goods and services in key infrastructure sectors like roads, info-tech, and energy. The Chinese government appears not heavily involved in those areas where the [...] | 2008-05-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH |
08NAIROBI1223 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY [...] Post delivered ref demarche to Ambassador Michael Kinyanjui, Head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 12. Kinyanjui stated that he would refer the matter. RANNEBERGER [...] | 2008-05-12 08:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC |
08NAIROBI1227 | EXPANDED KENYAN CABINET MIGHT COST EXTRA $600 MILLION A [...] (SBU) The new 92-person Kenyan Cabinet represents 42% of Parliament and is the largest, most expensive in Kenya's history. The Grand Coalition Cabinet and government could cost Kenyan taxpayers up to $5.82 billion/year, about $594 million more than the previous one. This extra cost is probably [...] | 2008-05-13 07:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB KE |
08NAIROBI1272 | KENYA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering bill survived its second reading in Kenya's Parliament on May 8. Despite criticism from some MPs, the bill was sent to two committees for review, amendment and decision. The GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force is opt [...] | 2008-05-19 05:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1318 | KENYA'S INFLATION SOARS HIGHER IN APRIL [...] Summary: Overall inflation continued accelerating in April 2008, with prices an average of 26.6% higher than in April 2007 (YOY). Seasonally adjusted inflation reached 14.8%, driven mainly by food, transportation and fuel prices. The Nairobi lower income group experienced the highest inflation [...] | 2008-05-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EAGR KE |
08NAIROBI1336 | AG MINISTER RUTO VOWS TO REMOVE DUTIES ON WHEAT IN MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Kenyan Minister for Agriculture William Ruto promised the Ambassador on May 8, 2008 that he would remove the 35% tariff on imported wheat as a way to ease inflationary pressures on bread prices. The Minister also agreed to work closely with the Kenyan Ministry of Science and Technolog [...] | 2008-05-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1354 | JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON [...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...] | 2008-05-30 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO |
08NAIROBI1373 | KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The bad news on the corruption front in Kenya is that the new coalition government has given some of the country's most egregious thieves a new lease on life and strengthened their already strong sense of impunity. Meanwhile, Kenya's legal system continues to stymie vs. deliver j [...] | 2008-06-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1486 | COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...] | 2008-06-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE |
08NAIROBI1487 | COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...] | 2008-06-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE |
08NAIROBI1505 | KENYA REDUCES TARIFFS ON WHEAT AND CORN IMPORTS [...] Summary: Kenya has reduced its duties on imported wheat from 35 percent to 10 percent and plans to import 297,000 tons of corn duty free. Corn normally is assessed a 50 percent import duty. This fulfills a commitment made by the Minister for Agriculture William Ruto to the Ambassador during a [...] | 2008-06-19 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1692 | MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) Minister of Finance Amos Kimunya resigned on July 8, capping a week of intense speculation about his political future stemming from his role in the cut-rate sale of the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The hotel, built with proceeds from the 1990s Goldenberg corruption scandal, had become [...] | 2008-07-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR KE LY |
08NAIROBI192 | KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES [...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...] | 2008-01-17 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI2522 | The "One-Two" Punch to Kenya's Economy [...] (SBU) Still recovering from the blow of post-election violence, the Kenyan economy is now being hit by the global financial crisis. This "one-two" punch spells trouble for Kenya's economic prospects at least over the short-term. Indicators of less than optimal growth include declining remitta [...] | 2008-10-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR KE |
08NAIROBI2605 | KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES [...] (SBU) GOK MOVES APACE ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS 2. (SBU) CIVAIR AUTHORITY RAMPING UP FOR FAA CATEGORY 1 3. (SBU) ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CONCEDES WEAKNESSES 4. (SBU) KENYA RAILWAYS: STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON TRACK 5. (SBU) MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS SUGGEST SLUGGISH GROWTH 6. (SB [...] | 2008-11-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR EAIR ASEC |
08NAIROBI2715 | KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: LATE NOV/EARLY DEC '08 [...] (SBU) CENTRAL BANK PREPS FOR ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 2. (SBU) DEMAND FOR KENYAN TEA FALLS SHARPLY 3. (SBU) TEA WORKERS GET PAY HIKE; GOK FORMS LABOR BOARD 4. (SBU) INTERPOL-KWS MAKE PROGRESS ON POACHING 5. (SBU) PM CONTINUES PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT 6. (SBU) CORRUPTION: FORMER FINANCE [...] | 2008-12-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR |
08NAIROBI2722 | NO SALES OF KENYAN RUBIES TO BURMA [...] Summary: According to three senior Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources officials, Kenya does not export rubies to Burma. End Summary. 2. In separate December 4 meetings with Kenya's Commissioner of Mines and Geology Lojomon Biwott, acting Chief Geologist Shadrack Kimomo, and Ward [...] | 2008-12-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EMIN ECON PREL PGOV EFIN BM KE |
08NAIROBI2872 | KENYA'S STAGNATING ECONOMY [...] (U) Economic growth registered 2.1 percent in the third quarter, falling over one percent from the second quarter rate of 3.4 percent. Continuing double-digit inflation (particularly for food and fuel),declining agricultural production, and a struggling tourist sector (still recovering from [...] | 2008-12-24 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
08NAIROBI353 | KENYA: PRIVATE SECTOR SAYS THE ECONOMY WILL SHRINK IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The private sector is warning that the Kenyan economy will likely shrink in 2008, having already lost tens of billions of shillings in January, and with losses that could reach Ksh260 billion (over $4 billion) and 500,000 jobs in the first half of the year. Claims by Government [...] | 2008-02-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
08NAIROBI355 | KENYA: GOVERNMENT BORROWING AND COSTS WILL RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Kenya (GOK) officials are trying to maintain confidence and prevent financial panic by claiming the current crisis will be short-lived and thus will not have a major impact on the GOK's revenue, spending, borrowing, or interest rates. However, the bids at the Janu [...] | 2008-02-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI383 | KENYAN CEOS CALL FOR PEACE, RECONCILIATION, REFORMS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 300 CEOs from firms employing 12 million Kenyans met on February 5 to issue a strong statement on the need for peace, security, reconciliation, reconstruction, and reform for Kofi Annan to deliver to Government-ODM negotiators. Although the final text (para 8) of the CEO su [...] | 2008-02-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
08NAIROBI414 | KENYA INFLATION ACCELERATES IN 2008 [...] Summary: Inflation in Kenya fell in the last quarter of 2007 and dropped to 9.76% for the year as a whole. Unfortunately, the violence that erupted after the December 27 election is undoing these gains. The unrest blocked or hindered transportation across the country, creating scarcities and [...] | 2008-02-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI446 | Somalia - Tour d'Horizon with the Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia's Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein offered his perspectives on establishing security in Mogadishu, reconciliation, training troops, selecting ministers, and focusing on transitional tasks during a February 8 lunch meeting. The Prime Minister reviewed many of the same [...] | 2008-02-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SO |
08NAIROBI447 | KENYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TOO OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan newspapers disregarded the sugar-coating in Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndung'u's claims that the impact of post-election violence would most likely be confined to the first quarter. They highlighted his admissions that there could be a major slowdown, th [...] | 2008-02-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EINV KE |
08NAIROBI493 | KENYA: PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION [...] The text of the U.S.-Kenya Partnership Presentation was first reported via reftel in January 2007. It is repeated below for your information. In preparing the Secretary for her trip to Nairobi on Monday, the presentation serves as a reminder that, the current political crisis notwithstandin [...] | 2008-02-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI507 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] KENYA DOES NOT HAVE ANY FACILITIES OR RESOURCES THAT WOULD FIT THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES (CI/KR) VITAL TO THE U.S. AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF REFTEL. 2. KENYA DOES NOT HAVE AN INTEGRATED NATIONAL PLAN FOR PROTECTION OF CI/KR. THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS [...] | 2008-02-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KE PTER EAGER |
08NAIROBI531 | CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] | 2008-02-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI532 | CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] | 2008-02-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI581 | KENYA: WARY INVESTORS PREFER SHORT TERM GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Confronted by insufficient demand for five-year bonds in the February 14 auction from investors deterred by political uncertainty and fears of rising inflation, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shifted its strategy and offered a Ksh7 billion bond (over $100 million) with a choice of on [...] | 2008-02-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI656 | KENYA CHANGES ITS BUDGET PRIORITIES AND TIGHTENS ITS BELT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is appropriately making plans to shift its budget focus to reconstruction and recovery in the wake of the post-electoral political crisis and resulting civil unrest. Enormous resources will be required, with over $14.3 million already set aside initi [...] | 2008-03-06 12:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI762 | KENYA: SAFARICOM IPO GETS GREEN LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: With all elements of the new Kenyan coalition government in agreement, Kenya's Minister of Finance has given the green light for the launch on March 28 of the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the country's history. The government will sell to the public $770 million in [...] | 2008-03-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI855 | KENYA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND EMERGENCY SOCIAL AND [...] Summary: On March 17, 2005, the Grand Coalition Government of Kenya (GCG) unveiled the National Reconciliation and Emergency Social and Economic Recovery Strategy. This strategy paper, which has been transmitted as an e-mail attachment to State/AF/E and USAID/AFR/EA, presents actions that the [...] | 2008-03-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI857 | MISSION KENYA RESPONSE ON PROPOSED OPIC FINANCING - GEF [...] U.S. Mission Kenya appreciates having the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed loan guaranty for a $150 million private equity fund entitled the "GEF African Consumer Fund." As ref A explains, the fund will provide investment capital for established, high growth companies involved in the [...] | 2008-03-31 03:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI970 | KENYA CRISIS AFTERMATH: INFLATION SOARS, CONSUMERS AND [...] (U) Summary: Driven mainly by food prices, seasonally adjusted overall annual inflation in Kenya rose to a record 12% in March, and underlying inflation continued to rise well above the target ceiling rate of 5%. Food prices rose 4.3% from February to March alone, as the aftermath of the crisi [...] | 2008-04-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ENRG KE |
08NAPLES37 | ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY II: HOW ORGANIZED CRIME DISTORTS [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three-part series; this message examines the economic dimension of organized crime in Southern Italy. According to a recent study, organized crime is the biggest individual segment of the Italian economy, accounting for seven percent of GDP. Wherever it occurs, [...] | 2008-06-06 10:50:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM SENV SNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR IT |
08NASSAU630 | BAHAMAS UNPREPARED TO DISCUSS SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points and asked newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, for GCOB impressions of the draft Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain, September 2. PS Rodgers did not appear briefed on the summit or the [...] | 2008-09-03 18:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRC PGOV PREL BF |
08NASSAU803 | Bahamas Avoids Increased Florida Sales Tax [...] Bahamian businesspersons were relieved after the proposal to repeal Florida's exemption to the six percent export sales tax failed to make it on the November 20 election ballot. The Bahamas imports 84% of its goods and products from the U.S., the majority of which come from Florida. Florida' [...] | 2008-11-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD BF |
08NASSAU832 | HOTEL LAYOFFS CONTINUE AS TOURIST ARRIVALS REMAIN LOW [...] (U) Summary: Tourism levels in The Bahamas have dropped to near post-9/11 levels and led to a wave of layoffs in well-paying hotels jobs - some 800 positions at the premiere, U.S.-owned Atlantis Resorts in Nassau two weeks ago and another 150 terminated at other hotels since then. With the e [...] | 2008-11-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB BF |
08NASSAU861 | PM INGRAHAM CALLS PETROCARIBE A "STUPID PROPOSAL" [...] (U) At a &meet the press8 event on November 30 Prime Minister Ingraham called signing onto the PetroCaribe accord with Venezuela a &stupid proposal.8 The PM stated the opposition PLP nearly signed onto Petrocaribe last year without fully understanding the ramifications the proposal would hav [...] | 2008-12-08 22:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL BF |
08NASSAU872 | Bahamas and the EU Economic Partnership Agreement - impact [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 10. 2. Summary: The Bahamas recently joined the Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM) in signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Opponents argued, with some reason, that not even the Bahamian government (GCOB) f [...] | 2008-12-15 14:33:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BF |
08NASSAU897 | TRIP REPORT FOR FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS DECEMBER 10-11, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ/PD Chief traveled to Freeport, The Bahamas December 10-11 to attend the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Stakeholders Consultation and meet with local Island Administrators, representatives of the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, the CEO of Hutchinson Container Port, and [...] | 2008-12-18 21:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN EAIR ECON BF |
08NDJAMENA162 | Petroleum in Chad: Business as Usual [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Government's full attention focused on security, representatives of the Esso (ExxonMobil)led Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline consortium, report "business as usual" in the petroleum sector with minimal friction with governmental authorities. Both Chinese and Taiwanese oil sec [...] | 2008-04-16 17:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CD |
08NDJAMENA238 | CHAD RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China's engagement with Chad has focused on responding to a variety of needs expressed by the Chadian government. Among the focus areas of Sino-Chadian cooperation are social services, energy, infrastructure, and military assistan [...] | 2008-05-29 17:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL CD |
08NDJAMENA248 | THE FIRST 30 DAYS: CHAD'S NEW "GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) In its first month in office, Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas's new "government of National reconciliation" has brought key former opposition figures into the cabinet; welcomed the reformed opposition coalition back to participation in the electoral reform process; seen the Commissio [...] | 2008-06-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EFIN ECON SU LY CD |
08NDJAMENA279 | CHAD: AGOA DELEGATION INFORMATION [...] (U) According to the Chadian Ministry of Commerce, Chad's delegation to the AGOA forum is as follows: - Mr. Mahamat Abdoulaye Mahama, Minister of Commerce - Mr. Djimadoumbaye Madibaye, Director of Commerce - Mr. Daouda Tabanda, Advisor to the Minister of Commerce - Mr. Mahamat Saleh Al-Khali [...] | 2008-07-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENIV EFIN ETRD CD |
08NDJAMENA288 | HARD TIMES: CHAD NEEDS USG HELP TO MEND FENCES [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 15. ------------ Summary: ------------ 2. (SBU) Chad's new Prime Minister believes that the World Bank already has unfairly and unilaterally decided at the highest level to end its relationship with Chad in the petroleum sector, which would be [...] | 2008-07-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN IMF IBRD EPET ETRD CD |
08NDJAMENA374 | CHAD AND THE WORLD BANK AGREE TO TRY A RENEWED [...] (SBU) THE VISIT TO CHAD AUGUST 24-25 OF WORLD BANK VP FOR AFRICA OBIAGELI ESEKWESILI APPEARS TO HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN CHAD AND THE BANK, AFTER AN ESTRANGEMENT OF SOME SIX MONTHS, BUT IT WILL COST CHAD SOME USDOLS 60-70 MILLION IN EARLY DEBT REPAYMENT, WHICH WILL [...] | 2008-08-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IBRD ETRD EPET IMF PGOV CM CD |
08NDJAMENA381 | CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008 [...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...] | 2008-09-02 17:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD |
08NDJAMENA431 | CHAD'S CONFUSED FINANCES [...] (C) Summary. IMF and Chad are on the verge of agreeing to an interim program that should lead back to a regular formal monitoring program in 2009. IMF rep Karangwa said new Finance Minister Ngoulou has the talent for the job, but is unproven in the rough and tumble politics of Chad's money mana [...] | 2008-09-23 08:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON CD |
08NDJAMENA509 | IMF DELEGATION TO VISIT CHAD AS "STAFF MONITORED [...] (SBU) IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH KARANGWA TOLD AMBASSADOR OCTOBER 30 THAT THE IFI WILL SEND AN "OVERSIGHT DELEGATION" TO CHAD EARLY NEXT MONTH EVEN THOUGH THE FUND'S AMBITIOUS PLAN TO PUT CHAD ON A "STAFF MANAGED PROGRAM" FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2008 HAS FAILED. THE REASON FOR THE FA [...] | 2008-10-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IMF IBRD MASS US CD |
08NDJAMENA519 | WORLD BANK ENDS CHAD VISIT ON HIGH NOTE, POINTING TOWARD [...] (SBU) The World Bank delegation finished its visit to Chad on a high note, if not the highest possible note, this week. In a presentation to the diplomatic corps November 7 by the GOC Ministers of Finance and Economy and the Bank delegation head, the visit was portrayed as "positive" and "co [...] | 2008-11-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EPET IBRD UN IMF PGOV FR CD |
08NDJAMENA534 | IMF DELEGATION IN NDJAMENA TO PURSUE THE FUND'S [...] (SBU) The head of the current visiting IMF delegation told the Ambassador Nov 12 that the visit was aimed at helping Chad get to the budgetary performance point at which the IMF could hope to put a Staff-Monitored Program in place. The IMF wanted to help Chad's public finance team craft a re [...] | 2008-11-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IMF PGOV PREL US IBRD MASS CD |
08NDJAMENA547 | IMF HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR CHAD, BUT INSISTS ON FISCAL [...] (SBU) The November 18 debrief to the diplomatic community by the visiting IMF delegation tracked what delegation head Sukhwinder Singh had told Ambassador earlier (Ref A). The IMF is trying to persuade the GoC to prepare and live within budgets that are sustainable without oil revenue, in m [...] | 2008-11-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IMF PGOV PREL US IBRD MASS CD |
08NDJAMENA95 | CHAD: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] Summary: Despite efforts by the World Bank and other donors to improve accountability and transparency in Chad's budget, the country's fiscal transparency has deteriorated since the last fiscal transparency report in 2003. End summary. 2. Chad's national budget is available in print but th [...] | 2008-03-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PGOV CD |
08NEWDELHI1049 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of APRIL 7-11, 2008, including the following items: -- INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BACK UP IN FEBRUARY -- INDIAN CIVIL AVIATION TO GET A REGULATOR BY OCTOBER 2008 -- INDIA LOSES $14.5 BILLION OF FOOD ANNUA [...] | 2008-04-11 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI1092 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of APRIL 7-11, 2008, including the following items: -- FOREIGN TRADE POLICY ANNUAL REVIEW FOCUSES ON FIGHTING INFLATION -- PM SKEPTICAL OF DEVELOPING BIOFUELS IN INDIA -- 787 DREAMLINER ORDER DELAYS IMPA [...] | 2008-04-17 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI1136 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 21-25, 2008, including the following items: -- INDIA SIGNS ON TO TAPI NATURAL GAS PIPELINE -- TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND WITH POWER SECRETARY RAZDAN -- FDI HITS RECOR [...] | 2008-04-25 10:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI1209 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 28 - May 2, 2008, including the following items: -- A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS? -- ADDITIONAL GOI 'ANTI-INFLATION' MEASURES INCLUDE EXPORT -- KV KAMATH IS NEW PRESIDENT OF CII FOR 20 [...] | 2008-05-02 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI1275 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 5-9, 2008, including the following items: -- GOVT MOVES ON DIVESTMENT PLANS -- GOVT BANS SOME MORE FUTURES TRADING -- CONTROVERSY OVER BIOTECH CROPS AND FOOD -- INDIA INCREASES FOOD GRAIN STOCKS - [...] | 2008-05-09 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1354 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 12-16, 2008, including the following items: -- EXIM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING FACILITY -- EXIM MEETS WITH INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE CO. -- INDUSTRIAL GROWTH MODERATES IN F [...] | 2008-05-16 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1398 | INDIA TO SUBMIT 1803 REPORT AFTER TAKING ACTION [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security Director Amandeep Singh Gill told poloffs May 21 that the Indian government would first complete implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) regarding Iran and then submit its UNSCR 1803 report. Gi [...] | 2008-05-22 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR IN |
