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Category Archives: Greece
European banks see debt threat in U.S. as well as at home
The deadlock in Washington over how to avoid a government default increasingly threatens to strike another blow to Europe’s ailing financial system because of the tremendous sum of Treasury bonds and other U.S. debt held by banks across the Atlantic. If the United States defaults and its top-notch credit rating is downgraded, European banks [...]
World Stocks Sink on Renewed Eurozone Fears
Stock markets around the world sold off sharply Tuesday as renewed fears of market instability seized investors. The Euro continued it’s slide and markets from Asia to the Eurozone had steep declines in reaction to the Bank Of Spain’s actions over this past weekend, where the Bank took over a Spanish bank that was unable [...]
Posted in Business, Euro Zone, Global Markets, Greece, Solid Principles
Tagged as: Asia, Bank of Spain, Euro, European Central Bank, Eurozone, Global Stock Markets, Kim Jong Il, N. Korea, S. Korea
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Greek strikers march on parliament against cuts
ATHENS, May 20 (Reuters) – Thousands of striking Greeks marched on parliament on Thursday, in a test of the government’s resolve to implement tough austerity measures demanded by the EU and IMF to drag Greece out of its debt crisis. The strength of the march will indicate whether anger against the government’s wage cuts, tax [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Greece, Solid Principles
Tagged as: EU, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, IMF, Reuters
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European Markets Surge
By: ISHAQ SIDDIQI European stock markets pushed sharply higher Monday, while sovereign debt markets slumped, as market participants reacted to news of a hefty €750 billion ($955 billion) rescue package to stabilize the euro and prevent the Greek debt crisis from affecting other member countries. The Stoxx Europe 600 index jumped 5.9% to 251.09. London’s [...]
Five Greek Myths, 2010 Version
By David Wessel Economist Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland is enjoying more celebrity than usually accrues to scholarly geeks thanks to a well-timed book, “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” co-authored with Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff. In an op ed essay in Sunday’s Washington Post, Carmen Reinhart and her husband, Vincent, [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Greece, Solid Principles
Tagged as: Euro, Euro Zone, Federal Reserve, Fiscal Discipline, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, Kenneth Rogoff, WSJ
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U.S. Stock Futures Claw Back Gains After Tumult
By STEVE GOLDSTEIN U.S. stock futures rose Friday after one of the most tumultuous sessions in history, ahead of key nonfarm payrolls data, as investors eyed Greece developments and the outcome of tight U.K. elections—and braced for further volatility. Over three hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 37 points. [...]
Posted in Business, Greece, Solid Principles, U.S. Stock Market, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: China, Greece, Japan, Marketwatch, Wall Street, WSJ
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Crisis Deepens; Chaos Grips Greece
ATHENS—Greece’s fiscal crisis took a new turn to violence Wednesday when three people died in a firebomb attack amid a paralyzing national strike, while governments from Spain to the U.S. took steps to prevent the widening financial damage from hitting their own economies. U.S. Treasury officials have been quietly urging their European and International Monetary [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Foreign Policy, Greece, IMF, Solid Principles, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, IMF, Russia, Spain, WSJ
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