Category: Global Debt Crisis
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, May 07, 2010
Greek Debt Crisis Turns Deadly; Will Governments Act Before Economic Disaster Hits? / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Mike_Larson
This week, the financial crisis in Greece turned deadly serious. No longer are investors just losing boatloads of money. People are starting to lose their lives!
The latest bout of chaos struck on Wednesday during a general strike. Everyone from air traffic controllers to teachers left their posts. Tens of thousands of protestors hit the streets, hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails. Three people reportedly died in a fire that struck an Athens bank branch.
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Friday, May 07, 2010
European Union Economic Crash, France and Germany In Trouble? / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Washingtons_Blog
You know that Greece, Portugal and Spain are in trouble.
You probably know that the UK is threatened by the sovereign debt contagion.
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Death, er… Debt Spirals; Blow Out and BLOW UP, The Sovereign Policies of Insolvency / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis
By: Ty_Andros
As the currency and financial systems of the developed world’s social-welfare-states head towards their doom, the battles between King Kong (Mother Nature and Darwin) versus Godzilla (public servants and banksters) continue. After generations of defying the reality that you must produce more than you consume, the social welfare states are being presented with the bill for their unpayable social obligations.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Many Looming Crises Right Now, Who is Not in Fiscal Disaster? / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Christopher_Laird
Following the great banking crisis of 2007/8 the world now is realizing that the old ways are gone forever. At least the world is getting closer to that realization. What follows is described by the appropriately chosen Chinese Proverb ‘May you live in interesting times.’ to their enemies.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
The Four Stages of Economic Collapse / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Graham_Summers
Are you still bullish?
As I write, the notion of a unified Europe is literally going up in smoke. Greece has yet to confirm a bailout (four months into this ridiculous comedy), Spain and Portugal have both been slapped with credit downgrades. These problems are hardly unique as the below chart reveals:
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Greece Debt Default Would be Catastrophic For German Banks / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Global_Research
Edward Harrison writes: Apparently, Germany is now planning to make loans for Greece not just for 2010, but for 2011 and 2012 as well. This is a sea change in German thinking and is having a positive effect on all markets, with spreads on Greek debt and Greek sovereign CDS both coming in. I believe this indicates Angela Merkel understands the gravity of the situation and the impact a Greek default would have on Germany.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Greece Spiraling Debt Contagion Fears Won't Derail Spain / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: It had a huge housing boom, and is now dealing with the fallout. It has a left-of-center government and a big budget deficit, but relatively low debt in relation to its gross domestic product (GDP). And it has a worrisome current account deficit.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Cutting Public Debt, Economic Science or Class War? / Politics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Global_Research
Hugo Radice writes: In The Bullet no.345, Ingo Schmidt showed how the credit rating agencies have sparked an assault by international bondholders on the sovereign debt of Greece, where workers are being made to pay heavily for the fiscal crisis of the state.
The following day, April 28th, the London-based Institute for Fiscal Studies made a major intervention in the British election campaign, publishing a report which called on the three main parties to ‘come clean’ about their plans for dealing with Britain's very own fiscal crisis – a deficit in 2009-10 of £163-billion, or around 12% of GDP. This prompted me to ask the question: why are the three parties, and all the British media, accepting without question the need to cut the deficit?
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Gold Heats Up As Athens Burns / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: John_Browne
In the decades that preceded Greece's adoption of the euro in 2001 the country papered over its chronic inefficiency and lack of competitiveness with its northern neighbors through regular devaluations of its currency, the drachma. But as a prerequisite to join the Euro Zone, the dominant powers of the Continent, most notably Germany, required financial housecleaning and promises of fiscal discipline. When these goals were apparently met, the Greeks came aboard.
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Greece Poverty and Social Implosion in the Wake of the Financial Bailout / Politics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Finian_Cunningham
“This is not our debt, but we are being made to pay for it,” said one angry Greek worker, explaining why he like thousands of other Greeks are taking to the streets in protest at their country’s bail-out plan.
