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European values have come in the green Monday, closing on a positive note their third consecutive monthly increase, after an officer of the Federal Reserve has played down the impact of soaring oil prices on economic activity.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended up 0.8%, its second consecutive session rebound after the movement of sales recorded last week because of the tensions and fears in Libya for the supply of black gold . In Paris the CAC 40 has been 0.98% to 4110.35 points.

A reversal of the trend in London has sold 0.12% to 5994.01 points.The Frankfurt Stock Exchange ended with a gain of 1.21% to 7272.32 points.

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis, said Monday that the U.S. economy is expected to show sustained activity in 2011 and that the current surge in oil prices due to political tensions in the Middle East was not a threat hovering on the recovery time.

The industrial stocks have been particularly popular, the sector index STOXX Europe 600 having finished up 1.9%.

Siemens took 3.64% to 97.59 euros on rumors as a possible IPO of Osram bulbs division of German conglomerate, over the next two months.

HSBC has revised lower Monday some of its financial targets, reflecting a more stringent banking regulations, and disappointed investors by announcing 2010 earnings below the consensus.

The title of the first bank in Europe by market capitalization ended down 4.65%, bringing in its wake Royal Bank of Scotland (-1.07%) and Lloyds (-1.41%). The European sector index was 0.25% assigned him.

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U.S. consumer sentiment has reached the end of February its highest level since January 2008, supported by an improved perception of the labor market, according to Thomson Reuters index / University of Michigan released Friday.

The index finally settled at 77.5 for the month of February, against 75.1 in the first estimate and 74.2 in January.

Economists on average had expected an index to 75.3.

The current economic conditions index stood at 86.9, also the highest since January 2008, after 81.8 in January and 86.8 in cons preliminary estimate. Analysts had expected 86.8.

The consumer expectations index rose to 71.6, the highest since September 2009, against 69.3 in January.The first estimate was 67.6 and 68.0 the market was counting on.

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The weekly jobless claims fell more than expected in the United States during the week to 19 February at 391,000 against 413,000 (revised) the previous week, said Thursday the Labor Department.

Economists on average had expected 400,000 registered unemployed.

The entries of the week to 12 February were revised up from an initial estimate of 410,000.

The four-week moving average stood at 402,000 against 418,500 (revised) the previous week.

The number of people receiving regular benefits rose to 3.79 million during the week to February 12 (last week for which figures are available) against 3,935,000 the previous week.

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The violence resulted in Libya on Tuesday a sharp fall on U.S. exchanges, prompting investors to move away from risky investments such as equities.

Oil has also reacted strongly, a barrel of light crude taking more than 8% in New York.

The Dow Jones industrials lost 30 yielding 1.44% 178.46 points at 12,212.79.

The S & P-500, wider, lost 27.57 points, or 2.05%, to 1315.44.This is its largest daily fall in percentage terms since August 11.

The Nasdaq Composite fell on his side of 77.53 points (2.74%) to 2756.42.

The rising volatility and high volume of shares traded could signal the beginning of the market downturn that many players anticipated after weeks of increases.

Sign of the tension on the markets, the CBOE volatility index rose 26.60% to 20.80.

The rising price of oil has hurt airlines.Arca sector index was down 5.23%, and Delta Airlines by 6.6% to 10.74 dollars.

The losses have been limited by a sense of optimism that persists on the strength of economic recovery in the United States.

The index of U.S. consumer confidence has reached a higher in February than three years, far exceeding the consensus of analysts.

"If oil prices remain high because of current difficulties in the Middle East (consumer confidence) going back again", but warned Joseph Battipaglia, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus.

Rising oil prices has benefited the sector groups.Exxon Mobil and Chevron are two of only three tracks the Dow Jones to have finished up, by 1.1% to 85.44 dollars and 1.6% to 100.32 dollars.

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The yuan has touched its level of trading Monday highest against the dollar after the decision of the People's Bank of China to raise the middle of its trading range at a record high for the third consecutive day.

This new signal the willingness of Chinese authorities to curb inflation follows the announcement Friday in a further increase of 50 basis points of the required reserve ratio of banks, increased to a level too high of 19, 5%.

Currency traders expect the yuan appreciates by 5% to 6% this year as Beijing should use the monetary weapon in its anti-inflation strategy.

