Category Archives: Eurozone Sovereign Spreads

Stratfor: Options and Conditions for a Spanish Bailout

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

Stratfor Europe analyst Adriano Bosoni discusses the financial assistance options that the European Union could provide Spain and the conditions they would include. For more analysis, visit: http://www.Stratfor.com (click here if video is not observable)

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Portugal passes fresh tax hikes

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

Portugal’s parliament has passed the country’s largest tax hike package in decades. The changes form part of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s new 2013 budget programme. Lisbon has to meet targets set by a 78-billion-euro bailout agreement with the EU … Continue reading →

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Draghi Speaks, Markets Go Berserk

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

The potential disappointments were there in Draghi’s OMT policy announcement.   The markets didn’t care, however, as the perceived tail risk of sovereign default was taken off the table as was a Euro banking collapse circumvented by the LTROs. Central bankers … Continue reading →

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Debt-stricken Catalonia eyes Spanish bailout aid

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Sound familiar? (click here if video is not observable)

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Europe’s Escalating Cycle of Turmoil

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Great graphic from the IMF,  which nails the policy paralysis in the Eurozone.   Similar, but more rigorous, to the “meet and discuss” cycle  we wrote about last December, Their modus operendi seems to be: meet and discuss, wait for a … Continue reading →

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Europe’s New “Iron Curtain”

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

Today’s must read Reuters piece raises the spectre of a Europe “fragmenting faster than policymakers can repair it.”   Paul Taylor, the author, warns The leaders agreed that the euro zone’s permanent bailout fund, the 500 billion euro ($620 billion) … Continue reading →

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Draghi calls for bold action

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

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EU leaders gather to solve debilitating debt crisis

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

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Germany, France, Italy and Spain meet ahead of summit

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

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Collapse of Euro a “Very Likely Scenario” – Spiegel

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

We posted yesterday that the Germans are starting to think out loud about the breakup of the Euro.  Here’s an excerpt and chart on the economic aftermath of a Eurozone split from the Der Spiegel piece, Collapse of Currency a … Continue reading →

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