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Currency Tensions Build; China Tells EU to Stuff It
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Trichet's Exit Strategy Trapped by PIIGS; Currency Tensions Continue to Build; China Tells EU to Stuff It
In the midst of the crisis with sovereign debt of Greece, Spain, and Portugal, Trichet and the ECB acted by offering as much cash as the countries needed. This stabilized things for a while and Trichet was supposed to drop this support.
However, yield spreads between Germany and the PIIGS is once again soaring, and if unlimited lending is withdrawn now, it is a near-certainty that spreads will widen further.
Thus Trichet is ‘Trapped’ by Banks’ Addiction to ECB Cash. http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid ... hNjhNlOGUY
Near-record borrowing costs for nations across the euro region’s periphery are making it harder for the ECB to wean commercial banks off the lifeline it introduced two years. The extra yield that investors demand to hold Irish and Portuguese debt over Germany’s rose last week to 454 basis points and 441 basis points respectively. Spain’s spread hit a two-month high.
The risk for the ECB is that it gets pulled deeper into helping the banking systems of the most indebted nations in the 16-member euro bloc. Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said Sept. 6 that addiction to ECB liquidity is “a problemâ€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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