Europe

Marshall Auerback here with a post which I originally published at New Deal 2.0. This post on deficits in fiat currency regimes is the second in a series of posts on Modern Monetary Theory. Many market analysts, commentators and economists…

Last week I was on RTTV's CrossTalk talking about the Goldman Sachs Senate hearings with two other guests. This week, on the latest edition of CrossTalk, Peter Lavelle asks his guests who is being bailed out: Greece or the bankers. The…

Below is a table of all the Eurozone debt and deficit figures for 2009.  The chart is in German from the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper, but I think the country names are clear except Österreich, which is German for Austria. The…

Highlights The US dollar remains firm against most of the major currencies today as the participants await the ECB meeting, which given the events in Europe, is the most important meeting arguably since 2008.  There are three…

Source: PBS

I am going to describe the beginnings of the Euro from a German point of view. I apologize if this post seems unduly harsh. It is meant to give you a more caricaturised view of the breakdown in the euro-zone which dominates the German…

Within the euro-zone, Portugal comes in at #6. Spain and Ireland are not in the top ten. Source: CMA Sovereign Risk Monitor

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Well, well ... it seems that the Europe may be important after all or at least that the Greek malaise may be spreading. The EUR/USD at 1.29ish, the AUD/USD looking towards 0.91ish, and all things risky in equity land seems to be entering…

The Slovaks have apparently balked at the Greek aid package hammered out in crisis this past weekend.  While they have not formally rejected the package, the Slovak Prime Minister has said he cannot grant Greece a loan before it…