08NEWDELHI1405 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 19-23, 2008, including the following items: -- CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA -- RUPEE'S RECENT DEPRECIATION -- INTERNET NETIZENS IN INDIA CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA ---------------------- [...] | 2008-05-23 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1441 | GOI TO SEND MINISTER, NOT MONEY, TO PARIS [...] (C/REL ACGU) SUMMARY: MEA Deputy Secretary (Afghanistan) Piyush Srivastava disclosed to Poloffs May 28 that the GOI will likely send a Minister level GOI representative to the June 12 International Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, corroborating what the Australian PolOff told Post at a May [...] | 2008-05-28 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF |
08NEWDELHI1479 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-30, 2008, including the following items: -- INDIAN GOVERNMENT RELAXES OVERSEAS BORROWING NORMS -- RETAIL REPORT DRAWS VARIED RESPONSES -- BANGALORE AIRPORT OPENS -- SLIGHT PROGRESS ON INDO-EU FT [...] | 2008-05-30 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1561 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 2-June 6, 2008, including the following items: -- ECB NORMS FOR SERVICES SECTOR LIBERALIZED -- ANTI-DUMPING DUTY REVIEW WORRIES SHRIMP EXPORTERS -- TRENDS IN INDIAN EXPORTS -- INDIA'S FY 2007-08 G [...] | 2008-06-06 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1578 | GOI TO SEND MINISTER SHARMA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF |
08NEWDELHI1638 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 9 to June 13, 2008, including the following items: -- RANBAXY FOUNDING FAMILY SELLS INTEREST TO DAIICHI SANKYO -- INDIA FACES HIGHER FERTILIZER COSTS AND SUBSIDIES AS GOI ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY - [...] | 2008-06-13 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1712 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 16 to June 20, 2008, including the following items: -- INFLATION CROSSES DOUBLE-DIGIT MARK -- UPDATE ON THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR -- NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS OFF WITH ROBUST TAX REVENUES -- [...] | 2008-06-20 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1783 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 23 to June 27, 2008, including the following: -- RBI USING RESERVES TO STEM RUPEE DEPRECIATION -- ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MANDATE FOR REGIONAL RURAL BANKS AND COOPERATIVE BANKS -- INDIA SIGNS FOUR E [...] | 2008-06-27 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI1845 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 30 to July 3, 2008, including the following: -- INDIA AND JAPAN INK CURRENCY SWAP DEAL -- DRAFT CCI REGULATIONS EXCLUDE SMALL MERGERS -- INDIAN DOMESTIC CARRIERS FORCED TO INCREASE AIR FARES -- NEW [...] | 2008-07-03 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP |
08NEWDELHI189 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 14-18, 2008. VERIZON RECEIVES LONG DISTANCE LICENSES ------------------ 2. (SBU) U.S. Telecom company Verizon Business announced on January 9, 2008 that India's Ministry of Communications a [...] | 2008-01-18 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI2021 | IPI GAS PIPELINE ON BACK BURNER; RETAIL REFINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan met with Econ Counselor Minister on July 22. Srinivasan said that IPI negotiations are "completely on the back burner." Concerning the proposed Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas [...] | 2008-07-24 05:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EFIN EINV EWWT EAGR PGOV PREL IN IR |
08NEWDELHI2048 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTFN EFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR IN |
08NEWDELHI2255 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 05:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KTFN PTER IR GM |
08NEWDELHI2277 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 18 to August 22, 2008, including the following: -- FINANCE MINISTRY ON LEGISLATION, FARM WAIVER PROGRAM -- INVESTMENT STILL GOING STRONG -- CABINET APPROVES HIGHER SALARIES FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE [...] | 2008-08-22 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR |
08NEWDELHI2334 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 25 to August 29, 2008, including the following: -- TAMIL NADU'S WIND POWER WOES CONTINUE -- FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES DECLINE -- ...AND ITS IMPACT ON EXPORTERS -- MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS HITTING NEW H [...] | 2008-08-29 09:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2356 | GOI DESIGNATES FINANCE SECRETARY SUBBARAO AS NEW RBI [...] (SBU) Summary: The government announced on September 1 that Finance Secretary Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao will be the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),replacing Y.V. Reddy, whose five-year tenure ends on September 5. He has strong experience in public finance, including as Secretary [...] | 2008-09-03 01:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2393 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 1 to September 5, 2008, including the following: -- NEW ROUND OF EU/INDIA FTA TALKS -- U.S.-INDIA COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR CONTINUES -- INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO POUR INTO TAMIL NADU -- [...] | 2008-09-05 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2455 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 8 to September 12, 2008, including the following: -- USTDA GRANT PROMOTES ENERGY SECURITY IN INDIA -- DOE DELEGATION FOLLOWS UP ON ENERGY DIALOGUE -- INDIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR REGISTERS SLU [...] | 2008-09-12 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2526 | COMMERCE A/S BOHIGIAN MEETS WITH MINISTRIES OF FINANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Department Assistant Secretary for Market Access David Bohigian met on September 8 with Ministry of Finance Revenue Secretary Bhide and Ministry of Commerce Joint Secretary Mukim to discuss US industry concerns on tariff and non-tariff barriers to US exports to India. B [...] | 2008-09-19 08:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2532 | INDIA RECEPTIVE TO NEW PAKISTAN TRADE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has responded appreciatively to the expanded positive list of permissible trade with India that Pakistan announced in July, while Indian industry has also indicated receptivity to new trade opportunities, seeing a "new breed" of Pakistani [...] | 2008-09-19 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2533 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 15 to September 19, 2008, including the following: -- INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BACK UP IN JULY -- NORMAL MONSOON GOOD FOR AGRICULTURE -- FOREIGN FIRMS NEEDED FOR MEGA POWER -- AHEAD OF US VISIT, PM [...] | 2008-09-19 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2554 | MOBILE BANKING PROMISES FINANCIAL INCLUSION BUT REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Two means to financial inclusion in India -- business correspondents and mobile banking -- have been slow to take hold, hampered by rules from India's cautious central bank (see reftel). Though the central bank allowed the business correspondents model -- where intermediaries [...] | 2008-09-22 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2567 | GOI CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS TO OFFER AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 02:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS IN |
08NEWDELHI2575 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 22 to September 25, 2008, including the following: -- RBI EASES ECB NORMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE -- RBI EASES FOREIGN FUND RAISING RULES -- GOI CLEARS 18 NEW SEZ PROPOSALS -- ITALIAN FIRM EXECUTI [...] | 2008-09-25 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI26 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 4, 2008. CENTER APPEARS TO WAFFLE ON GOA SEZ BAN --------------- 2. (U) In the face of protests that threatened tourism-dependent Goa, Congress-ruled Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat announ [...] | 2008-01-04 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI262 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 21-25, 2008. LITTLE PROGRESS WITH EU/Indian FTA ------------------ 2. (SBU) EC Trade Counselor Bermejo Acosta told Econ Counselor that progress on EU/Indian FTA negotiations remains slow. O [...] | 2008-01-25 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI2645 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 29 to October 3, 2008, including the following: -- MOCI PROPOSES EXPANSION OF FDI IN RETAIL -- NEW MANUFACTURING POLICY IDEAS - MOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION? -- TWO LARGE RAILWAY PROJECTS WITH US [...] | 2008-10-03 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2652 | RETAIL BANKING SEES MODEST INCREASE IN RISK PROFILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Retail banking has grown quickly over the past few years and has expanded into higher risk areas like credit cards and unsecured personal loans. Retail banking assets nevertheless remain heavily concentrated in safer home loans, which have high collateral, often have a close ti [...] | 2008-10-06 07:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2666 | RAJASTHAN GETTING BACK TO BASICS [...] (SBU) Summary: An economic reporting trip to Jaipur and Udaipur Rajasthan the week of September 23-25 revealed a high level of dynamism and engagement in the state bureaucracy surrounding a number of programs geared to "get the basics right" in infrastructure, education, and service delivery. [...] | 2008-10-07 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2671 | U.S. TREASURY AND GOI DISCUSS PROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9-11, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien met with GOI and banking officials in Delhi and Mumbai to discuss the following: (a) international efforts to counter the illicit financial and commercial activities of Iran [...] | 2008-10-07 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KTFN ECON EFIN PREL PINR PTER IR IN |
08NEWDELHI2672 | INDIA AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC ECON ETRD KNNP PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2690 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 6 to October 10, 2008, including the following: -- India Drafts Legislation to Protect Trade Secrets -- Foreign Workers Now Face Obligatory Pension Contributions -- Trading Commerce, Not Fire At [...] | 2008-10-10 07:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI27 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 4, 2008. CENTER APPEARS TO WAFFLE ON GOA SEZ BAN --------------- 2. (U) In the face of protests that threatened tourism-dependent Goa, Congress-ruled Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat announ [...] | 2008-01-04 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI2735 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 13 to October 17, 2008, including the following: -- Chidambaram Still Eager for Reforms as Parliament Opens -- Industrial Production Index Drops, Other Data Positive -- Eastern India Feeling Pinc [...] | 2008-10-17 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2777 | OPIC-SPONSORED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN INDIA [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input into proposed OPIC support of Virgin Green Emerging Markets Fund. First, Post notes that OPIC's investment objective of generating long-term capital and providing capital in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors is highly co [...] | 2008-10-23 07:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2781 | RESURGENT RAJASTHAN: EFFORTS TO PUT THE STATE ON INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: An economic reporting trip to bellwether state, Rajasthan, in late September, indicated strong government implementation of infrastructural and educational improvements (reftel A). The trip also demonstrated that the Government of Rajasthan's efforts to attract new manufacturing [...] | 2008-10-23 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV IN |
08NEWDELHI2795 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 20 to October 24, 2008, including the following: -- MOF SECRETARY ON FINANCIAL CRISIS -- CHIDAMBARAM PRAISES USAID FISCAL REFORM PROGRAM -- SHIPPING INDUSTRY BRAVES THE SLOW DOWN -- TRADE OPENS [...] | 2008-10-24 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2825 | INDIA AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN ECON IN |
08NEWDELHI2826 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 27 to October 31, 2008, including the following: -- CHINESE SLOWDOWN HITS KARNATAKA -- JBIC TO FUND THE WESTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CHINESE SLOWDOWN HITS KARNATAKA ----------------- [...] | 2008-10-31 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2879 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 3 to November 7, 2008, including the following: -- IMF Lowers World, Indian Growth -- Jet Airways Serves Notice to Expat Pilots -- GE Commercial Air Services Files for Repossession of Kingfisher [...] | 2008-11-07 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP |
08NEWDELHI2906 | MENON OUTLINES VIEWS ON CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Foreign Secretary Menon in a November 10 meeting about India's timetable for next steps in implementing the civil nuclear agreement. Menon said that a GOI legal review of the draft texts of diplomatic notes that would bring the agreement into force would be [...] | 2008-11-12 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ENRG EFIN IN |
08NEWDELHI2909 | INDIA G-20 SUMMIT GOALS: SECURING A VOICE IN GO-SLOW REFORM [...] (SBU) Since President Bush's invitation to participate in the G-20 Summit on November 15, India has gone into idea gathering mode - soliciting input from industrialists and think tanks, but mainly looking to a core set of government economic advisers, including summit Sherpa Montek Singh Ahluw [...] | 2008-11-12 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI291 | ITC'S GRADUAL, BACK-END RETAIL MODEL WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the recent backlash against organized retailers and subsequent re-evaluation of business models for some players in the industry (reftels),established players such as the conglomerate Indian Tobacco Company (ITC) are more optimistic about their prospects in the fresh pr [...] | 2008-01-29 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PGOV |
08NEWDELHI2924 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 10 to November 14, 2008, including the following: -- PM Singh Comments on His Plans for G-20 Summit -- Inflation Rate Drops to Single Digits -- Private Carriers Protest Their Exclusion Under GOI [...] | 2008-11-14 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08NEWDELHI2943 | PROPOSED SUPPORT TO HUSK POWER SERVICES IN BIHAR, INDIA [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input into proposed OPIC support of Husk Power Services ("HPS") for the construction and operation of a rice husk waste-to-energy project in rural villages of India. Kolkata EconFSN spoke with Gyanesh Pandey, one of three co-founders of Husk [...] | 2008-11-18 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2944 | INITIAL POST-SUMMIT GOI REMARKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh and Finance Minister Chidambaram have made positive remarks in their early days back from the G-20 Summit held November 14-15, while Commerce Minister Nath has made some unhelpful - but not uncharacteristic - protectionist references. Singh and Chidambaram [...] | 2008-11-18 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2962 | MUMBAI ASSESSES THE MARKETS, EXPECTS MORE RBI MOVES [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings in Mumbai on November 14-15, Mumbai financial and market analysts shared their views on liquidity conditions and their expectations for further monetary actions with Econoffs from New Delhi and Mumbai. They also conveyed a "wait and see" approach to re-entering Ind [...] | 2008-11-20 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2972 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 17 to November 21, 2008, including the following: -- Further Delays in India-EU FTA -- National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Projects in Jeopardy -- PM and Sonia on Crisis -- Private Pensi [...] | 2008-11-21 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08NEWDELHI2995 | INDIA'S ECONOMY: INVESTMENT COULD BE HARDEST HIT, [...] (SBU) Summary. As economists the world over grapple with the specter of a significant global slowdown, several groups in India have downgraded their GDP growth projections for the current and next fiscal years, mainly on the expectation that slower world growth will cut export demand. However [...] | 2008-11-25 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI3012 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 24 to November 28, 2008, including the following: -- July-September GDP Growth Surprises at 7.6% -- Budget Session of Parliament Outlook -- GOI Restricts Steel Imports -- GOI Considering Curren [...] | 2008-11-28 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08NEWDELHI3072 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 1 to December 5, 2008, including the following: -- India's Fiscal Deficit Set to Worsen -- GOI Set to Announce a Fiscal Stimulus Package -- Mumbai Terror Attack Slows IT Business -- Macro Updat [...] | 2008-12-05 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08NEWDELHI3079 | KAIGE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT HALF CAPACITY BUT HIGH [...] Summary: (SBU) On 21 November U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chairman (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation, accompanied by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Director of Operations Mr. G. Nageswara Rao, toured the Kaiga Generating Station located in North Karnataka State. Kaiga supplies po [...] | 2008-12-08 07:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY EFIN EINV PREL BEXP SENV KGHG PARM KNNP IN |
08NEWDELHI3115 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN-INDIA JOINT VENTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR IN |
08NEWDELHI3138 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 8 to December 12, 2008, including the following: -- Macro Update -- Speculation on New Finance Minister -- World Bank to Address Infrastructure and Poverty -- India's Infrastructure Registers S [...] | 2008-12-12 10:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08NEWDELHI314 | CONTRACT FARMING HAS LIMITED USE THUS FAR FOR ORGANIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contract farming offers farmers a stable and profitable way to sell to agro-businesses, and is gaining popularity as a means of cutting out middlemen in the agricultural supply chain. A number of companies are successfully sourcing agricultural products directly from farmers f [...] | 2008-01-31 05:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL |
08NEWDELHI3177 | INDIA STIMULUS PACKAGE AND MORE MONETARY EASING: CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary. The government on December 7 announced a fiscal stimulus package, in step with global calls for boosting consumer demand, while the central bank announced lower interest rates and other steps aimed at helping those sectors hardest hit by the financial crunch. The stimulus pack [...] | 2008-12-17 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI3195 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 15 to December 19, 2008, including the following: -- GOI Banking on Infrastructure Projects to Revive Faltering Economy -- Telecom Regulator Seeks Clarity on 3G Policy -- Bail-out Package for A [...] | 2008-12-19 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08NEWDELHI3232 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 05:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IN IR KNNP PARM |
08NEWDELHI333 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 28 - February 1, 2008. CARREFOUR COMING TO INDIA -------------------- 2. (U) French retail giant Carrefour, after several abortive attempts to reach a deal with an Indian partner over the pa [...] | 2008-02-01 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI425 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 4-8, 2008. WTO SIDES WITH INDIA ON WINE TAXES ------------- 2. (U) The Business Standard reported Thursday that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute-settlement panel dismissed the Unit [...] | 2008-02-08 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI499 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 11-15, 2008. FURTHER DE-RESERVATION OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY ITEMS ----------------- 2. (U) Continuing its steady reform process to increase the competitiveness of the Indian industry, the [...] | 2008-02-15 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI573 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 18-22, 2008. BIOTECH COTTON INCREASES FARMER INCOME ----------- 2. (U) The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications reports that biotech crops are gaining gr [...] | 2008-02-22 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI612 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] On February 25, 2008, Mission delivered the letter from USTR Schwab to Minister of Commerce Nath on the WTO DDA negotiations on environmental goods and services to GOI Ministry of Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath via cover letter from Ambassador Mulford. Deputy Ecouns will follow up [...] | 2008-02-27 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI644 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 25-29, 2008. ANOTHER BUDGET THAT PROMISES MUCH, BUT FUNDS LITTLE, POPULISM ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Chidambaram presented to Parliament on February 29 t [...] | 2008-02-29 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI721 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 3-7, 2008. REACTIONS TO GOI BUDGET MIXED AMONG AMERICAN COMPANIES IN SOUTH INDIA ------------- 2. (SBU) The announcement of the GOI's budget on February 29 drew mixed reactions from some U.S [...] | 2008-03-07 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI734 | INDIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET RISES MODERATELY, BUT PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The UPA government in its 2008-09 budget presented on February 29 increased its defense spending by 10% to Rs 1056 billion ($ 26.4 billion) from a budgeted Rs 960 billion ($24 billion) for FY 2007-08 and 14% compared to the actual spending for FY 2007-08. The budget seeks to est [...] | 2008-03-11 08:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL MARR IN |
