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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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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 2 bps lower; France 10-year 4 bps tighter to the Bund; Ireland 14 bps tighter; Italy  9 bps tighter; Spain 7 bps wider; Portugal  4 bps wider; Greece 50 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks … Continue reading

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Euro Gloom

The hits just keep on coming.  Forget what is happening in the markets,  the Euro street is truly hurting.  And that, our friends, is where the ultimate risk lies. (click here if video is not observable)

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 10 bps lower; Italy 13 bps wider to the Bund; Spain 27 bps wider; Portugal  42 bps wider; Ireland 16 bps wider; Greece 10 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks down 1-10 percent; Euro$ down … Continue reading

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Police protest against austerity in Portugal

Normally they are on the other side of the barricades. But hundreds of police officers have gathered in Lisbon to call for the Prime Minister to resign and to condemn next year’s budget, which includes the biggest tax hikes in … Continue reading

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Portugal passes fresh tax hikes

Portugal’s parliament has passed the country’s largest tax hike package in decades. The changes form part of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s new 2013 budget programme. Lisbon has to meet targets set by a 78-billion-euro bailout agreement with the EU … Continue reading

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Weekly Eurozone Watch: Nobel Yields

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 8 bps lower; France 6 bps tighter to the Bund; Italy 10-year 1 bps wider; Spain 1  bps wider; Belgium 3 bps tighter; Portugal  11 bps tighter; Ireland 19 bps tighter; Greece 35 bps … Continue reading

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 8 bps higher; France 3 bps wider to the Bund; Italy 10-year 12 bps tighter; Spain 33  bps tighter; Portugal 86 bps tighter; Ireland 17 bps tighter; Greece 111 bps tighter; Large Eurozone up … Continue reading

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Portugal’s Bond Swap

Interesting swap.  Note Portugal’s 10-year sovereign spread relative to the German bund has come in 423 bps this year.  The 10-year government bond now yields under 9 percent. (click here if video and chart are not observable)

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