Greece

According to a once famous statement by the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, a week can often be a long time in politics. But when it comes to financial market crises the situation often feels more like a line from the Dinah Washington…

Highlights The US dollar is surrendering its recent gains against most major and emerging market currencies today amid reports that new substantial Greek savings (24 bln euros) will be sufficient to spur a larger (100-120 bln euro) aid…

David Rosenberg is sick and tired of what I call the all bailouts all the time mentality. He writes in today's Breakfast with Dave piece: Ban the Bailout First we have governments bailing out banks (and auto companies and mortgage…

I am at a conference all day and will probably do a spot on BNN late this afternoon, so blogging will be limited. But I wanted to alert you to my thinking on some of the latest developments on Greece. Apparently, Germany is now planning to…

Goldman Whitman says she regrets now-banned stock deals through Goldman Sachs - San Jose Mercury News Goldman boss Lloyd Blankfein denies moral obligation towards clients – Telegraph David Prosser: Goldman Sachs is just the…

Q: Will Greece default? Here are the possible answers for the poll (embedded below on the site)? No, they will take the necessary austerity measures plus receive enough support from the EU and IMF. Yes, but they will stay in the…

I was on two TV programs talking about Goldman today. That's actually a first.  Of course it's always nice to asked to speak about finance away from Credit Writedowns and I will provide you with the videos and some commentary later…

The following is a guest post by Polyvios Petropoulos, a former university professor of economics and management in the US. Petropoulos contends that, since the IMF charges a maximum rate of 3.5% in other interventions, one would expect…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is feeling pressure to force German banks to take a haircut on Greek debt by both her own party and opposition leaders (like Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the former Vice Chancellor and now head of the opposition…

Highlights The US dollar has recovered from the decline seen in North America yesterday against the major European currencies.   The take away from the price action is not however one of consolidation, but rather that good dollar…