08NEWDELHI735 | ELECTION YEAR BUDGET: MINORITIES GET THEIR SHARE [...] (SBU) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) budget announced last week doubled government spending on minorities (read Muslims) from roughly USD 125M to over USD 250M (reftel) for fiscal year 2008-2009. The Muslim vote bank used to be one of the most reliable in the Congress Party's tradition [...] | 2008-03-11 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL ECON EFIN IN |
08NEWDELHI776 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 10-14, 2008. AIRPORT STRIKE ENDS --- 2. (U) What started two days back as a non-cooperation movement by Airport Authority of India (AAI) workers to protest against closure of the Hyderabad and [...] | 2008-03-14 09:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI832 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 17-20, 2008. INDIA PLANS THIRD YEAR OF GRAIN PURCHASES ------------------ 2. (U) The growing demand for wheat in India has contributed to a global price increase of the crop, which has more th [...] | 2008-03-20 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI902 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 24-28, 2008. UNSEASONABLE RAIN LEAVES SOUTH REELING ------------------ 2. (U) A spate of unseasonable rains from March 19 to 24 caused 79 deaths and significant economic damage across South Ind [...] | 2008-03-28 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI95 | RELIANCE SLOWING DOWN ITS RETAIL ROLLOUT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliance has ambitious plans to develop a comprehensive "farm to fork" supply chain that will support its front-end organized retail venture, but establishing solid backward linkages to the agricultural sector will take time and recent protests against it may require the compan [...] | 2008-01-11 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL |
08NEWDELHI96 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 7-11, 2008. FORD PLANS USD 500 MILLION UPGRADE TO ITS CHENNAI PLANT ----------------- 2. (SBU) Ford India announced on January 8 that it will invest USD 500 million in its Chennai production [...] | 2008-01-11 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI982 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 31-April 3, 2008, including the following items: --MCDONALD'S OPENS ITS FIRST OUTLET IN CHENNAI --WIPRO RAMPS UP CHENNAI OPERATIONS --GOA TO HAVE LARGEST OFFSHORE CASINO --PLANNING COMMISSION'S FOC [...] | 2008-04-03 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
08NIAMEY1178 | DELIVERY OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] On December 24, Embassy Niamey provided subject demarche, in both French and English, along with the Department of State and Department of Treasury press releases pertaining to the designation of additional Iranian entities under E.O. 13382, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Direc [...] | 2008-12-24 11:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM KNNP UN US IR NG |
08NIAMEY1181 | GOVT OF NIGER FY09 BUDGET INCREASES 28 PERCENT [...] Summary: On Friday, November 14, 2008, the National Assembly approved the Government of Niger's proposed budget of USD 1.532 billion for 2009, representing an increase of 28.41 percent over the 2008 budget and including significant additional spending for capital projects. The 2009 budget in [...] | 2008-12-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ETRD EAID NG |
08NIAMEY334 | NIGER: SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF MCA THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] Summary. The March 17, 2008, signing ceremony to launch a US$ 23 million Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold Program for Niger was a huge success. USAID/WA Director Henderson Patrick and GON Finance Minister Lamine Zeine signed the agreement; MCC Deputy CEO Rodney Bent and Ambassador [...] | 2008-03-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD NG |
08NIAMEY452 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN NIGER [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 14, the Chinese Ambassador to Niger gave an interview to the Nigerien weekly newspaper "La Griffe" (The Claw). In the article he summarized China's aid projects in Niger. He stated that Chinese aid to Niger was given "without selfishness and without conditions." The Ch [...] | 2008-04-29 13:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECPS EMIN EPET EAID EFIN MARR SENV TRGY |
08NICOSIA103 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS LEBANON, BUT WON'T ISSUE PUBLIC [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to request urgent Cypriot support for Lebanon and to urge the RoC to condemn publicly Iran and Syria's interference there. In response, Dionysiou promised to forward to appropriate MFA officials our sp [...] | 2008-02-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV CY |
08NICOSIA298 | CYPRIOT RESPONSE FORTHCOMING ON IRAN SANCTIONS / [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY CY |
08NICOSIA32 | CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...] | 2008-01-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
08NICOSIA447 | CYPRUS: Global Economic Turmoil Takes its Toll [...] (SBU) Summary. Rising oil and food prices and the global economic turmoil is finally taking its toll on Cyprus. Cyprus is going to have to live with slower growth rates (albeit, still double that of the EU average),and to forget about fiscal surpluses. However, the main threat is inflation, [...] | 2008-06-13 08:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA499 | CYPRUS: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (C) Per reftel, on July 1 Post delivered demarche on UNSCR sanctions against Iran Shipping Lines to Alexandros Zenon, Permananet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also sent copies to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications; Christos Patsalides, Permanen [...] | 2008-07-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PINR PREL KNNP CY |
08NICOSIA510 | INFLATION CONCERNS OF CYPRUS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 06:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA614 | CYPRUS DOES NOT SUPPORT DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer, Attach Dionysis Dionysiou, regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 on July 25. Dionysiou said that the GOC is currently discussing the designation of additional Iranian [...] | 2008-07-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN PARM CY |
08NICOSIA621 | THE PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE IN A REUNITED [...] (SBU) Summary. Thirty-four years of separation have created two distinct economies on Cyprus. The ROC is fully integrated into the global trading system and the EU, and enjoys a relatively high level of human capital. The north, primarily because of the policies (both G/C and T/C) that isola [...] | 2008-07-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA70 | CYPRIOT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy Nicosia's assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources on Cyprus which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Embassy responses are keyed in Reftel order. 2. (SBU) Reftel Pa [...] | 2008-01-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA712 | USG PROVIDES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING, C-T ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) The following is a Department of Treasury-drafted message transmitted from Embassy Nicosia. 2. (SBU) Responding to a July 2008 Embassy Nicosia request, two advisors from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) Financial Enforcement Team visited Nicosia Au [...] | 2008-09-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KCRM ETER CY |
08NICOSIA759 | CYPRUS' ECONOMY STILL STRONG, THANKS TO RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said Cyprus continues to enjoy solid economic growth and a positive economic outlook, but that "it can't go on forever." During Ambassador Urbancic's September 22 introductory call, the Minister noted that Cyprus has "almost zero" exposure to the prob [...] | 2008-09-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA763 | CYPRIOT BANKS REDUCING US RISK EXPOSURE [...] (SBU) In response to the upheaval in US markets, Cypriot financial institutions are taking a very conservative approach to risk management and reassessing their financial exposure to US financial firms. Most seriously, on September 17 the Bank of Cyprus, the country's largest bank, issued inst [...] | 2008-09-24 13:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CY |
08NICOSIA77 | "TRNC" ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING EFFORTS SLOWLY ADVANCE [...] (SBU) On January 23-24, another in a series of EU-sponsored seminars on anti-money laundering and financial sector reform was held in the "TRNC." Unlike the previous meeting held in September (reftel,) only one expert came from abroad to provide comments on the recently-passed "TRNC" anti-mone [...] | 2008-01-31 10:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETER CY |
08NICOSIA814 | CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger losses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country's economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, f [...] | 2008-10-10 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL RU CY |
08NICOSIA874 | CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger loses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country,s economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, fo [...] | 2008-11-04 09:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL RU CY |
08NICOSIA88 | CYPRUS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO EURO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By all accounts, Cyprus has managed the transition to the Euro quite successfully. The smooth changeover is being used by the incumbent government in the current presidential election campaign as an example of its sound economic governance. The only problem, covered extensivel [...] | 2008-02-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EUN CY |
08NICOSIA932 | CYPRUS: DEALING WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus continues to enjoy economic stability, even in the face of ongoing global financial turmoil. This prosperity will come under pressure in 2009, as construction and tourism slow in the face of reduced foreign demand. Against this background, the GOC announced an assistan [...] | 2008-11-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CY |
08NICOSIA937 | PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE: CYPRUS RECEPTIVE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IMF CY PK |
08NICOSIA966 | CYPRUS PREFERS NEW TIMING OF PAKISTAN DONORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IMF CY PK |
08NICOSIA997 | CYPRUS: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 10:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR CY |
08NOUAKCHOTT403 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT639 | EXPANDING MINING OPERATIONS THREATENED BY THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: EconOff recently visited SNIM's iron ore mining operations in northern Mauritania. After many years of low prices for iron ore, higher prices in recent years have led SNIM to develop new projects to increase production. SNIM has two projects that it is developing on its own as w [...] | 2008-11-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER EMIN MR |
08OSAKAKOBE110 | KANSAI ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: CONCERNS OF FLAGGING [...] (SBU) Summary. The impact of rising commodity prices on consumer sentiment is the biggest threat facing the Kansai economy, according to a top official at the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan. Meeting with EMIN May 23, BOJ Osaka Branch Deputy Director Kunio Matsuda said his greatest anxiety [...] | 2008-05-30 04:29:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
08OSLO130 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO |
08OSLO337 | NORWAY'S LIBERIA POVERTY REDUCTION PLANS AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable details the composition of the Norwegian delegation to the June 26-27 Liberia Poverty Reduction Forum in Berlin, as well as Norway's expected and prospective aid to Liberia. Norway does not plan to make any announcements of new aid pledges at the Forum. End Summary. [...] | 2008-06-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LI NO |
08OSLO385 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER IRAN SANCTIONS "HIGH PRIORITY" [...] (C) Poloff met with Martin Sorby, Deputy Director General of the Legal Affairs Division of the MFA, and Jo Hovik, his deputy, to deliver reftel demarche. Sorby pronounced the information "highly useful," and said that it will be transmitted to the relevant authorities in the Norwegian governm [...] | 2008-07-10 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08OSLO405 | NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jo Hovik, Advisor in the MFA section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Mr. Hovik assured Poloff that Norway would scrupulously comply with UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, and thanked us for our E.O. 13382 notification. WHITNEY [...] | 2008-07-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR NO |
08OSLO477 | NORWEGIANS FREEZE ASSETS OF ADDITIONAL UNSCR 1737 [...] (SBU) Poloff informed the legal department of the MFA of the E.O. 13382 designations contai ned in reftel. Assets of these entities have already been frozen by the GON. Jo Hoevik, Senior Advisor in the legal department, explained how Norwegian asset freeze provisions function. UNSCR 1737 is [...] | 2008-08-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN |
08OSLO532 | NORWAY UNLIKELY TO REPROGRAM FUNDS FOR KOSOVO DEBT [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Toril Langlete, Senior Advisor in the West Balkan section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. Langlete said it was highly unlikely that Norway would be able to reprogram funds for the Kosovo Debt Management Support Program (KDMSP). Norway has pledged 48.38 million Euro [...] | 2008-09-29 12:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV NO |
08OSLO549 | (S) NORWAY REBUFFS USG ON IRISL FREIGHT FORWARDER [...] (S) In responding to reftel points, XXXXXXXXXXXX, after discussing Norway´s overall compliance with all UN Iran sanctions, stated that there is "no legal foundation" under Norwegian law to give any kind of mandatory order to companies not on the UN Security Council lists associated with resoluti [...] | 2008-10-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL NO |
08OSLO559 | NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE: GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS NO |
08OSLO611 | OSLO - UPDATE ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN INTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN |
08OSLO635 | NORWEGIAN ECONOMY: STILL FLOATING, BUT ICEBERGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Norway's energetic economy receives waves of ill financial news. With slowing economic growth, decreasing energy prices hit the major oil and gas-producing nation particularly hard. The Pension Fund (Global),one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, has posted sign [...] | 2008-11-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NO |
08OSLO666 | NORWEGIANS HESITANT TO COMMIT ON PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Pakistan/Afghanistan section of the Norwegian MFA, a former ambassador to Pakistan, was unwilling to commit at this stage to high-level Norwegian participation or any promise of money for the Pakistan donors' conference we are proposing for January. Post believes [...] | 2008-12-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN NO |
08OSLO69 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KTFN NO |
08OTTAWA1115 | RESPONSES TO CANADA'S COMPETITION POLICY REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, the government-appointed Competition Policy Review Panel released its final report entitled &Compete to Win.8 The Panel was created in July of 2007 and tasked with reviewing Canada's competition and foreign investment policies in order to issue recommendations to the [...] | 2008-08-20 20:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CA |
08OTTAWA1243 | CANADA EYEING C$10 MILLION ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 16:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL |
08OTTAWA1245 | CANADIANS CONSIDERING U.S. IDEAS, INITIATIVES ON [...] (S/Rel CAN) Summary: Canadian officials are studying ref a demarche on engaging China on proliferation-related trade with Iran, but warn that Canadian action could be slowed by the government's current pre-election caretaker status. Officials expressed appreciation for ref b ideas for blockin [...] | 2008-09-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL EFIN KNNP PARM PINR IR XS CH CA |
08OTTAWA1257 | CANADA-EU TRADE PROPOSAL MAY RIVAL SCOPE OF NAFTA...OR NOT. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EIND EFIN ELAB CA EU |
08OTTAWA1343 | CANADA TO PLEDGE C$3 MILLION AT GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 17:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL |
08OTTAWA1362 | CANADA SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUMMIT [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada fully supports the November 15 Financial Markets and World Economy Summit, and is committed to market-based financial systems and liberalized trading markets, according to senior Canadian financial officials. Canada will work closely with the United States and the G-7 co [...] | 2008-10-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA ECON EFIN PREL |
08OTTAWA1372 | PSYCHOLOGY, REALITY AND INTEGRATION: CANADA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: How Canada fares in the global economic crisis will be measured as much by its integration with the U.S. economy as by Canada's own domestic economic policies. The bottom line is: Canada's solid economic policy management will only serve to mitigate the impact of the global fi [...] | 2008-10-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08OTTAWA1395 | CANADA: INFORMATION FOR SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL [...] (sbu) Ref a requests information regarding Canada's perspectives and concerns regarding the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy -- and also regarding the financial crisis' impact on Canada and government actions to address the crisis. Also per ref a, Econcouns John C [...] | 2008-10-31 13:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN |
08OTTAWA1421 | CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS AND HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED [...] (S) Summary. Robert Sample, Senior Project Leader, Financial Crimes, Finance Canada, said that Canada's current regulations regarding financial institutions' (FI's) transactions with Iranian entities are in line with USG and FATF recommendations and are quite onerous on Canadian institutions. [...] | 2008-11-06 21:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN CA |
08OTTAWA1446 | CANADA REITERATES DESIRE FOR G7 COORDINATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CA |
08OTTAWA1502 | Harper Government Gives Snapshot of Canada's Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative government's November 27 Economic and Fiscal Statement stated that Canada is well positioned to weather the uncertainty and risks arising from the global financial crisis. Finance Minister Flaherty said the health of Canadian banks and the financial positions o [...] | 2008-12-01 21:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND CA |
08OTTAWA151 | CANADIAN MONETARY POLICY: [...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Mark Carney begins a seven-year term as Governor of the Bank of Canada on Friday, February 1 (ref B). Carney, who gained his first degree at Harvard, is not a career central banker. He worked for merchant bank Goldman Sachs in various assignments for thirteen years p [...] | 2008-01-30 21:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CA |
08OTTAWA1510 | BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR ON G20 SUMMIT AND [...] (c) Summary: Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and Deputy Governor John Murray told DCM and EMIN in a November 28 meeting that Bank officials were pleased with the G-20 Summit statement of principles. Carney stated that the Summit had acknowledged the global financial system's failures, an [...] | 2008-12-03 16:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN CA ETRD PREL |
08OTTAWA1550 | CANADA PLANS TO ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 21:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PK EAID ECON EFIN IBRD CA |
08OTTAWA187 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 19:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | IZ KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CA |
08OTTAWA274 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER |
08OTTAWA283 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA |
08OTTAWA347 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 19:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EFIN ETTC IZ KTFN PREL PTER SY UNSC |
08OTTAWA36 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CA |
08OTTAWA498 | CANADA BLOCKS SALE OF ICONIC SPACE ASSETS TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. The Canadian government has decided to block the acquisition by an American company of the space business assets from MDA Corporation, including its space-based imaging satellite, Radarsat 2. The decision follows broad public concern over the sale, particularly over the potent [...] | 2008-04-10 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA |
08OTTAWA572 | CANADA ATTENDANCE AT PARIS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (sbu) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier will likely lead Canada's delegation to the June International Support Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, according to Richard Arbiter, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Acting Director for Policy and Advocacy on the Afghanistan [...] | 2008-04-24 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL |
08OTTAWA633 | CANADA AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 20:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CA EFIN KTFN KU PINR PREL PTER |
08OTTAWA634 | CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT REDUNDANCY OF G8 INITIATIVE [...] (U) On May 5 Econoff delivered reftel points to Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Beaulieu confirmed that Canada had received the proposal on April 10 and stated that Canada share the USG's concern regardin [...] | 2008-05-07 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PTER KTFN CA |
08OTTAWA638 | CANADA AND PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR AGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL |
08OTTAWA639 | CANADA AND PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 19:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL EINV |
08OTTAWA654 | CANADA'S 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 19:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC IR CA |
08OTTAWA657 | Direct investment in Canada: Window closes for ATK to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 30-day period (ref A) has ended during which U.S. defense firm Alliant Tech Systems (ATK) could have convinced Canada's Industry Ministry with additional information or proposals to approve its proposed acquisition of Canadian firm MDA's space business. As no appeal is allo [...] | 2008-05-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA |
08OTTAWA756 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK CA |
08OTTAWA821 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION AT LIBERIA POVERTY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN CA LI |
08OTTAWA85 | CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...] | 2008-01-15 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
