Category: Eurozone Debt Crisis
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Euro-zone Politicians Polishing the Brass on the Titanic / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Graham_Summers
France and other, weaker EU members have begun pushing for “growth.” This in of itself reveals how clueless the political elite in the EU are (economic growth in Europe is synonymous with living beyond one’s means and/or living off of others… the very policies that have lead to the EU Crisis).
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Greece Eurozone Exit Consequences? / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Ian_R_Campbell
Why Read: Because possible (read likely, or even 'virtually certain') contagion issues arising out of a Greek Eurozone exit will be important to you - whether you invest in the financial markets or you don't.
Featured Article: An important article with a 17 slide PowerPoint presentation was published recently by Business Insider. Said to have been generated following review of "several months of research", the following overviews conclusions set out in the presentation. In summary, among other things, the presentation suggests that if Greece exits the Eurozone:
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Dr. Frankenstein's Europe, No Easy Greece Exit, Bank Runs / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: John_Mauldin
"Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race."– The musings of Dr. Frankenstein about his creation of a monster, in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein
Monday, May 21, 2012
Euro-zone Sovereign Debt Crisis Solution - Europeans it's Time To Wake Up! / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Andrew_McKillop
Since 2008, EU27 sovereign debt has grown at least 3500 billion euros, most Eurozone countries and many other EU countries are in recession, over 50% of young Spaniards are out of work, and over 25% are out of work in most other EU27 countries. Elections across Europe for at least the past 12 months only show the rejection of any incumbent government, and major growth of voter support for both extreme right and extreme left parties and programmes.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Destroy Greece to Save the Euro as Merkel Makes 'Growth Proposals' Whilst Asking for Referendum on Euro / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Mike_Shedlock
...Elections Provide Yet Another Attempt to Snatch Defeat From Jaws of Victory; New Democracy Leads Latest Poll
Greek elections are set for June 17th following the impasse of the last election where no majority government formed.
The "Destroy Greece to Save the Euro" clowns led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel are out in force hoping to turn the vote into a direct referendum on the Euro. The election is of course a direct referendum on the Euro, but Greek citizens are under three Fantasyland ideas.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Elites Deterrence is Dead / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Ashvin_Pandurangi
With Greece potentially on the brink of exit from the Eurozone before year's end, a lot of analysis out there has turned to what the consequences of such an event would be, and, specifically, what punishment Greece would receive from the EU and other international organizations, such as the IMF and perhaps even NATO. The general line of thinking here is that Europe will make such a devastating example out of Greece that no one else will dare to question the status quo setup ever again. While Greece is dragged down the Green Mile in shackles to its final destination, all the other prisoners will watch with an unmistakable sense of dread, and the ceiling lights will ominously flicker as the "juice" is turned on, electro-frying Greece into a crispy black corpse.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Eurozone Greek Tragedy Turns Into a Farce as Grexit Looms Large / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
The elections on May 6 only made the Eurozone's problems even worse. The French and the Greeks have rejected sensible policies in favor of self-delusion.
Those elections, and the failure of Greece to form a government, have actually moved the Eurozone crisis one step further - from potential tragedy into a complete farce.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Greece: Dump the EU Now For An Economic Recovery! / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Ron_Holland
"Attempts to form a government in Greece collapsed on Tuesday, jolting financial markets at the prospect leftists opposed to the terms of an EU bailout could sweep to victory in a June election and nudge the euro zone crisis into a dangerous new phase." – CNBC
Thursday, May 17, 2012
After Spain, is Italy Next? / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Ian_R_Campbell
Why Read: Because now that Spain's economic woes are close to the center of world economic attention you need to focus on Italy - while still keeping Greece, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands squarely on your ever more crowded radar screen.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Is Europe's Exodus Nigh? / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Submissions
InformedTrades writes: Is the Exodus for Euro project indeed nigh? Anti-bailout voices have vehemently espoused so but there are two sides to every coin (or drachma). The fundamental picture hasn't changed by a great deal since I started writing about Europe's extreme pilgrimage through fire and brimstone. However with the passage of time and the very recent rhetorical jawboning and haranguing, the schism between the world's delusional make-believe and reality has shrunk; the gap is being bridged further by fast paced developments in the political arena of Greece and France, serving as a catalyst for the truth.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Greece, Discovering the "End" in "Extend & Pretend" / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Ashvin_Pandurangi
There was a rumor over the weekend that the Troika may be willing to relax the terms of the dreaded memorandum for the Greek government if it formed a "pro-European" coalition government and avoided new elections. This rumor is ridiculous on both fronts - 1) the Troika and Germany would NEVER make such a concession for fear that every single penny pledged to peripheral nations would become contingent on the outcome of national elections and, essentially, a gift with no conditions attached (something that would pit the German people against their crony, bankster-run government once and for all), and 2) the left-wing Syriza party in Greece would NEVER commit itself to the Euro while it continues to gain popularity each day before the new elections.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Will Merkel Commit Political Suicide or Bail on the Euro? / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Graham_Summers
As I’ve noted in previous articles, politics, not economics, rule Europe. What I mean by this is that most major decisions in Europe are determined by political agendas that ignore economic and financial realities.
