2012 – Page 30 – Credit Writedowns

Credit Writedowns

Finance, Economics, and Markets

EC green light to Rajoy’s fiscal plans makes Spanish sovereign bailout more likely

Europe looks cheap if the ECB pulls out the unlimited backstop bazooka

Can China avoid a hard landing?

On the faltering auto sector GDP assist and also on Spain’s coming sovereign bailout

Ireland: in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king

The euro zone’s manufacturing contraction is now driven by Germany

Draghi’s comments about the ECB doing “whatever it takes” are irrelevant

Housing: Good News Keeps Rolling In

Jobs Data Good, but Good Enough?

Fed, ECB Can Promise, But Can’t Deliver