Category Archives: Sovereign Risk

Charlie Rose: Christine Lagarde

Posted on March 12, 2012 by macromon

Good interview with the IMF’s Christine Lagarde.  They discuss a wide range of topics, including the Greece debt swap, the two Super Marios of Europe, the “new Italian Renaissance,” and the future of the International Monetary Fund.  Well worth your … Continue reading →

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Euro Fracture: Italian Workers Rock Monti’s World

Posted on March 9, 2012 by macromon

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The Great Sovereign Debt Enabler: Low Interest Rates

Posted on March 6, 2012 by macromon

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Iceland’s ex PM: ‘We didn’t know the banks were fishy’

Posted on March 6, 2012 by macromon

The balance sheets of Iceland’s banks were 9x the country’s GDP before the crash.  Stunning! (click here if video is not observable)

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S&P500: Next Stop 50-day?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by macromon

We posted last week that the S&P500 could go to 1340 and then we’d reconsider our market view.  Interestingly,  today’s low on the cash S&P500 was 1340.03. We also had doubts there were enough sellers to take equities down.   It … Continue reading →

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EU leaders seek austerity growth balance

Posted on March 1, 2012 by macromon

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Fed’s “Rent Control” Policies Starting to Distort

Posted on March 1, 2012 by macromon

We’ve posted many pieces (see here,  here and here) on how the Fed’s manipulation of the yield curve through QE and Operation Twist is distorting long-term interest rates — the most important price in the world, in our opinion — … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: The New Americans of Europe

Posted on February 27, 2012 by macromon

Here’s the pretext for our QOTD, The German parliament is set to approve a new multibillion euro bailout package for Greece on Monday, but instead of thanks, southern Europeans are expressing their dislike of us. Germans will have to get … Continue reading →

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G20: Jerry Maguire, The Sequel

Posted on February 26, 2012 by macromon

Wow!   We didn’t realize Tim Geithner and the G20 could move like that.  If you look hard and long enough,  Tom Cruise does kind of resemble Angela Merkel, no? (click here if video is not observable)

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G20 moves closer to bigger eurozone bailout fund

Posted on February 26, 2012 by macromon

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