This is at the core of the “welfare state” mentality that permeates Europe as a whole. The EU in general is comprised of an aging population that is more concerned about receiving the pensions/ health benefits/ social payouts that were promised to them by the system than anything else.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Germany Waving the Euro-zone White Flag, Viva Los Rescates Financieros de los Bancos / Economics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: John_Mauldin
For quite some time in this letter I have been making the case that for the eurozone to survive, the European Central Bank would have to print more money than any of us can now imagine. That the sentiment among European leaders was that they were prepared for such a move was clear – except for Germany, which is haunted by fears of a return to the days of the Weimar Republic and hyperinflation.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Greece Exit, Euro-Zone Collapse, Spain and Portugal Will Follow Within 6 Months / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This analysis continues on from my last article in light of the recent French and Greek elections where voters rejected economic austerity in favour of money printing Inflation stealth debt default as politically an smoke and mirrors Inflationary depression is being seen as far more palatable for populations than a deflationary depression slow motion economic collapse. However to be able to print money inline with the true state of the respective competitiveness of euro-zone economies, then these countries governments have no choice but to exit the euro-zone, or be forced out as they one by one fail to follow through on agreed austerity measures.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Hall Of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Major central banks around the world are employing historically loose monetary policy to prop up the fundamentally flawed fractional reserve banking sector artificially. As cases in point, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank have each dropped bank funding interest rates to almost zero over the last few years.
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Friday, May 04, 2012
Europe Is A Bigger Problem Than The Slowing U.S. Economy! / Economics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Sy_Harding
Here’s the problem in just a handful of words.Germany is Europe’s strongest economy. Yet even its Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) fell to 46.2 in April from 48.4 in March. Any number below 50 indicates recessionary contraction. So the further plunge in its PMI has even Europe’s strongest economy sitting on the edge of a potential recession.
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Friday, May 04, 2012
Spain All Crisis, No Solutions for Savers / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Adrian_Ash
For Spanish savers, the financial pages are all crisis, no solution...
SPAIN'S financial crisis might be hardening the politics of capitalists vs. workers and the unemployed, but it's hardly benign for the first group.
Friday, May 04, 2012
The Fed and the ECB’s Hands Are Politically Tied… Bye Bye Market Props / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Graham_Summers
As many of you know, my primary forecast regarding Europe is that the EU will be broken up and/or collapse within the coming months.
Friday, May 04, 2012
Merkel’s In Hot Water So Sorry Spain, No More Bailouts / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Graham_Summers
Spain, which is now at the forefront of the Great Western Debt Default Collapse, has opted to seek funding from the mega-bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) rather than going directly to the ECB or the IMF.
The reasons for this are clear: the IMF doesn’t have the funds (nor will it as the US won’t fund a European bailout during a Presidential election year). And the ECB is now backed into a political corner with Germany.
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
Eurozone Debt Crisis "Day of Reckoning' / Interest-Rates / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
How many times have we been told the Eurozone debt crisis is resolved, only to have it turn up again like a bad penny?
Last year's string of good news/ bad news on the Eurozone debt crisis had the markets going up and down like a yo-yo until the routine grew so tiresome that most people stopped paying attention.
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