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EUROZONE Debt Crisis News, Aug 19, 2011

In Crisis, Reminders of Disputes in Euro's Founding
New York Times
“Too little, too uncertain, too late — that has been the regular response of EU leaders to the euro zone debt crisis,” argued Sharon Bowles, chairwoman of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. ...
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EU Debt Crisis: Debate Intensifies On Eurobonds As Growing Chorus Suggest Its ...
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A growing chorus of economists and market watchers are saying the time for last resorts have arrived in containing the debt crisis as well as protecting the euro. The political leaders have accepted that immediate steps are needed and they have already ...
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Gillard: Europe's Debt Crisis Poses Biggest Challenge to World Economy
Wall Street Journal
By ENDA CURRAN And ALMAR LATOUR CANBERRA, Australia—Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard expressed concern Thursday about the outlook for global growth, warning that Europe's sovereign-debt crisis is far from being resolved and the US is only ...
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Wall Street Journal
NYMEX-Crude falls on euro zone, economic worries
Reuters
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - US crude futures fell on Thursday as equities markets slumped on widespread worries about global economic growth and the euro zone debt crisis. European shares extended losses in volatile trade, with Germany's DAX . ...
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Debt crisis: as it happened - August 17, 2011
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Bloomberg The Swiss franc was in demand as a safe haven after disappointment in theeurozone over the Franco-German proposals to tackles the currency bloc's debt crisis. Inadequate in an environment where investors are seeking safe haven. ...
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EURO GOVT-Bunds hit new high as debt, growth worries persist
Reuters
... 18 (Reuters) - Bund futures hit a record high on Thursday, and looked set to keep rising, as investors shunned risk over a weak economic outlook and persistent concerns that policymakers were not doing enough to tackle the euro zone's debt crisis. ...
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Joint euro zone bond may be inevitable - Reuters poll
Reuters UK
But a Reuters poll of economists taken this week suggests Europe's power brokers will have to face up to the reality that jointly-issued debt might be one of the few measures that can stem the sovereign debt crisis, which threatens to overwhelm some of ...
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S&P Confident of Maintaining 'AAA' Rating to France
International Business Times
By IB Times Staff Reporter | August 18, 2011 9:52 AM EDT A top official of Standard & Poor's said France will retain its AAA rating, allaying fears of possible downgrade of the country's rating due to ongoing eurozone debt crisis. ...
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International Business Times
Anxiety About the Economy Sends Stocks Down Sharply
New York Times
By CHRISTINE HAUSER Stocks on Wall Street declined steeply on Thursday, following the trend set in Asia and Europe, amid heightened concerns over the impact of the euro zone debt crisissweeping through the financial sector and over the wavering United ...
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Euro-zone Debt Crisis and Lessons for Zimbabwe
EURODAD
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development and Eurodad member Jubilee Debt Campaign have published a briefing on the state of Eurozone debt and key lessons for Zimbabwe to learn from thecrisis. As Zimbabwe's inclusive government, tasked with economic ...
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Funding fears rise on Fed scrutiny of Europe banks
Reuters
There is deepening gloom over the prospects of solving the euro zone debt crisis after a French-German summit earlier in the week did little to soothe investor concerns that the problems could spread from weaker countries to the heart of the financial ...
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US Stocks Tumble, Treasurys, Gold Rally As US Data Fan Growth Fears
Wall Street Journal
Sentiment on the global economy has been roiled in recent weeks by the euro-zone'ssovereign-debt crisis, the downgrade of the US triple-A credit rating and a spate of weak data from the US to Germany and China. Thursday's soft data in the US, ...
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Euro debt crisis: Time to stand up for Britain, David Cameron
Daily Mail
But David Cameron must be clear that the Franco-German plan to impose a transactions tax across the entire EU – to provide a bail-out pot for stricken eurozonemembers – is utterly unacceptable to the City of London, which would lose £13billion a year.
