Category: Eurozone Debt Crisis
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
ECB Gift Wrapped Liquidity Christmas Present / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Ben_Traynor
Is the ECB about to give Europe's governments and banks the biggest Christmas present of their lives...?
WITH CHRISTMAS a little over three weeks away, the European Central Bank may be about to hand indebted European governments – not to mention its banking sector – the biggest gift they ever received: an unlimited credit backstop.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The European Debt Crisis and Your Investments / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: EWI
In 1999, 11 European countries surrendered their currencies for the euro and a shared monetary authority. Barely a decade later, the once-celebrated EU and its currency are facing collapse. Elliott Wave International has just published a free report to help you gain a valuable perspective on the European debt crisis and get ahead of what it could mean for your portfolio.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Guide to Saving the Euro / Currencies / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Axel_Merk
Can the euro be saved? Is it possible to stem the flight of money from the periphery into the core? With a botched German auction in mind, investors are now wondering whether it’s possible to prevent a flight out of “all things euro”? We examine the dual challenges of fiscal sustainability and bank solvency in this analysis, with the not-so-modest title “Guide to Save the Euro”.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Europe's Debt Crisis, The Free Market vs. the Total State / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Gary_North
On November 22, the New York Times published an interactive chart on which governments owe how much money to which foreign nation's banks. The chart reveals the fault lines in Europe's economy. The debts are owed above all to French banks. The biggest debtor is Italy. If Italy defaults, France's largest banks go down. Overnight.
On Monday, November 28, there was a Financial Times article speculating that the Eurozone has less than two weeks to survive. The headline: "The Eurozone really has only days to avoid a collapse." It was written by an associate editor of the publication.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Financial Armageddon Delayed; All Quiet on the European Bond Market Front / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Mike_Shedlock
European bonds had a good day today. A good day is when nothing blows up.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Euro-zone Debt Crisis, Where Would We Be Without Rules? / Economics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Adrian_Ash
"Where would be if we didn't have rules?"
"FRANCE!"
"And where would we be if we had too many rules?"
"GERMANY!"
– UK comedian Al Murray, the (very British) Pub Landlord
Monday, November 28, 2011
Eurozone Being Swallowed by Expanding Debt Black Holes, Mega Bond Market Profits and Default Booms / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The stock markets plunged last week and euro-zone bond market volatility increased with PIIGS yields spiking to new Euro highs as pressure mounts on the ECB to start printing money to monetize bankrupting PIIGS debt that effectively act as expanding debt black holes that threaten to swallow first the whole of the Eurozone and soon after collapse the worlds financial system.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Bankers Have Seized Control of Europe, Goldman Sachs Has Taken Over / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
On November 25, two days after a failed German government bond auction in which Germany was unable to sell 35% of its offerings of 10-year bonds, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble said that Germany might retreat from its demands that the private banks that hold the troubled sovereign debt from Greece, Italy, and Spain must accept part of the cost of their bailout by writing off some of the debt. The private banks want to avoid any losses either by forcing the Greek, Italian, and Spanish governments to make good on the bonds by imposing extreme austerity on their citizens, or by having the European Central Bank print euros with which to buy the sovereign debt from the private banks. Printing money to make good on debt is contrary to the ECB’s charter and especially frightens Germans, because of the Weimar experience with hyperinflation.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Extreme Eurozone Disruption? Peril Threatens Financial Globalisation? / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: DK_Matai
1. The crisis in the Eurozone has reached fever pitch as all the alarm signals have gone on red alert in the bond markets;
2. Italian bond yields at a record of nearly 8% coupled with German bund yields above those of the US and the UK, suggest that the entire core of the Eurozone is now infected;
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
The Mega Banks Seizing Control of Europe / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Bob_Chapman
In Europe each time a new player is presented we find he is a Goldman Sachs’ alumnus. Recent entries are Mario Monti “appointed” PM of Italy, Lucas Papademas “appointed” PM of Greece and Mario Dragahi “appointed” President of the European Central Bank. The banks blatantly control governments and agencies presenting us with an oligarchy, which controls most of the nations on the planet. In America politicians are bought and paid for. In Europe there is a different mind set, a shared worldview of bureaucrats, technocrats, politicians and the elite bankers of world government and domination. What has happened in this process is that Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and other mega-banking has retained power for decades. They control all the players in the field, so the outcome is always in their favor. The bankers and others in turn are paid via billions of dollars in bonuses. Banks are now bank holding companies having become that to avoid failure as brokerage firms. That is the case in the US, UK and Europe.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
When Even Germany Fails, Europe's Inverted Yield Curves / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: John_Mauldin
Angela Merkel is leading the call for a rule change, a rewiring of the basic treaty that binds the EU. But is it both too much and too late? The market action suggests that time is indeed running out, and so we’ll look at the likely consequences. Then I glance over the other way and take notice of news out of China that may be of import. Plus a few links for your weekend listening “pleasure.” There is lots to cover, so let’s get started.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Europe is Falling Apart, ECB to the Rescue? / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Bill_Bonner
Markets closed today. And not much from us either. We’ve got family chores to attend to.
As expected, Europe is falling apart. Yields are rising. France’s debt no longer looks safe. And Germany can’t sell its bonds.
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