The next emergency EU summit is scheduled for this coming Thursday.
Wolfgang Münchau is very concerned, from the Financial Times: Plan D stands for default and death of euro
The biggest single danger in the eurozone crisis now is that events are moving too fast … It was a huge mistake to postpone an emergency EU summit until Thursday this week.
excerpt with permission
This is a key meeting. If there is no agreement on how to proceed, the markets could really panic.
Also many people were disappointed with the stress tests released Friday. From the WSJ: Euro Stress Tests Tell Only Half the Story
Here is what the official stress tests results didn’t tell you: 27 European banks would need to raise a combined 82 billion ($155 billion) in new capital … That is well above the 2.5 billion shortfall, spread across eight banks, announced Friday.The 82 billion doesn’t tell the full story.
Naturally bond yields are rising. A key European analyst (I can’t name) put out a note last night that ended with “Run like hell.”
The Greek 2 year yield is up to a record 36%.
The Portuguese 2 year yield is up to a record 20.4%.
The Irish 2 year yield is up to a record 23.2%.
And of bigger concern … the Italian 2 year yield is up to a record 4.6%. And the Spanish 2 year yield is up to a record 4.6%.
Still much lower than Greece, Portugal and Ireland, but rising fast.
Check out the Italian and Spanish 10 year yields for more hockey sticks! Here are the links for bond yields for several countries (source: Bloomberg):
Greece2 Year5 Year10 Year Portugal2 Year5 Year10 Year Ireland2 Year5 Year10 Year Spain2 Year5 Year10 Year Italy2 Year5 Year10 Year Belgium2 Year5 Year10 Year France2 Year5 Year10 Year Germany2 Year5 Year10 Year
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