The yuan finished at 6.5668 spot for a dollar, representing an increase of 3.95% since its undocking from the greenback in July 2010. It came down to sitting until 6.5654 to the dollar and touched a high of 6.5724.

Before the start of trading, the People's Bank of China fixed the middle of the floating band of yuan against the dollar at 6.5705, a new record level. The yuan can only evolve from 0.5% up or down from that level that is set daily by the central bank.

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The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended little changed Friday, profit-taking after four consecutive days of increase appears to be balanced with buying on declines.

The Nikkei ended stable (+0.06% or 6.16 points) to 10,842.80 points, remaining above the closing nine and a half months, and the Topix, wider, has also stagnated (-0.06% or -0.54 points) to 973.60 points.

Investors also sought to withdraw on the eve of a long weekend in the U.S., but the downward pressure was limited by buying on dips after a wave of U.S. corporate earnings considered auspicious for global recovery.

U.S. markets are closed Monday for President's Day.

The Nikkei gained about 6% since the beginning of the year, supported by the appetite of foreign investors in Japanese securities deemed abused or the best performing Asian market in 2011.

"It is a breathing apparent after recent market gains," said Takashi Hiroki, of Monex Inc..

"The timing of this break is perfect because investors want to adjust their positions based on events in the Middle East, the G20 (Friday and Saturday in Paris, ed) and the prolonged closure of markets in the U.S." he added.

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The main effort of fiscal consolidation in France remains to be done and the authorities must act quickly to prevent a drift of public debt, warns the ECA.

In its annual report Thursday, she underlines the exceptional factors that allow the government hoped to reduce the public deficit to 6.0% of GDP end 2011 against 7.7% in late 2010.

As for the European commitment of France to reach 3.0% in late 2013, "this objective can not be achieved without new relief," she writes.

For 2011, the Court found "insufficient" the recovery effort that it considers to 7.5 billion euros, while it would reduce it by at least 20 billion annually, equivalent to a point of GDP, the structural deficit (that is to say, outside economic factors).

"An effort of this magnitude is necessary to quickly stop the growth of public debt," she said."It could be a temporary economic cost, but a sufficiently strong and rapid recovery would probably cost much higher."

The decline of 1.7 percent of GDP deficit expected this year by the government "based on assumptions of growth and government revenue rather favorable," said the Court, which mainly stresses that "this decrease is much more cyclical and exceptional (like the end of the recovery plan) that measures sustainable. "

The government thus provides an economic growth of 2.0% this year, a forecast than those of almost all economists and international institutions.

After a limited recovery to 1.5% last year and acquired a growth of only 0.5% in late 2010, this goal seems more elusive, while the approach of presidential and legislative elections of 2012 may to affect the deficit.

However, "we believe that the target of 6% in 2011 can be achieved, we do not question," said Didier Migaud, first president of the Court, presenting the report.

LARGE-SCALE REFORMS

After 2011, "the deficit and public debt are likely to deviate significantly from the expected path of the planning law if new remedies are not taken quickly," says the Court of Auditors.

France has pledged to reduce its deficit to 4.6% at end 2012, 3.0% and 2.0% end 2013 end 2014.Public debt as the government would begin to decline in 2013, when it would reach 86.8% of GDP from 87.4% and 86.2% end 2012 end 2011.

But the Court said, "advanced economies are described in too general to be tabulated and reconciled with the expected € 50 billion" in 2012-2014.

"The recovery of public accounts will only reaching reforms," she adds.

The path of deficit reduction, as determined by the government with the desire not to kill the takeover by a sharp drop in spending or a sharp increase in taxes is for the time judged credible by observers and financial players.

But they also warn that any deviation from this path – an old French habit – would put France under pressure as lenders might then require higher returns to finance its debt.

The law of public finance program retains a target of 2011-2014 spending growth of 0.8% per year in volume.The State is also supposed to freeze spending in value excluding interest expense and pension.

The Court identified five billion euros in savings in budget documents of the 13 billion needed to limit spending increases in the proportion expected this year.

She said the spending growth should be 0.5% in 2011 but 1.4% excluding cyclical or exceptional, exceeding the target limit of 0.8%.

It is estimated that between plus and minus 0.2 percentage points of GDP contribution of public expenditure to changes in the structural balance this year, far from the effort needed to reach 0.6 point reduction in the structural deficit that advocates.