08OTTAWA974 | CANADA INFORMED OF E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IR KNNP PARM KTFN CA |
08OUAGADOUGOU1042 | WAEMU WANTS THE TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (TIFA) TO [...] Summary: West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) commerce ministers met November 11-12 in Ouagadougou to discuss the U.S.-WAEMU Trade and Investment Agreement (TIFA). Member States adopted a work plan that would enhance WAEMU members' ability to benefit from African Growth and Opportu [...] | 2008-11-25 16:59:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN AGOA UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU1045 | BURKINA FASO: 2008-09 INSCR PART II MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Per reftel request, below is Part Two of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report concerning Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, submitted in narrative form. Embassy Ouagadougou will forward a copy of the most recently published submission via unclassified email to the addressees [...] | 2008-12-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU261 | GOBF APPOINTS NEW MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS; [...] (U) On March 23, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo adjusted his cabinet, starting with the removal from the Government of powerful Minister of Agriculture and Minister of State Salif Diallo, and ending with an addition to government of one newcomer (reftel). The former Minister of Environment, Laur [...] | 2008-04-07 07:33:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EAGR EFIN KDEM UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU348 | BURKINA FASO: UNIONS PLAN MAY 1 MARCH; MORE STRIKES MAY [...] (U) Key Points: -- On May 1, national union leaders in Ouagadougou and across the country will hold a march, followed by meetings and rallies, to commemorate International Labor Day and reinforce their protests against the rising cost of living and perceived Government (GOBF) inaction. -- [...] | 2008-04-30 14:35:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ECON PHUM EFIN UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU373 | A VIEW FROM BURKINA: FIRST AFRICA-INDIA SUMMIT REFLECTS [...] (U) Key Points: -- India hosted the first India-Africa Forum Summit April 8-9 in New Delhi, with 12 African heads of state or government in attendance, including Burkina Faso's Prime Minister. The African leaders represented the African Union (AU) and regional integration bodies or initiati [...] | 2008-05-05 07:31:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECIN ETRD EFIN UV XA IN CH |
08OUAGADOUGOU394 | BURKINA FASO: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO TOUT SAMANDENI DAM [...] Key Points: - In earl 2008, the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) annouced that it had secured financing for the long-aticipated Samandeni dam and that construction woud begin in 2009. With a projected storage capacity of 1,050 million cubic meters, the Samandeni would be Burkina Faso's thi [...] | 2008-05-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID SENV EFIN PGOV UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU395 | BURKINA FASO: LOCAL NGO REPORT SAYS CORRUPTION ON THE RISE [...] Key Points: -- NGO RENLAC's recently released anti-corruption report criticized the GOBF's lack of political will to address corruption, which it believes is worsening. -- Burkina Faso's ranking in Transparency International's (TI) 2007 Corruption Perception Index also suggest a worsening [...] | 2008-05-12 07:58:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID EFIN UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU424 | BURKINA FASO: GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST THE RISING COST OF [...] Key Points: - Burkinabe unions expressed satisfaction with their nationwide strike on May 13-15 to protest the rising cost of living. - Participation was light in most cities and there were no incidents of violence. Between 6-8,000 peacefully participated in a May 14 rally in Ouagadougou. [...] | 2008-05-19 17:04:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ECON EFIN PHUM PINS UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU493 | BURKINA FASO: ANTI-CORRUPTION HIGH AUTHORITY DELIVERS FINAL [...] On June 3, the Burkinabe Anti-Corruption High Authority (HACLC) submitted to Prime Minister Tertius Zongo its 2007 report on the status of corruption in Burkina Faso. The report was the fifth and last of its kind as the HACLC is merging with two other anti-corruption agencies to create the Aut [...] | 2008-06-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID EFIN UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU596 | BURKINA FASO SEEKS TO WIN BACK TITLE AS AFRICA'S TOP COTTON [...] Summary: During the 2007/2008 growing season, drought and localized flooding, coupled with a softening of world cotton prices, led to widespread dissatisfaction among cotton farmers and the subsequent defection of many producers to cereal production. To encourage cotton production, farmers are [...] | 2008-07-03 17:16:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON EAID EFIN PREL UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU653 | BURKINA FASO'S LONG ROAD TO LAND REFORM [...] Key Points: -- In September 2007, the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) finalized a draft national land reform policy that could eventually allow citizens in rural areas to obtain clear title to their land for the first time since Burkina Faso's independence in 1960. -- In recent months, t [...] | 2008-07-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON EAID EFIN PREL UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU733 | BURKINA FASO: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FUEL PRICE INCREASE [...] (U) Summary: On July 11, the Ministry of Commerce and SONABHY, the national oil company, announced increases in the retail price of gas by an average of nine percent. Local labor unions denounced the price hikes as "unbearable." Average consumers complained to reporters on the street, but se [...] | 2008-08-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELTN ENRG EPET PGOV UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU971 | PRIME MINISTER STRESSES FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION WITH DONORS [...] (C) Prime Minister Zongo met with the Chiefs of Mission from donor countries and organizations on October 16th and 17th. In a private session on the 16th, Zongo was extremely open in accepting criticism of his government's progress on key economic issues, and instructed select Ministers to mov [...] | 2008-10-20 15:29:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM UV |
08PANAMA103 | *PANAMA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CALLS FOR [...] (C) Asserting that Panama need "reinvention," Panamenista presidential nomination contender Marco Ameglio said he would call for a constitutional assembly (constituyente) during the first 18 months of his presidency to "redefine the republic." "Today, I am issuing a 20-month plan, not a 60-mon [...] | 2008-01-31 22:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ENRG ELAB SNAR KCRM PM |
08PANAMA125 | PANAMA: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 18:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY PM |
08PANAMA419 | GOP COOPERATES ON UN 1267 SANCTION COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 19:54:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL PM |
08PANAMA485 | TERRORISM FINANCE: RECENT PRE-NOTIFICATIONS AND [...] (S) Econoff delivered ref points and background information for the three reftels on June 10 to Delia Villamonte, Director General of International Organizations and Conferences. Leoncio Hernandez, the Foreign Ministry's Director of the Department of Analysis Against Terrorist Activity, was un [...] | 2008-06-12 17:51:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER PGOV KTFN UNSC PM |
08PANAMA515 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 22:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN UNSC PM |
08PANAMA534 | PANAMA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Below is Embassy Panama's input for the congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. The United States is aware of one case in which United States citizens have an outstanding claim again [...] | 2008-07-01 16:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC |
08PANAMA691 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) EconOff delivered demarche as per instructions in Reftel to the Director of International Organizations Delia Villamonte at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 20, 2008. Villamonte was aware of the Draft Declaration of Commitment for the upcoming Summit of the Americas. She noted h [...] | 2008-08-20 22:16:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM PGOV PREL |
08PANAMA827 | PANAMA,S BANKING SECTOR WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Panamanian bankers widely agree that Panama's financial sector, one of the largest in Latin America with 90 banks licensed and $63 billion in assets as of September 2008, has avoided the core cause of the global financial crisis - subprime mortgage instruments. Liquidity remai [...] | 2008-10-27 20:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PM EINV |
08PARAMARIBO111 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] (U) Per reftel, Post shared information with Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division, and Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on March 14, 2008. 2. (U) Post will report any reaction from the GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...] | 2008-03-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL NS |
08PARAMARIBO180 | SURINAME CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TELTING ON GSM-102 [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank Governor Andre Telting told the Ambassador he understands the U.S. government position is not to reduce or forgive portions of the outstanding GSM-102 debt. Given U.S. "inflexibility" on this issue, he will proceed first on negotiations on Brazilian debt, the only [...] | 2008-05-02 20:00:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL NS |
08PARAMARIBO234 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] (U) Per reftel, EconOff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Hubard had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the Government of Suriname. [...] | 2008-06-02 19:41:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR NS |
08PARAMARIBO313 | SURINAME DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname on 29 July as a diplomatic note requesting the Ministry's assistance in forwarding the information to the Office of the Attorney General and/or other appropriate government ministrie [...] | 2008-08-05 19:25:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
08PARAMARIBO34 | HOW TO RESOLVE THE LONGSTANDING ISSUE OF [...] (SBU) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: By his own account, in recent years Suriname's Central Bank Governor, Andre Telting, has made it a high priority to pay down Suriname's foreign debts through a combination of direct payments and/or successful negot [...] | 2008-01-30 19:26:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL NS |
08PARAMARIBO355 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel Post delivered demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname along with a dipnote requesting the Ministry's assistance in forwarding the information to the Office of the Attorney General and/or other appropriate government ministry. 2. (U) Post wil [...] | 2008-08-27 18:30:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN NS |
08PARAMARIBO42 | SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Post submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) has identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a key element in achieving sustainable development. In its 2006-2011 [...] | 2008-02-04 16:42:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS |
08PARIS1005 | SUDAN/CHAD: FRENCH WILL CONSIDER SANCTIONING FOUR [...] (C) GOF MFA Sudan desk officer Frederic Bouvier on May 28 said that the French would seriously consider joining us in seeking sanctions against the four individuals named in reftel. He said that the GOF would have to study reftel demarche before coming to a decision but he indicated that, a [...] | 2008-05-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU FR |
08PARIS1038 | UNMEE, CHAD/SUDAN, DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF/C/E DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that she understood that Belgium would draft a letter on behalf of the UNSC to be sent to Eritrea and Ethiopia to determine their views on UNMEE's future, which could indicate a preferred course of action should one or both reject co [...] | 2008-06-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER ET |
08PARIS1100 | FRANCE AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON RWANDAN FDLR [...] (S) MFA Great Lakes desk officer Laurent Chevallier on June 9 told AF/C Director Wycoff that France agreed with the USG approach to Rwandan FDLR sanctions as expressed reftel (other aspects of the discussion reported separately). Chevallier said that seven of the eight names on the U.S. list [...] | 2008-06-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC XA FR |
08PARIS1104 | SUDAN/CHAD: FRANCE STILL OPPOSED TO USG APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 9, 10, and 11 reiterated France's opposition to the USG position on sanctioning four individuals in connection with Sudan and Chad, particularly with respect to Daoussa Deby Itno, indicating that sanctioning Daoussa was a vir [...] | 2008-06-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CD FR |
08PARIS1118 | OECD/Export Credits: Plenary Covers Tied Aid Project, [...] (SBU) Summary: The OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) meetings in Paris on April 21-25, 2008. The U.S. obtained s [...] | 2008-06-13 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON OECD KCOR CH IN |
08PARIS1131 | PREVENTING ASSET FLIGHT FROM BANK MELLI IN THE EU3 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KNNP EFIN ETTC PARM PTER FR |
08PARIS1199 | 1267 MONITORING TEAM: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Strategic Affairs bureau took on board reftel points and text and subsequently informed Embassy of three points relating to the preamble, notifications and list reviews, all of which were included in MFA instructions sent to the French mission to the UN. The GOF wants t [...] | 2008-06-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC |
08PARIS1200 | POLDIR PROPOSES FURTHER TARGETED IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Political Director Gerard Araud summoned DCM to talk about Iran. He said his guess was that little would change in the coming months so the question was how to avoid the extremes of acquiescing or resorting to military force. He advocated a two-pronged approach invo [...] | 2008-06-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR FR |
08PARIS1201 | PARIS CLUB: June 2008 Session, Private Sector Meeting, [...] Summary: At the Paris Club's June 10-12 session, the tour d'horizon addressed Burundi, Central African Republic, Grenada, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Sudan and Togo. Germany requested an informal update on Argentina; Russia sought resolution of its promissory note issue. As for methodological iss [...] | 2008-06-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS1203 | PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: DONORS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $20 billion at the Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan on June 12. This amount doubled the pledge total achieved at the 2006 London Conference and demonstrated th [...] | 2008-06-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL PGOV AORC FR AF XB XF XG XR |
08PARIS1286 | ZIMBABWE: FRANCE FAVORS SANCTIONING GIDEON GONO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI FR |
08PARIS129 | TOGO: COOPERATION MINISTER BAWARA'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo Cooperation Minister Bawara focused on restarting bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs for Togo during his January 16-18 visit to France. According to MFA Desk Officer Daniel Westerink, Togo has developed a possible roadmap that could result in the r [...] | 2008-01-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN MARR TO FR |
08PARIS1367 | DRC: PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRC President Kabila's July 16-17 visit to Paris went smoothly, MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on July 17, with an emphasis on economic issues centered on reducing or canceling DRC's IFI debts. Debt reduction has been complicated by new debts DRC has incurred with C [...] | 2008-07-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN PINS CG FR |
08PARIS141 | FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] | 2008-01-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR |
08PARIS1423 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's July 7-8 session, the Vice Chairman briefed creditors on his recent meetings in Kinshasa with the Ministers of Economy and Finance, noting concern that a proposed infrastructure deal involving a DRC sovereign guarantee was at odds with the Paris Club's project [...] | 2008-07-24 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS1424 | FRANCE LOOKS BEYOND 1803 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF supports using insurance to put further pressure on Iran, including its shipping, and is prepared to meet July 25 in Paris to begin work with a handful of like-minded countries on actions of this sort. Senior officials see as "possible" the adoption of an EU Common Pos [...] | 2008-07-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP PARM EUN IR FR |
08PARIS1626 | THE GOF TURNS TO DEFICIT CUTTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although part of the Sarkozy teamQs campaign platform, fiscal adjustment was put on the back burner in favor of other reform priorities following the 2007 elections. Now under considerable budgetary pressure, the GOF has ruled out further tax cuts (with an exception for reform [...] | 2008-08-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
08PARIS1627 | NO SUBSTANTIVE FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN ECON PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP FR SY IR |
08PARIS1649 | TREASURY D/S KIMMITT AND MINFIN LAGARDE DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
08PARIS1650 | TREASURY D/S KIMMITT, FRENCH NSA LEVITTE ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: On August 29 President Sarkozy,s Diplomatic Advisor Jean-David Levitte and Deputy Advisor for Security Affairs Francois Richier outlined for Treasury D/S Robert Kimmitt GOF thinking on &quick, effective and sharp8 next steps on Iran. The GOF would present its ideas more fully in [...] | 2008-08-30 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ECON EFIN FR PREL RS IR |
08PARIS1826 | EUROPEAN G-8 HEADS OF STATE TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) The heads of France, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Eurogroup, the European Commission and the European Central Bank will meet in Paris Saturday to "prepare the contribution of European members of the G8 to the upcoming meetings of this group devoted to the international financial crisis." [...] | 2008-10-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
08PARIS1872 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 17 session, Club Chairman Musca briefed creditors on recent contacts with the Government of Argentina (GOA),which revealed that Argentina intends to clear arrears excluding late interest and resume debt service on future installments. Creditors in [...] | 2008-10-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS1895 | FRENCH SEEK FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) The French Government's objective for the summit proposed in President Sarkozy's speech to the UN General Assembly is to set an agenda for rethinking the international financial system with a view to assuring stable global growth over the long term, according to a working-level GOF contac [...] | 2008-10-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1902 | AMBASSADOR-LEVITTE DISCUSSION ON CAMP DAVID MEETING [...] (C) In an October 16 meeting, Elysee Diplomatic Advisor Levitte told Ambassador he sees the October 18 meeting between President Sarkozy, European Commission President Barroso and President Bush as a brainstorming session on the summit recently agreed to by the G8. The French objective for the [...] | 2008-10-17 08:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1917 | GLOBAL SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL SYSTEM: MFA DAS DISCUSSES GOF [...] (C) On October 16, Elysee Diplomatic Advisor Levitte gave Ambassador the broad-brush French position on when, where and why the GOF wants an international summit on the financial system. He avoided going much into the substance, arguing that he is not an expert in international finance. To get [...] | 2008-10-17 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1949 | A EUROGROUP COUP FOR SARKOZY? [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy,s October 21 speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, touching on a number of issues related to the financial crisis, is being interpreted by some observers here as a trial balloon for a Sarkozy presidency of a transformed (head-of-state) Eurogroup. [...] | 2008-10-23 18:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV FR |
08PARIS1951 | FRANCE IN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (U) Per ref tasking, this message provides an initial read on France and the financial crisis, including immediate credit/liquidity concerns, the longer macroeconomic outlook, government actions in response to the crisis, expected domestic impact and possible effects on U.S.-French relations. [...] | 2008-10-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
08PARIS1973 | A EUROGROUP COUP FOR SARKOZY? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV FR |
08PARIS1976 | SARKOZY WANTS TO TALK SUBSTANCE NOVEMBER 15 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: European Affairs Minister Jouyet's Chief of Staff Denis Simonneau and economic affairs advisors told EMIN not to underestimate President Sarkozy's commitment to "refounding capitalism" during the upcoming series of summits. The Fr [...] | 2008-10-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
08PARIS1994 | FRENCH G8 FASS ON DOHA, GLOBAL ISSUES AND THE [...] (C) In response to pre-GAERC points on Doha (reftel),MFA Econ Director Christian Masset told EMIN on 10/28 that the "parameters (of Doha) had changed." In the current context it would be impossible to return to the deal with a business-as-usual approach. Getting Doha back on track would req [...] | 2008-10-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN FR |
08PARIS1996 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for Eurasian affairs Alexandre Vulic told us October 24 that, although the recent elections in Belarus did not meet any democratic standards, the EU intends to proceed with small steps to ease Belarus' isolation in response to other gestures Minsk has taken, most [...] | 2008-10-30 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN EUN FR BO |
08PARIS2003 | UNEXEPCTED DIFFICULTIES IN PARIS CLUB NEGOTIATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. What should have been easy negotiations with Djibouti during the second day of the October 2008 Paris Club meeting turned out to be unexpectedly difficult due to a knotty problem of inter-creditor equity and to Djibouti's last-minute desire to exclude some loans that had already [...] | 2008-10-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID FR DJ |
