Greece

I am going to describe the beginnings of the Euro from a German point of view. I apologize if this post seems unduly harsh. It is meant to give you a more caricaturised view of the breakdown in the euro-zone which dominates the German…

Within the euro-zone, Portugal comes in at #6. Spain and Ireland are not in the top ten. Source: CMA Sovereign Risk Monitor

Well, well ... it seems that the Europe may be important after all or at least that the Greek malaise may be spreading. The EUR/USD at 1.29ish, the AUD/USD looking towards 0.91ish, and all things risky in equity land seems to be entering…

The Slovaks have apparently balked at the Greek aid package hammered out in crisis this past weekend.  While they have not formally rejected the package, the Slovak Prime Minister has said he cannot grant Greece a loan before it…

While Angela Merkel is off trying to sell the Greek aid package to German voters in the run-up to a crucial regional election in Germany, the markets have already voted on the 110 billion Euro EU/IMF deal: thumbs down. Win Thin of Brown…

While Macro Man opted to present a po(p)etic styling on the ongoing hardship in Greece (or was that Grease?) today came with a couple of notable developments in the story and would seem to be honourable and real efforts to calm down…

The results are in from the poll on Greek sovereign bond default. To the question of "Will Greece default?" a plurality said "Yes, but they will stay in the euro-zone after a managed restructuring." Another 26% answered…

The EU-IMF package came in at 110 billion euros (80 from the EU and 30 from the IMF). It is designed to see Greece through to 2014 for the stability and growth pact 3% deficit hurdle, not 2012 as had been anticipated by many. After news of…

Edward does a nice job to sum up the flurry of the past week which saw the ongoing problems in Greece elevated to a full fledged systemic crisis in the Eurozone economy which, if it ultimately blows, will have ramifications far beyond the…

If you would like to receive our links in real-time please follow me at @edwardnh or go to our site’s News Feed. I like the first link below. However, it does move rather quickly from a discussion about Greece, which operates in a limited…