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Daily Mail
Credit Risk Rises in Europe as Output Drops Amid Deficit Crisis
Bloomberg
“The bottom line is that concerns about the euro zone debt crisis and economic growth fears coupled with inflationary worries are contributing to safe-haven flows,” Stefan Kolek, a strategist at UniCredit SpA in Munich, wrote in a note today. ...
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EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stocks dive on global bank, growth fears
Reuters
By Michael O'Boyle MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Latin American stocks sank on Thursday as investors around the world were rattled by fears of a recession in the United States and Europe and concerns the euro zone debt crisis could spread to the US ...
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FTSE makes worst one-day fall since March 2009
Reuters
The sector was also rattled by a Wall Street Journal report that the US Federal Reserve was examining in closer detail the US units of big European banks on worries about their short-term funding due to contagion fears from the euro zone debt crisis. ...
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MONEY MARKETS-Funding stress may rise without euro solutions
London South East
Highlighting tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Reserve Bank in New York was taking a closer look at the US units of Europe's biggest banks, out of concern the euro zone debt crisis could spill into the US banking system. ...
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Mid-Day Update: Stocks Deep in Red as Eurozone Concerns Mount; Gold Futures ...
NASDAQ
Stocks have come off lows for the session but are still firmly in red as investor concern focuses onEurope's ongoing debt crisis and threats of a global economic slowdown, after first-time jobless claims rose domestically. The Dow Jones Industrial ...
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Is This Lehman All Over Again? No, But It Sure Feels Like It
CNBC.com
More than whether the European debt crisis is exploding, or if the US is re-entering a recession, or what the Federal Reserve's next move is, the markets want to know one thing: Is this another Lehman? No word makes investors' blood run colder than ...
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Forex - EUR/USD dips as concerns over EU debt woes linger
Forex Pros
Forexpros – The euro edged lower against the US dollar on Thursday, as ongoing concerns over the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone weighed on the single currency ahead of the release of key US inflation data. EUR/USD hit 1.4382 during late Asian ...
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Brent crude slips, below $111 on euro zone woes, firm dollar
Economic Times
SINGAPORE: Brent crude fell, staying below $111 a barrel on Thursday as ongoing concerns overEurope's debt crisis and a firmer dollar drew investors away from riskier assets like oil and into the safe havens of gold and the Swiss franc. ...
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Gloom on Wall Street: Stocks Pummeled by Euro, Economic Fears
Fox Business
Wall Street has also been paying close attention to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe for several months. The fears peaked last week when reports suggesting certain large European banking institutions may have issues gaining access to sufficient ...
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Rally before data as recession worries mount
Reuters
Doubts that euro zone policymakers are doing enough to tackle the debt crisis are also keeping safe-haven assets well bid and some traders said T-note yields could soon re-test all-time lows seen at the time of the Lehman collapse of 2.04 percent. ...
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18/08/2011Eurozone bank borrows $500 mln from the ECB
Expatica Germany
The dollar lending programme was resumed in May 2010 when the Greek debt crisis opened a new chapter in the eurozone debt crisis, but following initial loans of nine billion dollars to seven banks, and five billion dollars a few weeks later, ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX dives as economic and euro zone fears rise
Reuters
TORONTO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market index tumbled in opening trade on Thursday on mounting worries about the sluggishness of the global economy and on fears thatEurope's debt crisis might spread to the US banking sector. ...
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George Soros: The Cause of the European Crisis and Recommended Remedies
GuruFocus.com
Effectively, Germany determines the financial and macro economic policies of the euro zone. So what Germany should do? It has three main guiding principles. First, it's more a banking crisis than fiscal one. When the sovereign debt is in doubt of its ...
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Merkel-Sarkozy Debt Plan Is 'Right Step,' Ackermann Tells CNBC
Bloomberg
By Dawn Kopecki - Wed Aug 17 21:21:52 GMT 2011 Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann said the latest Franco-German strategy to control the euro debt crisis is a positive step even as he criticized a proposal to tax financial ...