08PARIS2004 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Congo-B, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, DRC, Iraq, Liberia, the Seychelles, and Togo. Paris Club Co-Chairman Coeure reported that, in an earlier conversation with the Paris Club Secretariat, Argentine Minister Fernandez had re [...] | 2008-10-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS2024 | FRANCE: INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES "RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: French Interior Minister Alliot- Marie made an impassioned case for the "return of the state" in economic governance and a law enforcement approach to economic security at a recent high-level business colloquium. Ambassador Stapleton was invited to speak on security and global [...] | 2008-11-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL FR |
08PARIS2158 | SENIOR FRENCH ADVISOR DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL AND [...] (SBU) Senior advisor in the office of the French President Damien Loras and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Skelton and colleagues engaged in a lively discussion of the financial and economic crisis during a meeting November 24. They also briefly discussed relations with Russia. Part [...] | 2008-11-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL OREP FR |
08PARIS2178 | BURMA: FRANCE CONCERNED ABOUT BANK MEASURES IN EU [...] (C) France wants to adjust EU sanctions on Burma to address banking sector concerns but will not accept any weakening of measures against the Junta, MFA DAS- equivalent for Southeast Asia Frederic Laplanche told us December 1 in response to reftel points. With respect to restructuring specif [...] | 2008-12-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EREL ETTC EFIN FR EU MY |
08PARIS2182 | FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM [...] (C) Summary: Eric Besson, the Junior Minister organizing the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Conference (now titled "New World: New Capitalism; Values, Development and Regulation"),dropped by a scheduled Embassy meeting with his staff December 2 to underline that this conference is "not a [...] | 2008-12-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS2190 | IEA Standing Group on Emergency Questions, November 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IEA OECD |
08PARIS2195 | FRANCE PREPARES FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF is preparing to require financial institutions to report all transactions with Iran, and is also examining the possibility of banning or further restricting such transactions. The Senior Elysee diplomatic advisor urged increased pressure on Iran and deferral of any nego [...] | 2008-12-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP PTER PARM EUN UNSC IR UZ FR |
08PARIS2259 | FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM - INVITATION TO NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has received a formal invitation from the GOF inviting Ambassador Stapleton and representatives of the new U.S. Administration to participate in the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Colloquium on: New World, New Capitalism. Copies of the invitation and draft program [...] | 2008-12-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS234 | THE SOCIETE GENERALE DEBACLE: SOME POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS [...] (U) The release of Finance Minister Lagarde's report on Societe Generale's 4.9 billion euro loss by a "rogue" trader confirms details that we have heard from banking contacts and which have now been widely and well reported in the financial press. Insiders comment that "rogue traders happen" a [...] | 2008-02-11 11:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
08PARIS2344 | PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Pakistan, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and Togo. Argentine Economy Minister Fernandez had told the Secretariat that repayment was [...] | 2008-12-31 08:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS265 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's January 22-24 session, the U.S. and other creditors signed an accord with Guinea to resume interim debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The Paris Club (PC) also granted The Gambia 100 percent cancellation of its [...] | 2008-02-14 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OECD EAID FR XA XB XF XM |
08PARIS304 | S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield discussed Iraq at the French Presidency and the MFA February 14 and 15. The French provided their formal response to the paper Satterfield had presented at the end of December. In addition to briefing the French on our view of the situation in Iraq, Satterfield [...] | 2008-02-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN SHUM FR IZ |
08PARIS344 | ELYSEE READOUT ON LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon on 26 February provided a quick readout of Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's February 21 meetings with French President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Fillon. Boillon stressed that the main message was one of French support to Lebanon's head of go [...] | 2008-02-27 09:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EASS EFIN FR LE SY |
08PARIS406 | FRANCE: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] After mission-wide consultation, Embassy Paris did not identify any physical infrastructure or resources in France whose loss would immediately affect the security, national economic security, and/or national public health or safety of the United States. Our CI/KR report is therefore negative. [...] | 2008-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08PARIS555 | FRENCH STRESS MARKETS IN DEPSEC KIMMITT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 13, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Elysee diplomatic and economic advisors and private sector bankers to discuss the Transatlantic Economic Council, financial market turmoil, [...] | 2008-03-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ETTC PARM IR FR |
08PARIS630 | FRENCH SUPPORT CONSOLIDATED EU AND MULTILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF supports the P-3,s ongoing efforts to have a PRST issued on Burma to bring more universal pressure to bear on the regime. It presumes the EU will renew its current bilateral sanctions measures at the upcoming GAERC, and will subsequently consider further measures and/ [...] | 2008-04-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PHUM MY FR |
08PARIS633 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2008 DISCUSSION OF POLICY AND [...] (SBU) The Paris Club met on March 13 to discuss 16 countries and other policy and methodological issues. Creditors reported on contacts with the new Argentine government, which has been arguing against an IMF agreement and for minimizing external payments in seeking a Paris Club deal. The IM [...] | 2008-04-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OECD EAID FR |
08PARIS76 | OECD/Export Credits: Debt Sustainability Agreement Adopted; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understan [...] | 2008-01-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON SENV OECD KCOR |
08PARIS826 | PARIS CLUB - PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's April 16-17 session, the U.S. and other creditors signed an accord with Liberia to begin interim debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. During the Tour d'Horizon, France, Germany, and the U.S. reported on recent bi [...] | 2008-04-29 07:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS888 | FRANCE: G8 INITIATIVE ON TERRORIST ABUSE OF CHARITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER FR |
08PARIS901 | INITIAL FRENCH RESPONSE ON ATTENDANCE AT STOCKHOLM [...] (SBU) French MFA Iraq desk officer Olivier Masseret told us late May 7 that the GOF had not yet decided who would lead its delegation to the ICI ministerial in Stockholm at the end of May. As he has previously indicated, Masseret said that FM Kouchner would like to attend, but Kouchner's sch [...] | 2008-05-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV FR IZ |
08PARIS960 | FRENCH FM KOUCHNER WILL NOT/NOT ATTEND ICI [...] (SBU) Further to ref a, French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret informed us May 19 that French FM Kouchner would not lead his country's delegation to the May 29 ICI ministerial in Stockholm. Instead, MFA Secretary General Gerard Errera (essentially a D-equivalent) would replace Kouchner as [...] | 2008-05-20 09:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EINV EFIN FR IZ |
08PHNOMPENH340 | CAMBODIA RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP EFIN PREL PARM CB |
08PHNOMPENH493 | CAMBODIA EXPLORING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON DEBT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon June 12 to raise the bilateral debt in the wake of Prime Minister Hun Sen's positive statements on debt repayment in a meeting with the U.S. ASEAN Business Council (Ref A). Minister Keat cautioned that Cambod [...] | 2008-06-16 05:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON CB |
08PHNOMPENH707 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Embassy delivered ref A non-paper via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation August 20. Econoff also delivered reftel demarche August 25 to Ms. Tal Nay Im, Director General of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). Post has yet to receive an offici [...] | 2008-08-27 01:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM CB |
08PHNOMPENH799 | LIMITED IMPACT OF U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. financial crisis has had little impact on Cambodia's emerging financial sector. However, the U.S. and global financial woes will likely slow growth in Cambodia's major garment and tourism sectors, with potentially severe consequences for Cambodia's recent robust eco [...] | 2008-09-25 12:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB |
08PHNOMPENH802 | CAMBODIA'S BOOMING ECONOMY FUELS DEVELOPMENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with the Deputy Secretary of State September 14 and 16, a group of economic experts and development partners highlighted the dynamic economic growth taking place in Cambodia. Political stability has made possible double digit economic growth. However, Cambodia [...] | 2008-09-26 10:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KTIA PGOV PREL CB |
08PHNOMPENH822 | CAMBODIANS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN FFD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to H.E. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce October 2, urging the direct involvement of Royal Government of Cambodia Commerce officials in the FfD negotiations. Pan indicated that he would share our message with H.E. Sok Sopheak, [...] | 2008-10-07 01:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN CB |
08PHNOMPENH826 | CAMBODIANS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN FFD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to H.E. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce October 2, urging the direct involvement of Royal Government of Cambodia Commerce officials in the FfD negotiations. Pan indicated that he would share our message with H.E. Sok Sopheak [...] | 2008-10-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN CB |
08PHNOMPENH934 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITTING HOME IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodia's financial sector has little direct exposure to the turmoil affecting international financial markets, concerns about the indirect impacts of the global financial crisis on the health of Cambodia's macroeconomic development are growing. Weakening global demand [...] | 2008-11-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB |
08PHNOMPENH957 | TURMOIL AT THAILAND'S AIRPORT IMPACTS CAMBODIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The suspension of flights from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport has had an immediate impact on Cambodia's vulnerable tourism industry and disrupted air cargo exports. Many here fear further fallout from Thailand's political woes, which could discourage many would be travelers fr [...] | 2008-12-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB |
08PODGORICA214 | MESSAGE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel message to Deputy Minister Milorad Scepanovic, Head of the Multilateral Section, at the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 19 August. Scepanovic did not comment. RMOORE [...] | 2008-08-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC MW IR |
08PODGORICA279 | MONTENEGRO WEATHERING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM [...] (SBU) Montenegro's banks have been fairly insulated from the global financial crisis by their conservative banking practices. Foreign banks face a rockier future, but in general the small size of the sector and absence of investment banks has provided a cushion. In addition, the government has [...] | 2008-11-07 19:39:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PREL MW |
08PODGORICA299 | MONTENEGRO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] As requested in reftel, Post submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows. POC for the terrorism report for Montenegro is Alexandra Bonura. Tel number is (382) 20 410 - 500 ext. 528 and e-mail is BonuraAD@state.gov 2. There were no terrorist attacks or terrorist-relate [...] | 2008-12-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MW |
08PORTAUPRINCE1079 | HAITI: INFLATION CONTINUES AT HIGH LEVEL [...] Summary. Year-on-year inflation in June registered 15.8 percent, up slightly from 15.6 percent in May but down from 16.5 percent in April and 16.3 percent in March. However, the month-to-month inflation figure for June was 1 percent vs. 0.5 percent for May. Sharp increases in food, fuel and [...] | 2008-07-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1323 | HAITI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1550 | HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 18:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR PREL PARM EFIN HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE163 | MINISTER OF FINANCE TOUTS MODEST ECONOMIC PROGRESS [...] This message contains commercial proprietary information, see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. In a meeting February 23, Haitian Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil, told Ambassador and USAID Director that the Haitian economy made modest progress in 2006-2007. He estimated that GDP growth in FY0 [...] | 2008-02-01 16:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1680 | HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER'S HONEYMOON WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis confronted growing criticism of her performance in office with a vigorous defense of her government's disaster relief efforts in a closed session with Parliamentary leaders December 2. Her performance has temporarily checked parliamentarian [...] | 2008-12-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE276 | HAITI: PCI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] Per reftel criteria, Haiti possesses only one critical dependency relevant to the United States: the Haitian side of the Windward Passage, an 80 km-wide strait between the northwest corner of Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and which [...] | 2008-02-20 17:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PREL ECON ETTC EAID EFIN HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE37 | HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN HA PGOV PHUM PREL |
08PORTAUPRINCE374 | HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) LAVALAS PARTISANS MARCH ON 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARISTIDE DEPARTURE A crowd of seve [...] | 2008-03-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | HA PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN |
08PORTAUPRINCE457 | FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND DELAYS AT HAITI'S PORTS -- [...] (U) Haitian officials deny recent media reports that port and customs officials are turning a blind eye to food spoilage at the Cap Haitien port in the northern region. They say the reports overlook efforts to counter corruption and contraband trafficking (especially drugs),modernize port and [...] | 2008-03-20 17:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE895 | HAITI: AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK IN HAITI [...] Acting Minister of Agriculture Joanas Gue announced June 11 that 11 positive cases representing four outbreaks of the H5N2 avian influenza virus were identified in four areas of Haiti. Gue attributed the cause of the outbreak in at least one area to fighting cocks that originated in the Dominic [...] | 2008-06-19 17:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | EFLU ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL HA DR |
08PORTAUPRINCE897 | HAITI: NO MOVEMENT ON 60-DAY REPORT ON IRAN [...] Econoff requested on June 16 an update from Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azad Belfort on the status of Haiti's 60-Day Report required by UNSCR 1803. Belfort said he requested mid-May responses from the Prime Minister's office, the National Palace and the Mi [...] | 2008-06-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC HA IR |
08PORTLOUIS205 | NOT SO SUBTLE CORRUPTION IN MAURITIUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent allegations and press reports on corruption scandals in Mauritius highlight an often overlooked issue by those new to or unfamiliar with the island. Upon first impression, Mauritius may look relatively clean, but with some digging - one may find questionable dealings und [...] | 2008-06-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ECON EFIN PBTS PGOV MP |
08PORTLOUIS299 | UNSCRS 1747 AND 1803: MAURITIUS AUTHORITIES ALERTED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 13:07:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN MP |
08PORTOFSPAIN127 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] Per reftel request, Post provides the following assessment of fiscal transparency in Trinidad and Tobago. 2. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) publishes revenue and expenditure information each year in presenting its annual budget to Parliament. Current projections as well as pri [...] | 2008-03-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN185 | RISING FOOD PRICES PROVOKE POLITICAL AND PUBLIC CONCERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of rising food prices and shortages, the GOTT is under pressure to address the "food crisis." The spike in prices, now a staple of headline writers, is straining low and middle income families. The opposition asserts government neglect of agriculture is the [...] | 2008-04-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN195 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - TRINIDAD AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With food price inflation reaching 19.7% year-on-year, public concern and political fallout over the cost of food is growing. The "food crisis" has spotlighted the government's neglect of agriculture and the nation's dependence on imports. Although domestic food production meet [...] | 2008-04-30 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN232 | GOTT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL CRIMES BEST PRACTICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Port of Spain hosted a successful financial crime workshop, led by the Department of Justice with support from Treasury and the UK Serious Organized Crime Office, to facilitate the drafting of a handbook of best practices by Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) offic [...] | 2008-05-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN PREL PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN358 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID- JUNE TRHOUGH [...] China and GOTT sign loan and cooperative agreements 2. T&T to sign trade agreement with EU 3. Dubai, NYC support T&T's International Financial Center 4. T&T deposits US$200m into its sovereign wealth fund 5. No flour subsidy for T&T 6. Fuel hedge key to Caribbean Air success 7. S [...] | 2008-08-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KIPR SENV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN398 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-JULY THROUGH [...] Inflation reaches 11.7 % - a 14-year high 2. S&P raises T&T's long-term currency credit rating to 'A' 3. Hindu Credit Union's Assets frozen; investigation ensues 4. 1,000 Dengue Cases, GOTT Insists "No Major Crisis" 5. Security breached at Trinidad's Airport 6. USTDA awards US$390,572 gra [...] | 2008-09-02 17:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN444 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-AUGUST THROUGH [...] US$2.3 billion plastics deal signed with Europeans 2. Hill International wins $285 million project 3. T&T faces labor shortages 4. GOTT increases infrastructure borrowing authority 5. NGC benefiting from high Methanol Prices 6. GOTT gives CAL tax exemption 7. Yachtie fuel crisis resolve [...] | 2008-09-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SENV ENRG KIPR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN552 | INSULATED BUT NOT IMMUNE FROM GLOBAL SLOWDOWN, TRINIDAD AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago has avoided financial contagion but is feeling the impact of weak demand for its commodities. Two months after the GOTT delivered a record US$8 billion budget premised on oil at $70 per barrel and natural gas at $4 per MMBTU netback, Prime Minister Manning a [...] | 2008-12-02 17:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN564 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM MID-OCTOBER [...] PM announces budget shortfall, spending cuts 2. Inflation rising, CBTT raises reserve requirements 3. Tight monetary policy slows credit growth 4. Parliament passes Financial Institution Bill 5. Bread and flour prices fall 6. Food initiatives stalled, except Cuban farm 7. Importers want [...] | 2008-12-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KIPR KCRM EAIR BEXP TD |
08PRAGUE135 | CZECH NATIONAL BANK GOVERNOR FOR EBRD PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic will nominate the highly respected Governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB),Zdenek Tuma, to become President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) when Jean Lemierre's second term expires in July 2008. While this may be great news for [...] | 2008-02-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EZ |
08PRAGUE298 | CZECHS WILL PARTICIPATE IN JUNE CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE308 | CZECHS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 15:48:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE326 | CZECH NATIONAL BANK PREDICTS SHALLOWER SLOWDOWN [...] SUMMARY: The Czech National Bank has revised its 2008 GDP growth forecast upward from 4.1% to 4.7% and confirmed its expectation that inflation will return to below 3% by 2009. At the same time, the CNB revised its 2009 GDP forecast downward from 4.6% to 4% based on lower export and investment [...] | 2008-05-30 07:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR EZ |
08PRAGUE35 | PRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGE DOWN 20% SINCE JANUARY 1 [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The good news is that the Czech Republic's economic fundamentals are strong; The bad news is that the Czech Republic is also impacted by negative sentiment stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S. that has spread to global financial markets. With key econom [...] | 2008-01-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EZ |
