sitting at desk monday morning in london.
fact - no deal.
bullshit rumours again.
fact - no deal.
bullshit rumours again.
Quote from dhpar:
i did say none of that.
my point is that you do not need 2trn when you have 2trn. even if we consider greece going out at 50 cent and every lost cent needs to be recapitalized then less than 75bn makes the trick for european banking sector (yeah that's how tiny the problem is...). on top of that this will be done largely by warrant and equity infusion via TARP like process (by governments and partly by ECB).
this is what markets were saying to European politicians for over a year now - but as the saying goes the European politicians need to try every bad way first before they finally fix it.
the importance of 2trn is that it keeps the market stable while the Greece is send to where it should be. the money will be available for buying new Greece bonds (and other bonds) so that everybody can sort their messy fiscal problems in peace and importantly for cheap rates. that's basically a definition of a controlled default. Ireland is already out of the worst mess and Italy and Spain is heading in a good direction. for instance US never did a 10% of what these countries did to improve their fiscal problems.
i am not taking position on if it is bad, moral, etc. i do not give a shit. i live in europe and it is important to keep europe strong. US certainly does not give a shit about morality of anything...I guess that's what Tim told ministers in Poland...
for me the most important thin is the permanent mechanism that is being discussed and pushed mainly by Germans. that's where future of EUR is...

Quote from EMRGLOBAL:
No matter how you cut it, dice it, slice it, the World Financial System is broken, finished and the idea needs to be re-thought.
The EMU is trying to stay off a Revolution. Unlike the US, where many sheeople are brain dead and stuck watching "reality TV", the European youth and middle class have no problem rioting, revolting and over