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Posted by Martin November 09, 2011

Stocks plunge on Italian worries – it’s happening

Here we go. What economists were saying all the time and the markets were successfully ignoring has happened this morning. As I wrote in my previous posts, the Italian bonds raised at 7.4% rate which is not sustainable for Italian economy to pay (Italy’s budget can afford paying a rate around 4.6% only). Italy at Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 07, 2011

European Central Bank (ECB) warns Italy to stop buying its bonds

ECB warned Italy last weekend that it would stop buying its bonds if it won’t pass required reforms of Italian budget to get Italian debt under control, said Yves Mersch a member of a bank governors board. Currently ECB is buying Italian bonds to slow down rates and prevent them from skyrocketing. Although ECB’s interventions Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 07, 2011

Italian 10-year bonds reached all year record highs today

The Italian bond rates reached all year new highs since Italy joined Eurozone. Today, it raised to 6.67% and that creates a tremendous pressure to Italian budget to pay their loans. ECB intervention couldn’t help this skyrocketing move. Due to investors’ worries about Italian debt the new rate reached almost 7% and as Reuters says Continue reading →