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
The Ulterior Motive Behind the Greek Bailout / Politics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Sol_Palha
"A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue." ~ Russian Proverb
Before we discuss this issue lets focus on some facts. Many individuals claim that Greece has to be bailed out to maintain stability in the financial markets. This is a bogus argument, in the short term it might be true, but in the long term it just delays the day of reckoning and makes the situation infinitely worse. You do not help an alcoholic by chastising him and then allowing him free access to booze; it won't work.
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Debt Crisis Triggers Global Crisis of Legitimacy / Politics / Global Debt Crisis
By: STRATFOR
Financial panics are an integral part of capitalism. So are economic recessions. The system generates them and it becomes stronger because of them. Like forest fires, they are painful when they occur, yet without them, the forest could not survive. They impose discipline, punishing the reckless, rewarding the cautious. They do so imperfectly, of course, as at times the reckless are rewarded and the cautious penalized. Political crises — as opposed to normal financial panics — emerge when the reckless appear to be the beneficiaries of the crisis they have caused, while the rest of society bears the burdens of their recklessness. At that point, the crisis ceases to be financial or economic. It becomes political.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Sovereign Debt Crisis Dominos Are Lining Up to Collapse / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Bryan_Rich
Boy, what a week! I’ve been warning about a troubled euro and a building sovereign debt crisis for some time. And the bond and currency market activities this past week are a clear example that the momentum is picking up.
There’s a bumpy road ahead … and not just for Greece.
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Sunday, May 02, 2010
Global Financial Conflagration, Fiat Money Buckling Under Unpayable Debts Pressure / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Bob_Chapman
America and the world face a financial conflagration of immense proportions. The world of fiat money and massive credit is buckling under the pressure of unpayable debt. Each day the safe haven of gold and silver related assets become more attractive. We ask where else do you go for safety? A conflagration is a fire out of control and that is exactly the conditions the world faces today. The inflationary depression has smoldered for 14 months and it will soon accelerate.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Global Debt Crisis Future Public Debt Trajectory Protections / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: John_Mauldin
There Had to Be a Short
How Should Our Institutions Invest?
The Future Of Public Debt
The Future Public Debt Trajectory
Debt Projections
Everyone and their brother intuitively knows that the current government fiscal deficits in the developed world are unsustainable. They have to be brought under control, but that requires some short-term pain. Today we look at a rather remarkable piece of research from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) on what the fiscal crisis may morph into in the future, how much pain will be needed, and what will happen if various countries stay on their present courses. Some countries could end up paying north of 20% of GDP just on the interest to serve their debt, within just 30 years.
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Sunday, May 02, 2010
Roast the PIIGS, and End the Euro Debt Crisis / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Sol_Palha
"Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away." ~ Confucius, BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher
The last meltdown was caused by the financial crisis in the United States, which was triggered by the onset of the housing and mortgage crisis. We now have the potential for a full blown currency crisis to unfold. Greek debt has been reduced to junk status and both Spain and Portugal have had their ratings lowered.
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Sunday, May 02, 2010
Marc Faber Says Time To Kick Greece Out of E.U. / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Submissions
Marc faber kick Greece out of eu European Union greek Portugal euro eurozone default bonds imf emf central bank pigs piigs spain italy Ireland downgraded junk
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
European Debt Crisis Spiraling Out of Control, Will Greece Be Europe’s Lehman Brothers? / Economics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Justice_Litle
The Greek debt crisis now threatens to spiral out of control - in spite of IMF rescue efforts - and the fate of the entire eurozone is at stake.
The Greek debt crisis is serious... deadly serious. Those who still think the situation will turn out okay - that it will "blow over" - are clinging to foolish hopes, just as they have done at great cost in the past.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Greece Armageddon, Financial Ebola Sweeps Through Global Bond Markets / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Mike_Larson
What does the end of the bond market world look like? Something like this …
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Greece Bond Market Crash, Europe and ETFs / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Ron_Rowland
When Americans hear about Greece, the first thought that comes to mind is usually “ancient history.” Now Greece is all over the headlines for its financial woes.
But if truth be told, Greece hasn’t done anything different from many other countries, including the U.S.! The government simply spent too much money, the citizens enjoyed too many overly-generous social programs, and eventually the bill came due. Now someone has to pay up — and the Greeks don’t have the cash.
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