Tag Archives: France

Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 8 bps higher; France 9 bps wider to the Bund; Belgium 11 bps wider; Ireland 1 bp tighter; Italy 4 bps tighter; Spain 9 bps wider; Portugal 1 bp wider; Greece 72 bps tighter; … Continue reading

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Daily Interest Rate Monitor

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 7 bps lower; France 8 bps wider to the Bund; Ireland 8 bps wider; Italy 9 bps wider; Spain 7 bps wider; Portugal 7 bp wider; Greece 7 bps wider; Large Eurozone banks weekly … Continue reading

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Ciao, Mario Monti!

This is not good.  Not totally unexpected.  Cue Italy and France in 2013.  Maybe. (click here if video is not observable)

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DAX and CAC Break Out

The girls with the Draghi Tattoo are breaking out. That is,  the German DAX and French CAC stock indexes are making  new highs.   Ever since the ECB’s Mario Draghi  “whatever it takes to preserve the euro” speech,  these markets have performing … Continue reading

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French Unemployment Still Rising

France’s unemployment rate has risen again, with the picture particularly bleak for young people… Using International Labour Organisation measurements, the jobless total reached 10.3 percent of the workforce in the third quarter of this year. The rise in youth unemployment … Continue reading

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Economist Special Report: France

The video is a follow-up of  our post last week. France is slowly heading towards a crisis, says John Peet. Can the country be reformed before it is too late? (click here if video is not observable)

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France Pushes Back on the Moody’s Downgrade

 This downgrade does not raise a question-mark over the fundamental economics of our country, nor the reforms undertaken by the government, nor our good reputation for borrowing. – Pierre Moscovici, French finance minister France’s 10-year government sovereign spread to the … Continue reading

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France’s AAA Moody Blues

http://www.euronews.com/ The credit ratings agency Moody’s has stripped France of its prized triple A rating, cutting it by one notch to AA1. The agency said an uncertain fiscal outlook and a deteriorating economy were behind the decision for the downgrade … Continue reading

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Cue la France

In our post earlier this month, How the mighty have fallen, we wrote, Why do we have this gut feeling Japan and France will be the countries of focus next year? Sorry, we’re dismal scientists. The Economist seems to share … Continue reading

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