Not exact matches
But a strange showdown is shaping up between the
eurozone's powers,
which can not and will not extend unconditional aid, and a
country ravaged by austerity with little appetite for more.
The yield on Greece's three - year bond,
which has surged from 4 % to 13.5 % since October, is now reflecting serious expectations that the
country may end up outside of the
Eurozone and unable to repay its euro - denominated debts.
And for Greece's own wealthier classes, the EU loan package would enable the
country to remain within the
Eurozone long enough to permit them to move their money out of the
country before the point arrived at
which Greece would be forced to replace the euro with the drachma and devalue it.
Outright Monetary Transactions are a bond - buying program announced in September 2012 in
which the European Central Bank would offer to purchase
eurozone countries» short - term bonds in the secondary market to bring down the market interest rates faced by
countries subject to speculation that they might leave the euro.
I think
countries within the
eurozone also should lift some of their controls to allow their economies to be freer,
which would encourage growth, because Europe doesn't have a high - growth potential at the moment.
And lastly, we should also remember that the ECB is the proud owner of close to $ 250 billion worth of sovereign debt from troubled
Eurozone countries, mainly Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain,
which it acquired through its Securities Market Program (SMP).
The deepening of the
eurozone,
which will inevitably happen as a result of the problems of the single currency, will open up opportunities for a different and better settlement between
countries such as Britain and the European Union.
Even the
country whose debts and unemployment rates are the greatest threat to a
eurozone project
which Brexiters said would drown us is outperforming the UK.
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon writes - We now have a draft statement from the French and the Germans
which is about to be put to the other
Eurozone countries.
If a governing bloc emerges
which wants to renegotiate the bail out plans, analysts expect the
country to slip out the
eurozone.
«Of course
countries have got to make difficult decisions about their own public finances... but it's the open speculation from some members in the
eurozone about the future of some
countries in the
eurozone which I think is doing real damage across the whole European economy.»
«David Cameron must recognise the austerity policies
which are failing in Europe are the very same policies that have failed in Britain and
which the British government has been urging
eurozone countries to stick with,» he commented.
In this context, people ask: if there are 18
countries in the
Eurozone which might wish to integrate further, could this lead to further powers being transferred away from our
country?
He is advising European leaders to: reassess the current plan in Greece -
which will reportedly see its debt at 120 per cent of its GDP by 2020 -; recapitalise banks in struggling
eurozone economies; and allow the European Central Bank to buy bonds from distressed
countries.
Outright Monetary Transactions are a bond - buying program announced in September 2012 in
which the ECB would offer to purchase
eurozone countries» short - term bonds in the secondary market to bring down the market interest rates faced by
countries subject to speculation that they might leave the euro.
Suggested explanations include desire for safety and protection against the
eurozone breaking up (in
which case some
eurozone countries might redenominate their debt into a stronger currency).
Earlier this week, Mario Draghi, the President of the ECB,
which administers the monetary policy of the 19 -
countries eurozone, explained that Bitcoin as a peer - to - peer protocol that can not be prohibited or regulated.
Ireland's economic growth has continued to outpace other
countries in the
Eurozone,
which all else being equal would tend to increase demand for labour.