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Overseas Banks May Have Cut Dollar Holdings on Money Squeeze, Nomura Says
Bloomberg
18 (Bloomberg) -- Jens Nordvig, a managing director of currency research at Nomura Holdings Inc., talks about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and the outlook for the euro. He speaks with Tom Keene and Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance ...
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European stocks plunge on growth fears; DAX tumbles 3.5%
Business Insider
Forexpros – European stock markets were sharply lower on Thursday, as lingering concerns over theeuro zone's sovereign debt crisis and mounting fears over the global economic outlook prompted investors to shun riskier assets. ...
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KPMG: Local banks have significant exposure to Romania's sovereign debt
EMportal
... to Euro Zone governments that are now under strict supervision, on the other hand they have significant exposure to Romania's sovereign debt, a fact that may present a risk in case the contagion caused by the Euro Zone countries' debt crisis puts ...
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Morgan Stanley: US, Euro Zone "Dangerously Close To Recession"
OzarksFirst.com
It criticized US lawmakers for their recent fight over raising the debt ceiling to avoid a government default. The bank also faults European leaders for not dealing decisively enough to keep Europe's debt crisis from spreading. ...
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Asia-Pacific stockmarket sinks on weak global cues
India Infoline.com
The Asia-Pacific stockmarket closed steep lower on Thursday, August 18, 2011, as investors fled riskier assets amid lingering uncertainty over the euro zone debt crisis and about global economic growth. Uncertainty about global growth intensified after ...
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Crisis? what crisis?
Euro Weekly News
The USA's temporarily sorted its own debt problems while, in Europe, northern governments are unwilling to write off those of the struggling Mediterranean ones. Indeed, the eurozone's sovereigndebt woes recently returned to crisis point as Spain's and ...
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Forex News – EU Debt Crisis, U.S. Data, and Morgan Stanley's ...
By FX Empire
Forex News – EU Debt Crisis, U.S. Data, and Morgan Stanley's Revised Growth Forecasts Send Fear in Markets. Posted August 18, 2011 15:36 (GMT) | | Print | Font Size | Add a comment. Category: ...
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New initiatives won't solve Europe's debt crisis | Peculiaris
By admin
Sound like good news? The markets didn't think so. The S P was down by 1.9 percent Tuesday afternoon, before recovering somewhat. The euro slid as well. “It's hugely disappointing and what they say is not going to work,” Marchel ... More GlobalPost With the euro in crisis, is Europe finished? Like it or not, the euro zone will remain intact, hatching a United States of Europe Michael Goldfarb August 2, 2011 Europe's debt solution? High retirement ages have helped ...
Peculiaris
Gold trades above usd1,790 as Euro zone debt ... - China Business News
By CBN
Gold's safe haven appeal was boosted after Tuesday's meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed to ease concerns over the euro zone's ongoing sovereign debt crisis. ...
China business news
Atlantic Update 8/18/2011 | Atlantic Council
By HuiHui Ooi
... in international civil and military aviation. Germany and France are working closely on economic coordination through several new measures to prevent the European debt crisis from escalating further. One of the new measures is the new economic government of the eurozone which is to hold twice-yearly meetings of the leaders of the 17 single currency states. However, the effectiveness of these new measures aimed at containing the euro crisis remains uncertain. ...
New Atlanticist
NewsDaily: Fed treating U.S., foreign banks the same: Dudley
NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking news ... Fed concerned about European banks' U.S. units: report. LONDON, Aug. 18, 2011 (Reuters) — The Federal Reserve Bank is taking a closer look at the U.S. units of Europe's biggest banks, concerned that a euro zone debt crisis could spill into the U.S. banking system, the Wall Street Journal reported. ...
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Special Report: Eurozone Debt Crisis Intensifies - Analyst Insight ...
Euros The eurozone crisis which started with Greece is now spreading to Italy and Spain. The debt crisis is being exacerbated by low economic growth in both countries and has coincided with the USdebt crisis in July 2011. ...
Analyst Insight from Euromonitor...