08PRAGUE44 | CZECH REPUBLIC'S AMBITIOUS STRUCTURAL REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, during a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador, previewed the next set of planned economic reforms. Following the 2007 passage of the public finance reform bill, the government announced its intention to submit a pension re [...] | 2008-01-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EZ |
08PRAGUE498 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EZ KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
08PRAGUE501 | CZECH CROWN'S RECORD STRENGTH WORRIES CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Czech Crown hit new all-time highs of CZK 22.87/Euro on July 21 and of CZK 14.45/USD on July 22. Having gained more than 17 percent against the Euro and more than 25 percent against the USD since last year, the Crown has become the fastest appreciating currency in [...] | 2008-07-30 17:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EZ |
08PRAGUE574 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel non-paper and demarche August 21 to Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) Head Karel Korynta and FAU expert Jaromir Neuzil. We also shared the non-paper August 22 with Pavel Klucky, Director of the MFA Non-Proliferation Office. There was no substantive response. Graber [...] | 2008-08-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN EZ |
08PRAGUE604 | CZECH GREEN PARTY CONGRESS: BURSIK HANGS ON AS [...] (C) Summary: On September 5-7, an extraordinary congress of the Czech Green Party featured a battle over the party leadership and over the overall direction of the party. Current party chair Martin Bursik was reelected and succeeded in having his opponents removed from the party leadership. Ho [...] | 2008-09-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ ECON EFIN |
08PRAGUE614 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Finance, Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) on September 12 and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, America's Desk on September 15. On September 17, FAU Director Karel Korynta reported that his office had found no records of any of t [...] | 2008-09-19 07:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL EZ |
08PRAGUE633 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS EZ |
08PRAGUE637 | CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLICITING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche September 30 to MFA South and South East Europe Officer Josef Zrzavecky and MFA Development Officer Jana Korbelova. Zrzavecky confirmed that the Czechs pledged four million Euros over four years at the July 11 Kosovo Donors' Conference (one million per year). [...] | 2008-10-01 15:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EZ |
08PRAGUE683 | CZECH REPUBLIC: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech Republic has so far escaped the worst of the global financial crisis. The conservative Czech banks remain relatively healthy, with significant capital and liquidity, despite disruptions to the interbank lending and government bond markets. The global crisis is, howeve [...] | 2008-10-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EZ |
08PRAGUE73 | CZECHS SHARE USG PERSPECTIVE ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Department Director of Middle East and North Africa, Josef Rychtar, confirmed that the GOCR shares our perspective on the need for a special tribunal for Lebanon into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, as well as GOCR support for the cause of Syrian dissidents. He also sp [...] | 2008-02-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV EZ LE SY EUN |
08PRAGUE739 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO LEVERAGING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 12:17:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN EZ |
08PRAGUE786 | CZECH COMMENTS ON PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE AND [...] (C) Czech MFA Desk officer for Pakistan, Martin Basta, thanked us for our additional details related to a possible Pakistan donors' conference in early 2009. As noted in Ref B, the Czechs, who assume the EU Presidency on January 1, 2009, are working to put things in place related to an EU-Pak [...] | 2008-12-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE787 | CZECH REPUBLIC - 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Czech authorities continue to cooperate with the USG across a wide spectrum of security, law enforcement and military matters as part of the global war on terrorism. Whether protecting the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other U.S. facilities, providing critical mil [...] | 2008-12-18 16:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN PTER KCRM EZ |
08PRAIA187 | DETERMINED TO COMBAT ITS ECONOMIC CRISIS, CAPE VERDE REFUSES [...] SUMMARY: On July 2, the GoCV and the Transition Support Group (TSG) for Cape Verde's -- a group of about two dozen bilateral and multilateral donors that coordinate efforts to smooth Cape Verde's graduation from the UN's list of Least Developed Countries (LDC) to that of Developing Countries [...] | 2008-07-09 13:52:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAGR EAID ECON ECIN EFIN ENRG CV |
08PRAIA203 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR CV |
08PRETORIA1003 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 9, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Rebounds - Credit Data Points to a Further Rate Hike - Business Confidence Dips Again - Ford SA Secures Africa Exp [...] | 2008-05-10 05:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1053 | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK TALKS TOUGH ON INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Inflation continues to rise in South Africa. Food and fuel prices are the major culprits, but there are signs that inflationary pressures are becoming generalized. South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni advocates tighter monetary policy, even though the economy is [...] | 2008-05-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SF |
08PRETORIA1056 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 16, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 20 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mboweni Favors Further Rate Hike - International Groups Believes SA Cannot Grow Faster Than 3.5% - Commodity Prices to Drive Growth - H [...] | 2008-05-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1111 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Finance Minister Defends Inflation Targeting - JSE Rebounds - Crime Leading Factor in Emigration - Imported Skills 'Add 15% to SA Project [...] | 2008-05-23 17:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1146 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 30, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Growth Slows - Large Rate Hike Looms as Inflation Hits 10.4% - 2000 Foreign Math and Science Teachers Head for SA - SAA Reaches [...] | 2008-05-30 08:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA119 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 18, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 3 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - House Price Growth at Lowest Level in Seven Years - Rate Hikes Hammer Retail Sales - JSE Down - Not All Lenders Comply With NCR - First G [...] | 2008-01-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1225 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Higher Costs and Electricity Pressure Manufacturing - SARB Revises Inflation Forecasts Higher - Real Estate Prices Drop - Delta Begins Di [...] | 2008-06-09 05:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1312 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - World Bank Upbeat on SA Economy - Another Interest Rate Hike - Current Account Deficit Raises Concern - Electricity Problems Likely to Ha [...] | 2008-06-14 07:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1352 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Fitch Downgrades Outlook for SA to 'Stable' - Rising Interest Rates and Inflation Add to Manufacturers' Woes - SA Trade Policy 'Hurting [...] | 2008-06-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1388 | SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO RENEW [...] (SBU) Econ OMS Larry Johnson presented reftel draft text to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Llia du Buisson on June 26, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Counselor B [...] | 2008-06-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SF |
08PRETORIA1414 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Rises to 10.9% - SARB Governor Hints at a Further Rate Hike - Current Account Gap Widens - SA's Credit Ratings in Spotlight - [...] | 2008-06-30 05:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1431 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (SBU) Econ OMS Larry Johnson presented reftel demarche to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Llia du Buisson on July 1, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Counselor Bruce [...] | 2008-07-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SF |
08PRETORIA1522 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 28 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Steps Up Growth in Currency Reserves - Big Dip in Business Confidence - House Prices Rocked by Largest Decline in Fifteen Yea [...] | 2008-07-14 06:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1584 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 29 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - OECD Thinks SAG Is too Dominant in Economy - ANC Will Keep Inflation Targeting - Crime Crippling Small Business - SADC to Launch Free Tra [...] | 2008-07-21 06:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1585 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Deputy Econ Counselor Bruce Neuling delivered reftel nonpaper to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Ilia du Buisson on July 17, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Cou [...] | 2008-07-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
08PRETORIA162 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 4 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Turmoil in Markets Threatens Growth - SAG Inflation Targeting Policy Questioned - Fixed-Investment Outlook Strong for 2008 - Saudi-based [...] | 2008-01-25 10:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP |
08PRETORIA1633 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 25, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 30 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts Slower Economic Growth and an Easing in Interest Rate Hikes - Treasury Sticks to 4% Growth Forecast - Manuel Does Not See [...] | 2008-07-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1712 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 1, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 31 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Rand Strengthens as Trade Deficit Decreases - Inflation Races to 11.6% - China to Extend Acquisitions in Africa - Bad Bank Loans on Rise [...] | 2008-08-04 06:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1773 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 8, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 32 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation: Mboweni 'Concerned' - Manufacturing production recovered in June - COSATU Strike Impacts Economic Activity - 'Black Diamonds' [...] | 2008-08-12 06:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1822 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 15, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 33 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - MPC Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged - SADC to Launch Free Trade Area - Green Rating System for SA Property Market - Transnet Considers Enl [...] | 2008-08-18 06:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1890 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITITES AND [...] Deputy Econ Counselor Bruce Neuling delivered reftel nonpaper to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Ilia du Buisson on August 20, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Counselor [...] | 2008-08-25 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP NMNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN |
08PRETORIA1893 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 22, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 34 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mining and Manufacturing Boost GDP Growth - Slowdown Weighs on Construction Sector - ABSA to Lend for Old Township House Upgrades - Taxi [...] | 2008-08-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1932 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 29, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 35 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Experts Believe Inflation will Peak at 13% - Land Expropriation Bill Shelved - 'South Africans Act like Americans' - Intense Lobbying Exp [...] | 2008-09-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA1972 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Executive Turnover on the Increase - Mboweni Not Quite Ready to Retire - JSE Chief Sees More Foreign Selling Ahead - Vehicle Sales Take a [...] | 2008-09-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2032 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 12, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 37 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserves Fall on Gold Revaluations - Business Confidence Plunges Further - SA Leaps in Business-Friendly Rankings - Old Mutual CEO Qui [...] | 2008-09-15 07:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2071 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 19, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 38 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Weaker Rand, More Inflation Likely for SA - No Surprises in SARB Governor's Speech - SA Falls in Economic Freedom Ranking - SA R&D Expend [...] | 2008-09-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2072 | SECOND QUARTER REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's real GDP rebounded in the second quarter of 2008, reflecting a recovery in mining and manufacturing production as electricity supply improved. Export volumes benefited from the increased production, higher international prices of key export commodities increased, a [...] | 2008-09-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
08PRETORIA209 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, Issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Sell-off Imperils Rand, Current Account - Inflation Rises above Forecasts - MPC Leaves Repo Rate Steady at 11% - Banks Expected t [...] | 2008-02-01 07:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP |
08PRETORIA2136 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 39 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Policies Expected to Remain Consistent under Mothlanthe - Record CPIX Increase in August - Fears of Retail Recession Increase [...] | 2008-09-27 06:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2183 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 3, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 40 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New President Addresses Investor's Fears - Current Account Outlook Bleak Despite Narrower Trade Deficit - PMI Data Shows Some Signs of [...] | 2008-10-06 06:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2343 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 24, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 43 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Storm Drives SA into Deficit Next Year - Black Middle Class Stronger - Zimbabwean Business Leaders Promote South African Investm [...] | 2008-10-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2390 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 31, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 44 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - CPIX Inflation Drops - SA Receives 'Negative' Rating - Mboweni: South Africans Ignorant of Crisis - Corn Farming Not Profitable in Curren [...] | 2008-10-31 09:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA24 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 1 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Growth Remains Strong - Foreign Capital Inflows Decline - Gold Mining Shares Up - Student Test Scores Continue Decline End Summa [...] | 2008-01-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2446 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Deputy Economic Counselor Bruce Neuling delivered reftel demarche to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Ilia du Buisson on October 28, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy [...] | 2008-11-05 16:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM SF |
08PRETORIA2469 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 7, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 45 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank: Crisis Hurts South Africa - Manufacturing Activity Slows Down - More Pain for House Sellers - Ford Motor Company Executive [...] | 2008-11-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2515 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 14, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Standard & Poor's Dim View of Rand, Rates - JSE Out of Favor, But Not Africa - The Final Frontier: Nando's Opens a Fast-Food Restaurant [...] | 2008-11-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2590 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Growth "Lowest in a Decade" - Liquidations Increase - Regional Integration Critical to Africa's Economic Competitivene [...] | 2008-11-28 08:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2648 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 49 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Concern as Chinese Clothing Quotas Expire - Tax Reforms Help South Africa's Rankings in a Global Study - Factories Hit Historic Low [...] | 2008-12-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA268 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Sector Focus: Auto Industry - Car Sales Hammered By Rising Inflation, Interest Rates and Debt - New Subsidy Program for Auto Producers [...] | 2008-02-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP |
08PRETORIA2706 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 12, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 50 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Outlook Bleak - South African Economy Shows Resilience - Customs Officials Seize 60 Tons of Illegally Imported Clothi [...] | 2008-12-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2714 | DEMARCHE DELIVERY: ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials and diamond industry leaders on illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe. Although this activity threatens the local diamond industry, it appears the South African Government (SAG) has tak [...] | 2008-12-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC EMIN ZI SF |
08PRETORIA2735 | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 50 basis points to 11.5 percent, on December 12, 2008. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation and weakening domestic and international [...] | 2008-12-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
08PRETORIA2738 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 19, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 51 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Lower - Residential Building Continues to Slow - Bill Simplifies Registration Process for New Drugs - Intelsat to Launch $250 [...] | 2008-12-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA2755 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 52 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No House Price Recovery in '09' - Third of South African Firms Plan Layoffs - Markets End Bad Year - European Commission Offers Tariff [...] | 2008-12-24 10:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA325 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Receive Infusion of Funds - SA to Fast-Track Investment Process - Mbeki Outlines ICT Priorities - SARB Emphasizes Gr [...] | 2008-02-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP |
08PRETORIA371 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget Unveiled - Rand Weakens After Budget Speech - SA Looks to Indian Skills Development Model - SA Launches Diaspora Networking Progra [...] | 2008-02-25 05:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP |
08PRETORIA425 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 9 of U.S. Embassy PretoriaQs South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Textile Sector Seeks Survival Aid - SA-EU Trade Row Puts Customs Union at Risk - U.S. Trade with Sub-Saharan Africa Increases - GDP Growt [...] | 2008-02-29 12:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP |
08PRETORIA474 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Outlook for SA's Economy Weakens - High Marks for Economic Freedom - Vehicle Sales Fall on Higher Interest Rates - Eskom' French Kiss - [...] | 2008-03-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP |
08PRETORIA598 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Civil Construction Boom - Increase in World Cup-Related Investments - Dubai Group Game for Investment - Cisco to Open Technical Skills Fa [...] | 2008-03-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA640 | IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR [...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Deputy Economic Counselor to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director (UNSC) Simon Cardy on March 28. 2. (C) Cardy said that the content of UNSCR 1803 would be notified to concerned South African government departments (including the Natio [...] | 2008-03-28 11:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV SF |
08PRETORIA653 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 28, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - CPIX Soars - Employment Up 0.8% - Heineken to Open Brewery in SA - Nissan Expands Truck Production Facility - Concerns about Electricity [...] | 2008-03-31 06:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA677 | SOUTH AFRICAN BANKS AND THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: South African banks have implemented extensive money-laundering controls since the Financial Intelligence Centre Act was passed in 2001. The major banks now employ large anti-money-laundering staffs and use sophisticated software to identify suspicious transactions. They also f [...] | 2008-04-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SF |
08PRETORIA704 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 4, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Achieves a 0.9 % Budget Surplus - Manufacturing Activity Dips to Near-Five-Year Low - Trade Deficit Narrows, But Outlook Still Negative [...] | 2008-04-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA763 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 11, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Lifts Repo Rate - Surprise Surge in Factory Output - Eskom Defends Hikes as Predictions Were Off - Even State Housing Projec [...] | 2008-04-11 09:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA77 | 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...] | 2008-01-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF |
08PRETORIA859 | SOUTH AFRICA WRITES OFF CUBA'S DEBT [...] (C) Summary. The South African government has written off nearly one billion rand (about $130 million) of Cuban debt. The government does not believe that Cuba is able to meet its obligation in the foreseeable future. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) pressed Cabine [...] | 2008-04-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN CU SF |
