Much as Greece and others cheated to get
into the Eurozone, it is not as if intelligent people could not see the dodge.
Greece got
into the Eurozone via subterfuge; they lied about the true status of their indebtedness, and Wall Street (with its counterparts in European investment banking) helped them do it.
Bank of England governor Mervyn King warned earlier this week that any recovery would be slow, especially given the slowing growth of emerging economies in China and India and the threat of Germany being pulled
into the eurozone crisis.
He is ruffling feathers in Brussels and Berlin by insisting that he will renegotiate the EU's newly agreed fiscal treaty — enshrining budget discipline and austerity
into eurozone countries» national laws and constitutions — to put more emphasis on growth and employment.
That said, the region may fare well in a better global growth environment and find current valuations to be a potentially attractive entry point
into eurozone equities.
Emerging market woes will ricochet
into the eurozone.
Not exact matches
But Italy's current debt load is quite high, and the country's leaders surely won't relish the opportunity of going
into the next recession as the weakest and most indebted in the
eurozone.
«We have revised up our 2018 growth forecasts for both the US and the
eurozone on the back of recent Q4 GDP prints and the momentum going
into Q1 2018,» Mortimer - Lee wrote in his monthly outlook.
It is the bond market that will likely push Spain
into becoming the fifth
eurozone state to accept a bailout — after Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus.
After 15 hours of talks that stretched through Sunday night and
into Monday, Greece walked away from the emergency summit of
Eurozone leaders with a «compromise» bailout package.
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to reform the
eurozone quickly, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected the idea of turning the European Stability Mechanism
into a European Monetary Fund without lengthy treaty - change negotiations.
The assumption is that a Samaras win would be better for the markets, and that a Tsipras victory would put Greece
into conflict with the rest of the
Eurozone, thus creating the possibility of a Greek exit.
The ECB can move move because the
Eurozone's economic recovery is now well
into its fifth year.
Despite the backlash, the SNB will face from those who are nursing potential losses that could run
into billions, many analysts thought the decision was inevitable in light of next week's expected announcement by the ECB to break new ground in its efforts to inject life
into the ailing 19 - country
eurozone economy.
The deal, agreed to on Monday after 17 hours of talks with
eurozone leaders, contains tough conditions including pension cuts, tax increases and the movement of public assets
into a trust fund to pay for the recapitalisation of Greek banks.
«Our decision to upgrade Europe at the end of last year was driven by our belief that we would see a solid upturn in the
eurozone economy, earnings and investment flows
into a region that was unloved and underowned,» says Sheets.
The European Central Bank, which supervises commercial banks in the
eurozone, is considering opening an inquiry
into whether HNA meets the criteria for large bank shareholders, according to two people with knowledge of discussions who were not authorized to speak on the record.
However, some of that potential equity gain can erode when your investment in the
eurozone is translated back
into the stronger dollar.
Based on months of negotiation, my conviction is that the German finance minister wants Greece to be pushed out of the single currency to put the fear of God
into the French and have them accept his model of a disciplinarian
eurozone.
Meanwhile, Europe has seen a rise in nationalism and populism that we think could draw
into question the whole
eurozone project.
Although the largesse is restricted to blue - chip
eurozone companies such as food producer Danone or telecoms giant Telefónica, ECB - injected liquidity has spilled
into the rest of the market, paring average interest rates on investment - grade corporate debt by some 30 basis points to an even 1 %, Deloitte estimates.
The dramatic developments overshadowed the G20 summit of world leaders in the French resort of Cannes, where President Barack Obama implored European leaders to swiftly work out a
eurozone plan to deal with the continent's crisis, which threatens to push the world back
into recession.
In our view, any decision on monetary policy normalization will have to take
into account some of what is happening outside of America's borders, including the hazy economic outlook for China, the slowdown in other large emerging markets and the uncertainties that continue to plague the
eurozone.
Just as the
eurozone had begun to set the right course in its struggle with an ever - mutating debt crisis, it relapsed
into its old vice.
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18.20
Eurozone QE will come
into the world on March 9.
Eurozone inflation has suddenly dipped to its lowest level in more than a year, calling
into question plans for the bloc's central bank to end its vast bond - buying programme.
The
Eurozone is turning
into a dead zone, and the Europeans are moving their money
into the United States.
Slovakia's problems are not particularly economic — the Bratislava self - governing region is the sixth - wealthiest EU region, with purchasing power parity per capita income more than 180 % of its regional average — and as a member of the
eurozone, the country has attracted substantial foreign direct investment, notably
into its auto industry.
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Investors have piled
into US treasury bonds in recent years to escape such financial scares as the
eurozone debt crisis and slowing growth in China.
During August and
into September, data from the
eurozone remained upbeat, with an already solid second - quarter performance revised even higher, pushing year - on - year growth to 2.3 %, the quickest pace since the region's debt crisis of 2011 — 2012.
Other major economies, particularly the
eurozone, are decelerating a bit, and that's raising concerns that those economies may be falling back
into a recession.
Will the
eurozone fall
into a recession?
But this has been changing as the
eurozone is developing
into a banking union, or as the
eurozone is making use of the Lisbon Treaty's enhanced co-operation procedure.
The European Central Bank cut its benchmark rate to a record low of 0.25 % on November 7 to keep the
eurozone economy from slipping back
into recession.
If the Greek elections fail to convince investors that Greece is prepared for austerity measures — or, worse, set the stage for Greece to abandon the euro — expect the
eurozone's currency to go
into something of a free fall.
And this even as the
eurozone is said to be heading straight
into a double - dip recession.
And they must be matched by much more effective economic governance in the
Eurozone to ensure fiscal responsibility is hard wired
into the system.
A combination of these factors most likely come
into play, but it is certainly true that the UK does not suffer from the same nervousness that accompanies the bond auctions of some
eurozone nations, and that is something we would want to avoid.
On top of that, the
eurozone has slipped
into crisis.
The austerity cuts across Europe are taking hundreds of billions of euro out of the European economy, pushing the
eurozone into its second recession since 2008.
The second part of the agreement involves a common resolution scheme whereby when any
eurozone bank gets
into trouble the scheme will decide whether to bail out the bank or let it go bust, with all
eurozone governments jointly bearing the cost of the bailout.
On Europe, and the ongoing slow - motion car crash of the
eurozone debt crisis, Osborne played
into the hands of the eurosceptics with abandon.
«With more than 75 % of construction products exports being absorbed
into the European market, recent forecasts from the OECD indicating a slowdown in key
Eurozone countries, such as Germany and France, potentially threaten prospects of further growth for product manufacturers.
The Labour leader has every reason to use Twitter because his policy on the
eurozone crisis could easily fit
into 140 characters.
As the fallout from David Cameron's brave decision to veto the Merkozy attempt to force the rest of Europe
into some sort of Faustian pact that would lead to full fiscal union of the 17
Eurozone members within the current institutions of the EU, the DPM has used this row to bury some very bad news.
Osborne says we probably won't avoid recession if the
eurozone slips
into oneHe adds that the OBR blames external inflation shock for the downwards revision.
There should also be data on why the growth figures are being downgraded - if the OBR blames the
eurozone it will be music to Osborne's ears, but if it's domestic it plays
into his enemies» hands.
Now they're blaming the
Eurozone, when in fact rising exports were the only reason why the economy didn't fall
into recession last year.
The prime minister raised eyebrows yesterday when he said the
eurozone must either «make - up or break up» during PMQs, but the phrase appears to be solidifying
into the government line, as he reiterated it in a speech on the economy later.