2010年11月14日 星期日

EU Strugglers Could Soon Reach for the Hair Shirts

Once again a German retreat caused a sigh of relief in Europe. German chancellor Angela Merkel had wearied of having her country the ultimate guarantor of the debts of the profligate periphery. So she announced that she would not get involved in permanent rescue schemes unless lenders take a haircut. She could not, she said, repeatedly ask voters to bear the costs of imprudent lending by investors "who have earned a lot of money from taking those risks.From hand held inflatable products carrying your logo, to giant blimps, message boards and balloons for the large venues," Sounds sensible to analysts who fear the moral hazard created by serial bailouts.

But sounds scary to private investors who lent to the troubled countries. They greeted the news by driving down the prices of Irish and other euro-zone bonds, and reigniting fears of sovereign defaults. So Ms. Merkel, climbed down,Looking for ED Hardy ,ED Hardy clothing and ed hardy wholesale. as her critics put it or, as she preferred, clarified her position. The hair on the heads of existing holders of euroland countries' debt would remain in place; the haircuts won't start until 2013.

Note this important message: Germany's tune is the one to which the markets dance. Yes, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a creature of euro-land governments, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, has close to 1 trillion ($1.36 trillion) potentially available to lend to strapped countries. But when it expires in 2013, Germany will dictate the replacement regimen.

Doubt that and consider this. The calming effect establishment of the EFSF had on markets melted away as quickly as had the price of periphery-country bonds when the German chancellor said that private investors would have to bear some pain before a country could call upon the EFSF. And when the German chancellor reversed course, and announced that the new tough-on-investors regimen will not come into effect until 2013, calm was restored or, more precisely, the level of panic declined.

So it's all right,inflatable mattress bed is a private company categorized under Inflatable Beds and located in Brookhaven, PA. then. Well, not exactly. For one thing,At Madfun we sell the latest range of inflatable swimming pools from Intex and Bestway. the problems of the periphery countries are getting worse. Eurostat, the EU's statistics gatherer, reports that growth in the 16-nation euro-zone declined in the third quarter to 0.4% from 1% in the second quarter. Germany, the EU locomotive that chalked up growth of 2.3% in the second quarter, grew only by 0.How can you buy very cool Nike shox online?7% in the third. That general slowdown reduces markets for the products of the periphery countries, which are already in difficulty.

In the third quarter, the Greek economy actually declined by 1.1%, while Portugal's grew by 0.4%, and Spain's stalled completely. The shrinking of Greece's economy makes it likely that the inspectors now in Athens will report this week that Greece did not generate sufficient tax revenues to meet its deficit reduction targets. That will be grist for the mill of critics who are saying that the austerity program imposed on Greece by the IMF and the European Central Bank is the road to ruin, rather than to recovery.

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