08PRETORIA881 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 25, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - CPIX at Double Digits - SA Runs Risk of Sub-prime Contagion, Standard & Poor's Warns - Golden Oldies Give JSE Vintage Edge - SA Canc [...] | 2008-04-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08PRETORIA918 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mboweni Warns on Inflation - Prices Start to Slip as Property Boom Ends - Government Infrastructure Spending Expected to Drive Grow [...] | 2008-04-30 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
08QUITO1035 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO ECUADOR: WILL ACTIONS FOLLOW? [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Venezuelan President Chavez met with President Correa in the town of Puyo in eastern Ecuador to strengthen relations and sign ten bilateral agreements on topics ranging from energy to electronic currency. As usual, it remains unclear how much of the rhetoric will [...] | 2008-11-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL ECON EC |
08QUITO1046 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR'S ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered text of UNSCR 1835 and Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 28 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 4. Puma reiterated that the GOE maintains its position of supporting the UN Security Coun [...] | 2008-11-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC |
08QUITO1062 | ECUADOR DELAYS DEBT PAYMENT BECAUSE OF ALLEGED [...] Summary. (C) Ecuador announced on November 14 that it would delay an international interest payment up to 30 days. It will use that period to investigate assertions of a debt commission report (to be released on November 20) that the debt issuance was tainted by irregularities. President Cor [...] | 2008-11-14 22:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
08QUITO1090 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: TARIFF CUTS; EFFECT OF OPEC CUTS; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that describes notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Tariff Cuts for 49 Industrial Inputs ------------------------------------ 2. (U) On October 30, Ecuador's Council on Foreign Trade and Investment (Co [...] | 2008-11-25 19:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD EC |
08QUITO1121 | ECUADOR REPORT ASSERTS MUCH ECUADORIAN DEBT IS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, President Correa presided over the issuance of a report that was highly critical of Ecuador's debt obligations. Correa stated that Ecuador would not pay "illegal debt" but did not indicate which debt, if any, was illegal. The debt report, which is very polemical [...] | 2008-12-04 21:23:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO1124 | ECUADORIAN RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary. Falling oil prices will pressure Ecuador's balance of payments and government finances, although it currently enjoys sizeable international reserves and a budget surplus. On November 18, the Government of Ecuador unveiled a package of measures, including tariff increases on over [...] | 2008-12-05 17:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ELAB PGOV EC |
08QUITO1144 | ECUADOR RAISES TARIFFS TO BUFFER BALANCE OF PAYMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, the GOE raised tariffs to WTO ceiling limits on 940 consumer goods from non-FTA partners. Foodstuffs, white goods and small appliances, paper products, and others have been increased to an average rate of 29%. It appears the GOE instituted this largely as a bal [...] | 2008-12-15 21:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
08QUITO1145 | NEW FOREIGN MINISTER FANDER FALCONI [...] (C) Summary: Fander Falconi, who previously headed the National Planning and Development Secretariat and plays a prominent role in President Correa,s PAIS political movement, was sworn in as Ecuador,s new Foreign Minister on December 15. In post,s few interactions with him, he has not appea [...] | 2008-12-15 22:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EC |
08QUITO1146 | ECUADOR DEFAULTS ON COMMERCIAL DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 12, President Correa announced that Ecuador would default on one of its commercial bond issuances, and that Ecuador would soon make a restructuring proposal. On December 15, Finance Minister Viteri announced that Ecuador would not make an on-time payment on a sepa [...] | 2008-12-16 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO1162 | CORREA'S POLEMICAL VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa's December 5-9 visit to Iran, the first by an Ecuadorian president, resulted in 12 agreements and a $40 million line-of-credit. Our assessment is that GOE actions defy the spirit, but not the letter, of UN Security Council sanction resolutions. During the [...] | 2008-12-19 22:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MASS EC IR |
08QUITO129 | ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2007: MIX OF [...] (C) Summary. In Correa's first year in office, there was occasionally fiery rhetoric on economic policy, but in practice the GOE implemented a limited number of policy changes, which were mostly pragmatic. U.S. investors shared this experience, where their treatment was more moderate than t [...] | 2008-02-11 18:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EC |
08QUITO152 | ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2008: LESS [...] (C) Summary. In 2008, the Correa Administration's rhetoric on economic issues should moderate but will not disappear. However, this year the GOE will probably make more substantive changes than it did in 2007, as it actually begins to implement its economic program. Many of the changes wil [...] | 2008-02-19 18:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EC |
08QUITO16 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY QUITO TFCOS [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Quito reports that the following officers continue to serve as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers: Jefferson Brown, DCM (TFCO),IVG 644-4420, brownjt2(at)state.gov, and brownjt(at)state.sgov.gov; and Bridget Alway-Premont, Econoff (Deputy TFCO),IVG 644 [...] | 2008-01-04 19:13:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN |
08QUITO17 | ECUADOR COMPLETES CABINET RE-SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Correa completed his end of year cabinet reorganization, highlighted by Gustavo Larrea's return to government as Coordinating Minister for Internal and External Security, essentially switching portfolios with Fernando Bustamante, who became Minister of Government. Com [...] | 2008-01-04 21:29:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN EC |
08QUITO196 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Assembly Debates Law of the Sea, Tax [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Assembly Debates Law of the Sea ------------------------------- 2. (U) On February 21 Jaime Barberis, Under Secretary for Sovereignty of the Ministry o [...] | 2008-02-28 19:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHSA EFIN EPET PREL EC |
08QUITO212 | ECUADOR PROSECUTES LANDMARK MONEY LAUNDERING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, Ecuador convicted seven associates of Hernan Prada-Cortez, a drug trafficker involved in money laundering. The convictions are the result of an Ecuadorian national police investigation, in concert with DEA, which yielded ten arrests and the seizure of assets in [...] | 2008-03-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ECON EFIN KTFN EC |
08QUITO220 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Oil Contract Renegotiations; Limits on [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Oil Contract Negotiations Inching Forward ----------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On February 26, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines report [...] | 2008-03-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN EINV SENV EC |
08QUITO225 | ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RAINS AND FLOODING TOPS $125 MILLION [...] (U) Summary: Following a month of heavy rains in Ecuador, agricultural losses due to extensive flooding now total nearly $91 million. Repairing roads will likely cost more than $35 million. The Ecuadorian and U.S. weather services estimate the rains will continue through at least mid-March, [...] | 2008-03-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EAID ELTN SENV SOCI EC |
08QUITO232 | ECUADOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2008 [...] The Government of Ecuador is recipient of U.S. assistance monies under the FY2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. The following is a narrative on fiscal transparency in Ecuador, as requested in reftel. The Government of Ecuador publishes budget data, which is reasonably transparent [...] | 2008-03-11 10:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EC |
08QUITO267 | Natural Disasters Increase Short-Term Inflation [...] Summary. Ecuador's inflation rose in the first two months of 2008 due in large part natural disasters, namely severe flooding and a volcanic eruption. Additionally, rising global inflationary pressure, particularly for food, contributed to Ecuador's inflationary up-tick. However, Ecuador's [...] | 2008-03-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EC |
08QUITO363 | INSIDE THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: AN OPPOSITION VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Opposition member Pablo Lucio Paredes shared his observations on the Constituent Assembly's inner workings and likely outcomes. He reported that President Correa will resign to campaign for a new term under the new constitution, and that a small number of Assembly members will [...] | 2008-04-23 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EC |
08QUITO374 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: FALLING FDI, REVISED PRICE CONTROLS, [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Investment Outflows Driven by the Petroleum Sector --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in [...] | 2008-04-25 21:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET EAGR EFIN EC |
08QUITO452 | CARRIERS STILL FIGHTING QUITO AIRPORT FEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Resolution remains elusive in the drawn-out debate over charges paid by international air carriers to the Quito airport concession operator Quiport. Quiport offered to defer all airport fee increases until the new airport opens in 2010, but the airlines disagree with a contrac [...] | 2008-05-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV EFIN EC |
08QUITO459 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION CASES; IDB LOANS; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Two New Oil Arbitration Cases --------------------------- 2. (U) Ecuadorian press reported that French petroleum company Perenco and its U.S. partner, [...] | 2008-05-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EC |
08QUITO498 | FM TELLS CODEL DODD THAT ECUADOR WANTS PEACE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra visited Ecuador May 30-31 and met with four senior cabinet ministers. Foreign Minister Maria Isabel Salvador described in detail Ecuador's discontent with Colombia's violation of its border on March 1, but stressed that E [...] | 2008-06-05 21:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EC |
08QUITO505 | Shooting the Messenger: Correa Blasts Central Bank for [...] (U) Summary. President Correa harshly criticized the Central Bank's calculation of economic growth and foreign direct investment, adding that he was bringing an Argentine mission to review the data and threatened to fire Central Bank staff if there are errors. Finance Minister Ortiz subsequen [...] | 2008-06-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EC |
08QUITO55 | ECUADOR'S NEW TAX REFORM LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's Constituent Assembly passed its first law, the Administration's tax reform package, December 28. The Assembly walked back some of the Administration's controversial proposals, eliminating a proposed tax on luxury private schools, and reducing the proposed inheritance [...] | 2008-01-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EINV EC |
08QUITO555 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION; CENTRAL BANK GETS [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. More on GOE Efforts to Review Macroeconomic Data --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (U) The Central Bank of Ecuador (CB) invited three [...] | 2008-06-20 18:55:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET EFIN EC |
08QUITO557 | GOE RESPONDS TO INCREASING INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Inflation has climbed dramatically in Ecuador in the past six months, largely due to natural disasters and international food and petroleum price increases, but also Ecuador's internal market structure. A Finance Ministry official detailed several GOE programs to fight inflation [...] | 2008-06-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV EC |
08QUITO581 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 60 DAY REPORT ON UNSCR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on June 27 to Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Nieto reiterated that the GOE's position on Iran is based on "principles" and that the IAEA should have been given additional time to work with Iran before introdu [...] | 2008-06-30 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC EC |
08QUITO617 | FINANCE MINISTER ORTIZ QUITS, REPLACED BY WILMA [...] (U) Summary. Finance Minister Ortiz quit July 7 after refusing to approve the confiscation of assets from the owners of a bank that failed in 1999. President Correa immediately replaced him with Wilma Salgado, an economic professor who had been serving in the Andean Parliament and had been [...] | 2008-07-08 21:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO633 | UPDATE ON SEIZURE OF ISAIAS GROUP PROPERTIES [...] (C) Summary. The Constituent Assembly approved a mandate ratifying the Correa Administration's decision to seize the assets of the Isaias group and blocking any judicial appeal. One former Finance official, who worked on the Filanbank/Isaias case under a previous government, believes that [...] | 2008-07-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EC |
08QUITO731 | ECUADOR'S LEADING FAMILY BUSINESS GROUPS [...] (U) Summary: This cable identifies Ecuador's leading family business groups, which dominate Ecuador's formal economy and own most of the important companies in the non-petroleum sector. End summary. Overview and observations ------------------------- 2. (SBU) This cable is a snap sho [...] | 2008-08-08 16:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN EIND EAGR PGOV EC |
08QUITO790 | ECUADORIAN COMMENTS ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met with Emilio Izquierdo, Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, to seek an Ecuadorian reaction to the draft Summit of the Americas declaration, per reftel. Izquierdo said the Government of Ecuador is still reviewing the draft declaration, but said th [...] | 2008-08-26 19:29:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV EC |
08QUITO791 | ECUADOR RESPONSE TO DESIGNATED IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) On August 25, Embassy Quito received notification from the Banco del Austro in Cuenca, Ecuador, that they have a closed account in their systems in the name of PCI CORP, S.A. (per reftel, possible AKA for Parchin Chemical Industries). While the account is closed, we have forwarded the [...] | 2008-08-26 21:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KNNP EFIN PARM IR EC |
08QUITO815 | Ecuador Lowers Interest Rate Ceilings [...] (SBU) Summary. Empowered by a slightly modified year-old banking l 2. (U) EcuadorQs banking law entered into force in July 2007, establis 3. (SBU) In December, the Constitutional Court declared the methodolog 4. (U) Following are the maximum interest rates for different market [...] | 2008-09-03 21:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO830 | ECUADOR'S TARGETED CASH TRANSFER AND HOUSING SUBSIDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOE has two targeted subsidy programs, direct cash transfers and a housing bond, that aim to improve food security, assist in human capital development through child education, and provide financing for housing to low and middle-income families. The Correa Administration d [...] | 2008-09-05 16:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV EC |
08QUITO831 | Ecuador Lowers Interest Rate Ceilings [...] (SBU) Summary. Empowered by a slightly modified year-old banking law, the Central Bank has steadily lowered maximum allowable interest rates for the banking sector since January 2008. Ironically, the Constitutional Court struck down a provision of the 2007 banking law that provided transparen [...] | 2008-09-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO836 | COORDINATING MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY PAEZ [...] (C) Summary. In his September 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy Pedro Paez suggested areas to enhance U.S.-Ecuador economic cooperation and asserted that he is a believer in the market and the private sector. Reflecting his leftist orientation, he adde [...] | 2008-09-08 20:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL EC |
08QUITO896 | CORREA APPOINTS HIS FOURTH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. President Correa fired Finance Minister Wilma Salgado on September 15 and replaced her with Vice Minister Maria Elsa Viteri. Viteri, who is a former classmate of Correa, may be a more capable administrator of the budget process than Salgado and will likely try to avoid controve [...] | 2008-09-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO90 | ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FOCUS UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: As the Constituent Assembly reaches the two-month mark, members are meeting with various interest groups and holding private committee meetings, but have yet to debate publicly any constitutional language. The Assembly has approved six laws or other documents, including the controver [...] | 2008-01-30 20:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN SNAR KCOR EC |
08QUITO984 | ECONOMIC PROVISIONS IN THE NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The economic provisions of the new constitution allow for significant state control over the economy. However, they do not necessarily signal a new economic policy direction for the Correa Administration, as a number of provisions have parallels in the 1998 constitution, and in [...] | 2008-10-14 20:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EPET EMIN EFIN PREL EC |
08RABAT1002 | MOROCCO REMAINS SHELTERED FROM INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector leaders continue to project confidence that Morocco will successfully weather ongoing volatility in international markets. Central Bank Governor Abdellatif Jouahri, Finance Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, business confederation chief Hafid El Alamy and [...] | 2008-10-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD MO |
08RABAT1017 | RABAT'S COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, the Japanese DCM convened the only G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting during Japan's presidency. Representatives of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated, as did representatives of the European Union, [...] | 2008-10-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN MO |
08RABAT1025 | MEPI 4TH QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from July 1 - September 30. During the quarter the Women in Technology (WIT) program was launched. Highlights from existing programs included activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Bet [...] | 2008-10-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT1063 | MOROCCO: DELIVERY OF 2009 INDICATOR SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and MCC Country Director delivered advance copies of Morocco's 2009 indicator scorecard in November 5 meetings with Minister of Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka and Primature Secretary-General Mohamed Hajoui, and then subsequently with officials at th [...] | 2008-11-10 12:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL ECON KMCA MCC |
08RABAT1084 | EXPLAINING MOROCCO'S "LIMITED IMMUNITY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders in Morocco's financial sector remain confident that it is sheltered from any direct problems as a result of ongoing turmoil in world financial markets. The "immunity" stems less from the sector's inherent virtue, bankers tell us, than from the still limited nature of Mo [...] | 2008-11-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT1122 | MOROCCO'S "ADVANCED STATUS:" A ROADMAP TO AN [...] (C) Summary: The European Union's attribution of "advanced status" to Morocco reflects the close relationship between the Cherifien Kingdom and its European partners, but is likely to change little in the short run in relations between the two parties. European diplomats are careful to stress [...] | 2008-12-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT117 | MOROCCO ON THE SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On February 5, Embassy conveyed reftel Note Verbale on the Lebanese political crisis to Mohammed Azeroual, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and the Foreign Minister's point-man on Middle East and Islamic Affairs. 2. (C) Responding in detail to the points in the Note Verba [...] | 2008-02-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV EFIN MO LE SY |
08RABAT1180 | MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...] | 2008-12-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO |
08RABAT1190 | MOROCCO'S PENDING FTA ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Foreign Trade Abdellatif Maazouz convoked the Ambassador (accompanied by AgCouns and EconOff) on December 16 to discuss the evolving post-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) bilateral trade relationship and next steps to advance outstanding implementation issues. Minister M [...] | 2008-12-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV MO |
08RABAT179 | EU LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS AML/CTF PROJECT WITH MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: We met this week with Fernando Rosado, the resident advisor who is overseeing the newly launched EU twinning project in support of development of both Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and its overall integrated anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance regime. T [...] | 2008-02-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PGOV MO |
08RABAT196 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-MOROCCO FTA JT COMMITTEE [...] (U) The U.S. Mission welcomes the U.S. delegation to the FTA Joint Committee meeting. The FTA, together with the recently signed USD 697 million Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact, is one of our two most visible bilateral accords. Although Morocco has embraced trade liberalization, y [...] | 2008-03-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO |
08RABAT201 | PRIME MINISTER'S ECONOMIC GATEKEEPER ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka set out an ambitious governmental economic agenda in his first public speech at the end of February. The government, he said, would focus on increased and "qualitatively different" growth through increased investm [...] | 2008-03-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ASCH MO |
