From the category archives:

Spain

Well, we are now officially in the middle of a full-blown European debt crisis threatening to spread globally again.  All the more reason we might see further stimulus in the US sooner rather than later.
Ahead of a 2 billion Euro bond auction, Spanish yields soared after ratings agency Fitch downgraded Spanish debt in light of [...]

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Large movements of money are under way in Europe these days, as knowledgeable Southern Europeans withdraw from Italian, Greek and Spanish banks and seek for safer places to leave their cash.  This is the main push behind the drop in German Bund yields, which are now acting in similar fashion to Treasuries as a safe [...]

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Will Eurobonds be the solution to the European fiscal mess?  There’s so much debt out there already, can more European debt really be the answer?
Nevertheless, the “Eurobond” is what Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has proposed as a way out of the European debt situation.  Perhaps a Eurobond offering would calm global markets over European [...]

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Economically speaking, 2012 is looking good for central Asian, African and South Asian markets.  The developed world, however, is still struggling with debt overload and market saturation.
The United States is looking at about 1.3% projected GDP growth – nothing exciting, but also nothing to sneeze at when you see some of the other disappointing figures [...]

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