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Europe’s black cygnets grow
And so the black cygnets waddle from the shadows again. Over the weekend, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats suffered an 8.3% swing in North Rhine-Westphalia as the Social democrats (SDP) and the Greens garnered a majority.
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When the blood is up
by David Llewellyn-Smith Ten years of running The Diplomat magazine, and following many civil and military conflicts in detail, taught me one very important lesson about political economy.
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ECB talks money (and the lack thereof)
The May monthly bulletin from the ECB came out last night covering March data.
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Europe’s problems multiply
Overnight, Greek Leftist leader, Alexis Tsipras, gave up on his attempts, or at least pretence of them, to form government.
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Greece contemplates the extremes
Given the Australian Budget overnight I didn’t have time to spend on Europe’s events this morning.
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France simmers, Greece boils
Back in early February I wrote a post about 2 key things that I was watching out for in Europe that I thought the economic world was underestimating the impact of.
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Draghi departs the solar system
Last night the ECB met in Barcelona and once again held on rates.
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Is Europe in a Depression?
Another night of Eurozone PMI data, this time manufacturing, and, much the same as last time, the news was not good at all.
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France prepares to integrate Europe
Over the weekend French Presidential candidate, and current front-runner, Francios Hollande gave a speech to his faithful.
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The pain in Spain
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The ECB is on Mars
Overnight the president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, gave a speech to the Hearing at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament.
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Europe sets course for perpetual recession
Another evening of Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) data from the Eurozone.
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Europe’s lunatics rise
Back in December last year while discussing the ongoing woes of Europe, I suggested that the fiscal compact may never actually be enacted because attempts to do so would have such a disastrous outcome that European nations will inevitably give up.
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Be bullish on a Spanish bank bailout
Overnight Spain managed to sell €3.18 billion worth of bills which was ahead of the target of €3 billion.
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Chart of the Day: Flight of the EZ Capital
Chris Becker
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Spainaly under pressure
Sorry for the lateness of this post, one of those days I’m afraid.
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Spain has only denial
There seems to be a pattern emerging as stressed Eurozone nations struggle against the austerity based policy that slowly strangles them.
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Spain’s balance sheet recession
So I return after the Easter break to find Europe in much the same shape as when I last saw it, with one minor difference.
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Chart of the Day: LTRO2 weakness
Chris Becker
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Eurozone recession baked in
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On Spanish banks and Greek bonds
Recently there has been mounting evidence that although the ECB’s 3 year LTRO has been successful in both supporting sovereign bonds and banking system recapitalisation, it is failing to restart lending in the private sector.
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Eurozone’s miserable March
There was a barrage of data out of Europe overnight with the major flow being manufacturing purchasing managers indexes – PMI.
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Spain’s severity is not sustainable
The pain in Spain continues with the government releasing the country’s latest budget which has been described by some Spanish economists as ‘the most severe since Franco’: Spain’s government has announced $36 billion in new budget cuts, as it attempts to reassure the European Union that it will not need a financial bailout.
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Europe moving beyond the LTRO
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European banks aren’t lending
European monetary aggregate data for February was released overnight by the European Central Bank. This is one of the pieces of data I have been waiting for in order to get a better handle on the broader success of the 3 year long term refinancing operation (LTRO).
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