08RABAT212 | BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PRESSES FOR URGENT REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Morocco's chief business lobbying group, the Confederation Generale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM),has added its voice to those calling on the government to adopt urgent reforms in areas ranging from taxation to the judiciary to enable Moroccan companies to c [...] | 2008-03-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MO |
08RABAT252 | U.S.-MOROCCO FTA: IMRESSIVE START, OBTIMISTIC FUTURE [...] (U) The Joint Committee of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) met in Rabat on March 13, 2008 for the first time since the agreement's implementation on January 1, 2006. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Shaun Donnelly, headed the U.S. delegation, whi [...] | 2008-03-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO |
08RABAT254 | MOROCCAN MARKETS RESIST INTERNATIONAL CREDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: To date, Morocco has largely shrugged off the impact of the international credit crisis. The Casablanca Stock Exchange remains the best performing exchange globally, up 16 percent since January 1. There has been some spillover in Moroccan financial markets, with an evaporatio [...] | 2008-03-19 16:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT265 | MOROCCO TRADES SUBSIDIES FOR STABILITY IN THE FACE OF PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Like other countries in the region, Morocco has been buffeted by rapidly escalating international commodity prices. Internal factors such as the 2007 drought have compounded the problem. While official indexes do not yet reflect these price pressures, the exploding budget of th [...] | 2008-03-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO |
08RABAT275 | MOROCCO'S MARKET WATCHDOG BARES ITS FANGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's Securities and Exchange Commission, the Conseil Deontologique des Valeurs Mobilieres (CDVM),for the first time in its fifteen-year history moved this month to impose order in Moroccan securities markets by issuing sanctions and warnings to a range of brokers who viola [...] | 2008-03-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MO |
08RABAT290 | GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE ECONOMISTS CLASH ON MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 26th symposium hosted by Morocco's leading economic think tank highlighted the contrasting views of government and independent economists on the overall health of the Moroccan economy. Whereas analysts affiliated with the host Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC) pressed [...] | 2008-04-04 16:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV MO |
08RABAT434 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. During the quarter, NEA DAS Kent Patton visited Morocco and post approved a new local grant proposal. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employabil [...] | 2008-05-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT442 | MOROCCO RECEIVES USD 500 MIL SAUDI GIFT [...] (SBU) On May 6, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry announced that Saudi Arabia had granted Morocco USD 500 million to help it weather the shock of oil price increases. Over the previous fortnight Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates as a speci [...] | 2008-05-16 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN MO |
08RABAT46 | OPIC-SUPPORT EURO MENA FUND II [...] (U) OPIC support for the EURO MENA Fund II would mesh with Moroccan efforts to build a diversified and strong private sector and to strengthen and deepen the country's financial markets. The GOM has targeted a number of areas through specific sectoral policies. While most of these are outsi [...] | 2008-01-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN MO |
08RABAT593 | THE OIC'S JERUSALEM FUND AGENCY ASKS FOR USG HELP [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Abdelkebir Alaoui M,Daghri, Director General of the Morocco-based Agence Bayt Al-Mal al Qods (the Jerusalem Fund Agency) appealed to Ambassador Riley in a June 13 meeting for USG help in attesting to the bona fides of his organization. The Agency, subordina [...] | 2008-06-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PTER ECON IS MO |
08RABAT614 | HORIZON SHIFT FOR SUBSIDIES REFORM AS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan government moved on two fronts on July 1 to make clear that its existing subsidy regime is unsustainable and that reform of the system is a near term priority. In addition to increasing the price of selected fuel products to reduce pressure on the Caisse de Compen [...] | 2008-07-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN MO |
08RABAT693 | NEW MOROCCAN ENERGY STRATEGY HITS FAMILIAR THEMES [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's newly unveiled national energy strategy hits the familiar themes of diversification of supply, optimization of resources, and conservation in its effort to guarantee that the country will have sufficient energy resources available to meet a demand that is expected to gro [...] | 2008-07-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT716 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1 through June 30. During the quarter MEPI Women's Pillar Program Manager Olivia Ricchi visited Morocco to assess breast cancer awareness, and the Mission approved two new local grant proposals. Other activ [...] | 2008-08-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT89 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. During the quarter, two representatives from MEPI's Washington offices visited Morocco. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a B [...] | 2008-01-28 18:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT893 | CASABLANCA EXCHANGE MIRRORS INTERNATIONAL TRENDS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Casablanca Stock Exchange mirrored international market developments this week, giving up what remained of the gains it had registered earlier in the year on Monday and Tuesday, before stabilizing and rebounding on Thurday and Friday. As elsewhere, market concerns initially [...] | 2008-09-19 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON MO |
08RANGOON137 | UNDERSTANDING BURMA'S EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Burmese Government maintains an official exchange rate at 6 kyats to $1, in reality, Burma has a multiple exchange rate system. Exchange rates vary from 450 kyats to $1 to 1255 kyats to $1, depending on the transaction. Because the official exchange rate overvalu [...] | 2008-02-21 08:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
08RANGOON138 | SOCIOECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF INLE LAKE [...] (SBU) Summary. Inle Lake, Burma's second largest lake and one of its most visited tourist sites, is a microcosm of the sharp divide between Burma's socioeconomic classes. More than 70,000 people live on or around the lake and most are dependent upon the lake for their livelihoods. People's [...] | 2008-02-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
08RANGOON162 | REGIME CRONIES CONTINUE WHEELING AND DEALING [...] (C) Summary. Regime crony Tay Za continues to do business in Burma and Singapore, as he looks for ways to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Within Burma, Tay Za's Htoo Group of Companies is expanding into new sectors. Tay Za plans to open a new shipping company in 2008, using two bulk freighters [...] | 2008-03-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON186 | DEVELOPING ECONOMY OF TAUNGGYI [...] (SBU) Summary. Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, is one of the fastest growing cities in Burma. Unlike the rest of Shan State's population, 90 percent of whom work in the agricultural industry, Taunggyi's 200,000 people work in the industrial, trade, and services sectors. Taunggyi's eco [...] | 2008-03-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
08RANGOON189 | BURMA: PRODUCING NEW CARS WITH USED PARTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Using import substitution policies, the Burmese Government has encouraged the development of a domestic car manufacturing sector since 2001. Currently, more than 400 small and medium-sized companies in Burma produce "new" unbranded jeeps and light trucks with used parts impor [...] | 2008-03-12 04:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL BM |
08RANGOON197 | REGIME FAVORS STATE-OWNED BANKS OVER PRIVATE BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Burmese banking sector has regained its footing since the 2003 banking crisis, the government continues to limit the ability of Burmese private banks to act as banks. According to bankers, the Central Bank of Burma closely monitors the financial transactions of t [...] | 2008-03-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
08RANGOON198 | GOB ENCOURAGES USE OF SINGAPORE DOLLARS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a change to its banking policy, the Burmese Government now permits private companies with foreign export earnings to open Singapore dollar-denominated bank accounts in three state-owned banks -- Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank, Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank, and Myanmar E [...] | 2008-03-17 01:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL BM |
08RANGOON210 | BURMA - WHY THE KYAT IS APPRECIATING AGAINST THE DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Burmese kyat, traditionally one of the weakest currencies in Southeast Asia, continues to appreciate against the declining U.S. dollar. Since September 2007, the market rate of the kyat has risen by 19 percent. Burmese economists see the kyat's appreciation as primarily du [...] | 2008-03-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
08RANGOON222 | TOP CRONIES FEELING THE PINCH OF U.S. SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite public statements that U.S. sanctions have little effect on regime cronies' ability to do business, Embassy contacts tell us that the top cronies -- Tay Za, Steven Law, and Aung Thet Mann -- are running scared. Tay Za's purchase of two bulk cargo ships from Korea recent [...] | 2008-03-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON26 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR EMBASSY RANGOON [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Preface: U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions --------------------------------------------- - 2. On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting n [...] | 2008-01-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM |
08RANGOON277 | BURMA: THE ECONOMICS OF WATER FESTIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Burmese Water Festival is the one time of year when the Burmese are able to relax and have a good time with little fear of government repression. The Burmese save their money all year for this holiday, and may spend between 10,000 to 100,000 kyat (approximately $10-100) to pa [...] | 2008-04-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
08RANGOON285 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS TO CONTINUE IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary. Although it has yet to make an official announcement, the Burmese Government has decided to allow further exports of rice in 2008, and plans to grant export licenses for an additional 300,000-400,000 metric tons through December, totaling 800,000 metric tons by year end. Governm [...] | 2008-04-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON331 | BURMA: CYCLONE DESTROYS RICE CROPS, PRICES [...] (C) Summary. Cyclone Nargis ripped through the Irrawaddy Delta on May 2, destroying both the newly-planted summer rice crops and the drop season crop awaiting harvest. Before the storm, Irrawaddy Division was one of Burma's main rice producing areas. The townships hardest hit by the storm - [...] | 2008-05-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON338 | BURMA: BUSINESSES PARTICIPATING IN RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. In response to the GOB's limited response to Cyclone Nargis, private Burmese businesses have stepped up to the plate, providing both relief and recovery assistance to thousands of Burmese. Staff from several of Burma's largest companies volunteered to lead Rangoon's clean up eff [...] | 2008-05-08 11:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL BM |
08RANGOON478 | ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 10:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP IR BM |
08RANGOON496 | BURMA: GOB MANIPULATING RICE MARKETS FOR OWN [...] (C) Summary. Concerned that rising rice prices could lead to future anti-government protests, the Burmese Government has again inserted itself in the rice trade. The week after Cyclone Nargis, when the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it needed roughly 50,000 metric tons of rice to [...] | 2008-06-19 08:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON592 | BURMA: U/SGY HOLMES DISCUSSES CYCLONE RELIEF, WAYS [...] (C) Summary. During his July 22-24 trip to Burma, UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes met with UN officials, NGOs, and the Diplomatic Corps, highlighting the GOB's improved cooperation with the UN and NGOs on relief efforts over the past two months. Cyclone Nargis opened [...] | 2008-07-25 02:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON596 | BURMA: FEC CONTINUES TO DEPRECIATE; NGOS, UN LOSE [...] (C) Summary. Burma's Foreign Exchange Currency (FEC),which should have 1:1 parity with the US dollar, continues to depreciate against the dollar. Historically, the FEC/US dollar exchange difference has averaged 50 kyat; the current difference is currently more than 250 kyat. Since May, the [...] | 2008-07-28 07:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON604 | BURMA: GOVERNMENT BUDGET FUNDS SOES, MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Burmese Government published its FY08-09 budget in late April, along with the FY07-08 supplementary expenditures figures. Once again, the GOB's budget data sheet provided only general guidelines, with little explanation of spending. The largest proportion of public funds a [...] | 2008-07-31 07:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BM |
08RANGOON663 | BURMA: UN, NGOS COPE WITH FEC DEPRECIATION [...] (C) Summary. Burma's Foreign Exchange Currency (FEC),which should have 1:1 parity with the U.S. dollar, has lost 25 percent of its value in the past three months, affecting international organizations' in-country humanitarian and relief operations. On August 14, the Tripartite Core Group a [...] | 2008-08-15 05:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON672 | BURMA: ACUTE BREAK IN WFP FOOD PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary. According to World Food Program (WFP) Country Director Chris Kaye, WFP Burma is experiencing an acute break in its emergency food pipeline that will last through mid-September. The food shortage could affect up to 450,000 individuals living in cyclone-affected areas, as WFP an [...] | 2008-08-19 08:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON698 | BURMA: USING THE HUNDI SYSTEM TO TRANSFER MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Prompted by government restrictions on foreign currency holdings and U.S. financial sanctions, many Burmese opt to transfer U.S. dollars in and out of Burma through informal channels, known colloquially as the "hundi system." The system links Burmese money changers and busin [...] | 2008-09-02 09:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON741 | BURMA: INDUSTRY MINISTER'S FAMILY BENEFITS FROM [...] (C) Pyi Aung and Nay Aung are sons of Minister of Industry-1 U Aung Thaung. Pyi Aung is also the son-in-law of Vice Senior General Maung Aye. The two brothers own Aung Yee Phyo Co. Ltd., IGE Co. Ltd., and UNOG Co. Ltd., and continue to use their family connections and close ties to the regi [...] | 2008-09-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON742 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTERS FEELING THE PINCH, FARMERS [...] (C) Private Burmese rice exporters, most of whom are regime cronies, continue to pressure the Burmese Government to allow rice exports so they can unload their rice stocks and earn a profit. The regime continues to resist, concerned that rising local rice prices could spark anti-government [...] | 2008-09-19 09:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON743 | BURMA: WFP FOOD PIPELINE RESTORED [...] (C) World Food Program (WFP) Burma in mid-September resumed the provision of full rations to its beneficiaries in the Irrawaddy Delta, following a one-month break in its food pipeline. From mid-August to mid-September, WFP relied on several NGO partners to procure local rice on its behalf and [...] | 2008-09-19 09:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON75 | POLITICS OF EXPORTING RICE [...] (C) Summary. Exporting rice is a money-making business for the few who receive permits. Traditionally, the Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC),a state-owned enterprise run by the Department of Defense, works with Regional Commanders to export any rice surpluses, funneling the profits back t [...] | 2008-01-31 09:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON765 | SANCTIONING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES [...] (C) The Burmese Government dominates the country's economy, using its 46 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to capture profits from the sale of timber, gems, oil and gas, and minerals. In 2007, according to Burmese consultants Business Investment Group, SOEs earned more than USD 3 billion in pr [...] | 2008-09-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON809 | ECONOMY OF MANDALAY, BURMA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY [...] (SBU) Mandalay, Burma's second largest city, is home to approximately one million people and more than 20,000 registered businesses. It is a vibrant, bustling city, and Chinese influence is readily apparent at every turn. Mandalay is a trading center and transshipment point for jade, gems, [...] | 2008-10-17 06:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL BM |
08RANGOON836 | BURMESE PRIVATE SECTOR REPS DISCUSS ECONOMY WITH [...] (C) During a roundtable discussion between the IMF Article IV Consultation team and Burmese private sector business and economic observers, participants discussed problems in the banking industry, the use of informal channels for fund transfers and capital financing, the problems associated [...] | 2008-10-28 02:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM |
08RANGOON861 | BURMA - INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM |
08RANGOON874 | BURMA LIFTS RICE EXPORT BAN; WFP UNABLE TO BUY [...] (C) The Burmese Government, confident that it will have more than 300,000 metric tons of surplus rice after the November harvest, lifted its ban on rice exports on November 4, issuing 11 permits to private Burmese companies. However, the GOB has not yet approved a World Food Programme (WFP) [...] | 2008-11-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON890 | BURMA: 2008-2009 INCSR II MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] This report responds to reftel request for the INCSR II Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Report update. 2. Burma, a major drug-producing country, has taken steps to strengthen its anti-money laundering regulatory regime in 2008. The country's economy remains dominated by state-owned en [...] | 2008-11-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM |
08RANGOON892 | BURMA: IMF CONDUCTS ARTICLE IV CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visited Burma October 22-November 6 for annual Article IV consultations. While the IMF estimates Burma's real GDP growth in 2008 will be 4 percent, rather than the 13 percent touted by the GOB, the team remains unable to reconcile national accou [...] | 2008-11-18 03:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM |
08RANGOON896 | SANCTIONING PRIVATE BURMESE COMPANIES UNDER THE [...] (C) The Burmese Government, in addition to relying on its state-owned enterprises, employs a system of economic patronage to ensure control over the country's economy. The GOB fosters a symbiotic relationship with select private Burmese companies, granting them joint ventures and lucrative [...] | 2008-11-19 06:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08RANGOON947 | BURMA: GOB PLAYING GAMES WITH WFP LOCAL FOOD [...] (C) The Burmese Government continues to send conflicting messages to the World Food Programme (WFP),granting it permission to resume local procurement of rice for its general feeding program, but attempting to force WFP to abide by GOB conditions for the procurement of rice for Delta recove [...] | 2008-12-18 08:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
08REYKJAVIK152 | GOI NOTIFIED OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM KNNP IR IC |
08REYKJAVIK203 | ICELANDIC KRONA DROPS TO NEW LOW, INCREASING CALLS TO [...] (U) As a result of the international financial crisis and lack of liquidity in the credit markets, the Icelandic krona (ISK) has taken a beating, falling almost 50 percent since the start of the year. On September 17 the ISK trade weighted index, which measures the price in ISK of a weighted av [...] | 2008-09-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IC |
08REYKJAVIK213 | ICELAND: GOVT BUYS 75 PERCENT SHARE IN THIRD-LARGEST BANK [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Iceland announced on 29 September that it is taking a majority share in Glitnir Bank, the country's third largest bank. The move follows a frantic round of secret weekend consultations between Prime Minister Haarde, the Central Bank, the heads of all major poli [...] | 2008-09-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IC |
08REYKJAVIK217 | ICELANDIC GOVT TO RUN FIRST DEFICIT IN FIVE YEARS, KRONA [...] (SBU) Summary: Counter to the hopes of the Icelandic government, saving Glitnir Bank has not saved the economy, as the krona has fallen by 15 percent over the last two days and Iceland's credit ratings have dropped. In the midst of the bad news, the first budget deficit since 1996 was announ [...] | 2008-10-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK219 | ICELANDIC GOVT TAKES CONTROL OF BANKING SECTOR AMID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde addressed the nation late on October 6 with a sober message: the banking system in Iceland was broken because of the global liquidity crisis and the government was taking emergency action to save Icelanders' domestic savings. Immediately following h [...] | 2008-10-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK221 | ICELANDIC FINANCIAL CRISIS: AS EMERGENCY POWERS GO INTO [...] (U) Summary: As the financial crisis and uncertainty in Iceland continues, the Russian offer of a 4 billion Euro (5.4 billion USD) loan is getting considerable attention. The Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce held a joint press conference this morning to update on the Government's takeov [...] | 2008-10-07 17:30:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK223 | ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...] | 2008-10-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK224 | ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...] | 2008-10-08 16:50:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK225 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS, TIME FOR USG TO GET INVOLVED? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 19:24:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK227 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: THIRD BANK GOES DOWN AS MASS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 18:13:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |