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Foreigners Dump Nearly €80 Billion in Spanish Debt; Haircuts Come After More Dumping Through the first half of the year, foreigners reduced Spanish debt by Nearly €80 Billion as banks in Spain gobbled up more of the toxic garbage. Foreign investment in Spanish public debt has decreased by 7 €78.168 billion in the first six months of the year, standing at €203.271 billion euros, compared to €281.439 billion which reached the end of 2011. This is a break of 27.7% over last year
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Today the Financial Times reports Barroso pushes Greece to show results José Manuel Barroso has urged Greece to accelerate reforms after two years of foot-dragging if it wants to stay in the eurozone, saying Athens needed to show “results, results, resultsâ€. The European Commission president, making his first visit to Greece since it sought assistance from the EU and International Monetary Fund in 2010 to avert a sovereign default, stressed that delays in implementing agreed measures had undermined the country’s credibility with its partners, adding: “Actions are more significant than words.†Mr Barroso’s strongly-worded message, delivered after a two-hour meeting with premier Antonis Samaras, came after leaders of the three-party coalition government endorsed in principle a €11.5bn package of spending cuts for 2013-14 that were agreed with creditors six months ago but kept on hold during two successive election campaigns.
Let’s take a look at additional Draghi comments as reported in the Financial Times article Draghi hints at return of ECB bond buying The euro strengthened on Thursday after Mr Draghi said the ECB was “ready to do whatever it takes†within its mandate to preserve the single currency. “Believe me, it will be enough,†Mr Draghi told a conference in London.“To the extent that these premia have to do not with factors inherent to my counter party, they come into our mandate, they come within our remit, Mr Draghi said. “To the extent that the size of the sovereign premia hamper the functioning of the monetary policy transmission channels, they come within our mandate.â€â€œThe ECB appears to be keen to increase the threat of the SMP being woken from its hibernation period,†Mr Wattret wrote in a note.
Spain 2-Year Treasury Yield Tops 7%, Inversion Between 5 and 10 Year Yields; Spain Sovereign Debt Restructuring Coming Up Posted by Michael Shedlock at 1:49 AM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy.
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