The quotes of the Asian oil trading today remained just below $ 77 a barrel and stopped fall, which at the end of last week saw prices of raw materials, but the stock players after very careful how I move the other two markets – equity and currency. Especially careful they will be in today when the market actually works in the U.S. after official Thanksgiving holiday shopping craze and “Black Friday.” Then I will make clear how the threat reverberated from Dubai, said Reuters. The agency reminds that at the end of last week provoked emirate markets, announced unavailability of the government investment fund Dubai World and its subsidiary development company Nakheel to pay its obligations. According to Bloomberg agency stabilization of oil prices is mainly due to the promise of the other 6 Emirates to help and first decision of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to financially support local businesses if the crisis in the Dubai World overtake them. U.S. light crude oil increased marginally by 0.14 percent to 76.16 a barrel. On Friday last week with quotes for oil delivery in January fell by 2.5 percent and stopped to $ 76.05 a barrel. Bloomberg calculations show that oil notes monthly decline 1.3 percent in November compared to October.
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Lithuania will not adhere to the “painful” scheme for adopting the euro, which will shrink consumption and greatly harm the economy, said Prime Minister of the country Cubilus Andrews. The country probably will fail to meet EU requirements for the deficit within 3 percent of GDP by 2011, so the adoption of the euro can not happen before 2013, said in an interview yesterday, Finance Minister of Lithuania Ingrid Simon. “These are very ambitious and very painful measures, and, of course, there are any limits on what measures can enter,” said Cubilus. The aim is not to kill the entire economy and stability in society by reducing costs, salaries and pensions. Lithuania’s economy contracted by 14,3 per cent in the third quarter after the government took budget cuts, equivalent to 8 percent of GDP this year. Even after these stringent measures, the evaluation of the European Commission Lithuania will have a deficit of 9,7 per cent in 2011 to 9.8 per cent for this. Lithuania, whose currency – liras is tied to the euro should be introduced European single currency “as soon as possible, but the opportunities in turn have practical limits and practical measures should be introduced,” said Cubilus. The government has proposed the 2010 budget cuts of 5 percent of GDP, aimed at social welfare. Lithuania lags behind neighboring Estonia, which plans to join the eurozone from January 1, 2011, after years of using the government budget surplus for the establishment of reserves. This allowed the public finances remain intact even after the crisis hit the country.
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