Merkel, Sarkozy apply euro balm, but the headache stays | Firstpost
Berlin: Plans from France and Germany to move towards fiscal union in 2012 got a chilly response from other euro-zone countries and failed to reassure investors worried about the region's debt crisisand weakened economies. ... Market analysts warned that political dissent coupled with failure to deliver any concrete pledges to increase the size of Europe's euro rescue fund, or launch of eurobonds, risks a renewed attack on heavily indebted countries. ...
Firstpost
Anger as crisis-stricken Spain shells out for Pope's visit — RT
By RT
Eurozone dream crumbling. Drastic spending cuts are on the way in Italy as parliament desperately tries to fend off a spiraling debt crisis. It seems the fairytale dream of a unified euro has met with harsh reality, ... The debt dilemma is knocking at the door of some of Europe's biggest economies, with investors now turning on Italy and Spain as their default looms large. Some activists In Spain believe that Brussels is to blame – and are marching there to say so. ...
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BETWEEN THE HEDGES: Today's Headlines
By Gary
Europe's sovereign debt crisis is spurring the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to question the region's lenders about their access to funds for U.S. operations, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing people it didn't identify. ..... raising question marks over a second bailout agreed for Athens last month. The three countries said their positions were not new and echoed the view of some other euro zone states. European Shares Fall Most Since March 2009. ...
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SPIEGEL Interview with George Soros on The Euro Crisis | ValueWalk.com
By Jacob Wolinsky
In a SPIEGEL interview, billionaire investor George Soros criticizes Germany's lack of leadership in the euro zone, arguing that Berlin must dictate to Europe the solution to the currency crisis. He also argues in favor of the creation of euro bonds as a way out of the turbulence. SPIEGEL: Mr. Soros, we currently see a global banking crisis, a currency crisis and a sovereign debt crisis. Has the financial dilemma become too big to handle? How can politicians on both sides ...
ValueWalk.com
Joint euro bonds: the inconvenient truth | MacroScope
By Ana Nicolaci da Costa
But a Reuters poll shows a growing field of investors and economists say a common bond · issuance would be the best — and perhaps the only — way of solving the debt crisis. In theory, it would allow highly indebted euro zone countries ...
MacroScope
Eurozone bank borrows $500 mln from the ECB - LHRTimes.com
By AFP
FRANKFURT: A single eurozone bank has borrowed $500 million (350 million euros) from the European Central Bank for a week in what could be evidence of rising tensions on interbank lending markets. ... The dollar lending programme was resumed in May 2010 when the Greek debt crisisopened a new chapter in the eurozone debt crisis, but following initial loans of nine billion dollars to seven banks, and five billion dollars a few weeks later, the amounts quickly tapered off . ...
The Lahore Times
Euro Zone Debt Crisis Meeting
The proposals attempt to solve Europe's debt crisis -- a result of weaker EU members basically, unable to pay ... World News: Euro Zone Debt Crisis Meeting ...
www.newsy.com/.../few-answers-at-euro-zone-debt-crisis-meet...
Sarkozy, Merkel in emergency meeting as debt crisis deepens ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called a eurozone crisis meeting with his German ... Breakingnews → Sarkozy, Merkel in emergency meeting as debt crisis deepens ... that the US andeurozone debt crisis may spark a new recession and after ... Markets are wondering whether France and Germany -- the eurozone's two ...
www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-finance.bro
Few Answers at Euro Zone Debt Crisis Meeting Video: News/General ...
French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel met to address the euro zone debt crisis Tuesday.
www.slashfood.com/.../few-answers-at-euro-zone-debt-crisis-...
FTSE plunges 5% as eurozone debt crisis continues to spook traders ...
MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories ... FTSE plunges 4.6% and world markets tumble as eurozone debt crisis spooks traders ... Sarkozy and Merkel plot £13bn tax raid on the UK to save euro ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../FTSE-plunges-5-eurozone-debt-crisis...
My Way News - Merkel, Sarkozy to try to tame debt crisis
Fears that Italy and Spain, the eurozone's third and fourth largest economies, ... "The eurozone debt and banking crisis has yet to be properly resolved, ...
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