The Court further to 0.4 percentage points of GDP higher sustainable harvest expected in budget documents.

Referring to the proposed introduction of a "golden rule" of deficit reduction required by the Government, the Court noted that the rules are "useful" but "may not be enough to ensure recovery of public accounts that will only of large-scale reforms. "

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Rising consumer prices rose 4.9% in January over a year, a figure lower than analysts' expectations but above the target of Beijing. While northern China is experiencing a severe drought, grain prices rose by 15.1%

Rising consumer prices rose 4.9% in January year on year in China, a figure lower than analysts' expectations but still maintained while inflation is driven by the sharp increase in food prices, to 10.3%.

Rising consumer prices, the main gauge of inflation reached 5.1% in November and 4.6% in December. Over the full year 2010 it was 3.3%.

While northern China is experiencing a severe drought that threatens the harvest of winter wheat, grain prices rose by 15.1% and fresh fruit have soared by 34.8%, was detailed to the National Bureau Statistics (NBS).

The NBS said that the figure for January was "below market expectations." Analysts cited last week by Dow Jones had expected 5.4% rise in prices.

The government has taken in January of new measures to curb rising prices, as a third increase of 25 basis points in interest rates in four months and a further increase in reserve requirement ratio for banks.

Beijing is concerned about the consequences for social stability of inflation that disproportionately affect low-income households whose food expenditures represent a larger share of total spending.

The index of producer prices, which gives an idea of the evolution of consumer prices in coming months, rose to 6.6% in January, against 5.9% in December, showing that inflationary pressure increased.

The SNB said it had revised its methods for calculating the price index so as to give greater weight to housing costs, which include rent and expenses but not the purchase price of the apartments. These costs rose 6.8% last month compared with January 2010. The new index, however, gives a little less emphasis on food prices. Other elements for calculating the new index were also changed, as the number of outlets which bears the government's investigation, which was increased to 63,000. The NBS said that the new method of calculation resulted in a price index higher: 4.942% 4.918% cons with the old method.

"Overall, inflationary pressure remains very high," he told AFP Yao Wei, an economist at Societe Generale in Hong Kong based.

"The index is somewhat less" than our expectations, she says, "but that does not change the fact that the economy is generally overheated", she further said.

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Wall Street opened lower Monday in very light after two consecutive weeks of increases.

In early trade, the Dow Jones yielded 0.2% (24.86 points) to 12,248.44 points. The S & P 500, which has won more than 13% since December, was almost stable (-0.04% or -0.59 points) to 1,328.56 points while the Nasdaq Composite took 0.09% (2 , 42 points) to 2811.96 points.

The announcement early this morning that China's trade surplus fell more than expected in January supports the rating, creating a perception that Beijing is doing enough to maintain domestic demand without having to accelerate the appreciation of its currency.

Values, Boeing is 0.36% on opening.The Boeing unveiled Sunday a new version of its jumbo jet aircraft 747, in the hope of reviving the prestige of aircraft 40 years after his birth and boost its sluggish sales.

General Electric advanced more than 1% after the announcement of the acquisition of a subsidiary of John Wood Group by the conglomerate for about $ 2.8 billion (two billion euros) to strengthen in the service sector petroleum.

Echostar, which announced Hughes Communications to buy back about $ 1.33 billion, debt not included, or two billion dollars included, yields 1.61%, while its target of 4.1% unscrews.

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France would oppose any new international requirement of additional capital for large banks to a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Paris next week, said the governor of the Bank of France Christian Noyer.

"Add more capital is no panacea" to prevent another banking crisis, he said in an interview with the Financial Times.

It would be more effective to adapt any extension of capital to risk-taking activities of each bank and to strengthen their supervision, "he adds.

The Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde was also held, in an interview to the press last September, that "add a new layer of equity at some schools is not the panacea."

Christian Noyer, a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, also believes that we should not push banks to concentrate their holdings in government bonds to meet new prudential standards known as Basel III.

"We know from experience, after the crisis of sovereign debt, the public debt market is not necessarily all at the most liquid and safest and such a concentration could be very risky," says it.

Christian Noyer said he also supports some capital controls to reduce the volatility of exchange rates of emerging countries whose currency floats freely, in order to avoid protectionism.

"We need rules, otherwise there is danger that the excessive volatility of capital flows does not lead to protectionist measures …", he said.

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