Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, News

Primer: Europe's dire debt crisis Aljazeera.net The most affected countries included European Union (EU) members Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain (PIIGS), as well as the UK and Belgium, ... See all stories on this topic »

Euro doubts Sofia Echo ... the group of "peripheral" or "Southern" euro zone countries – Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain – and core euro zone countries was widening. ... See all stories on this topic » Sofia Echo

Portugal May Get Frozen Out by Bond-Sale `Avalanche' in 2011: Euro Credit Bloomberg Portugal's debt amounts to 76 percent of gross domestic product, compared with 53 percent in Spain, 66 percent in Ireland and 116 percent in Italy last year ... See all stories on this topic »

Sovereign Swaps Jump as Irish Downgrade Fuels Contagion Concern BusinessWeek ... Spain rose 3.5 basis points to 329.5, Portugal increased 6 to 462, Greece climbed 17 to 970 and Italy was 1 higher at 203, CMA prices show. ... See all stories on this topic »

MACGREGOR: What America can learn from Europe Washington Times Ireland and now potentially Portugal, Spain and Italy want to avoid the dreaded EU bailout and the ruthless fiscal penalties that come along with it. ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Euro-Zone Sovereign CDS Rise After Irish Downgrade Wall Street Journal (blog) Portugal's CDS are indicated at 4.70 percentage points, 0.13 percentage point wider, while Italy's are 0.05 percentage point wider at 2.07 percentage points ... See all stories on this topic »

The euro suffers another obstacle; Spain at risk Examiner.com The band-aids the ECB and IMF applied to Greece, Ireland and Portugal may no longer cure the sick Euro and maybe it is time to find a real cure. ... See all stories on this topic »

Moody's Puts Greece Ratings on Review for Possible Cut BusinessWeek That compares with 8.08 percent for Ireland, 6.24 percent for Portugal, 5.47 percent for Spain and 4.59 percent for Italy. Moody's said a “multi-notch” ... See all stories on this topic »

ECB Strengthens Balance Sheet as Risks Rise Wall Street Journal ... at-risk countries such as Portugal, Spain and Italy. So far, the ECB has bought €72 billion in government bonds issued by Greece, Ireland and Portugal. ... See all stories on this topic »

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We are able to borrow fresh funds at practically the same (cost) as Italy and do much better than Ireland, Portugal and most certainly than Greece."I think the markets believe in Spain ... (which) has no need of any extra austerity ...
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