WOLFGANG MÜNCHAU: Here's The Real Reason Markets Are Freaking Out About Spain
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalNews coverage seems to suggest that the markets are panicking about the deficits themselves.
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Analysis: No simple answer to EU growth vs austerity conundrum
• http://www.reuters.com, By Paul TaylorFierce debate is growing in Europe over whether austerity or growth offers the best strategy to overcome the continent's sovereign debt crisis. As if it were that simple.
Euro-Zone Exports Boost Growth Hopes
• http://online.wsj.com, By ILONA BILLINGTONA fourth consecutive increase in euro-zone exports took the region's trade balance into surplus in February, data showed Monday, bolstering hopes that economic contraction will be short lived.
Spain concerns weigh on stock market recovery
• http://www.businessweek.com, By CARLO PIOVANOA jump in the bond yields of Spain weighed on a recovery in European stocks and pushed Asian indexes lower as investors feared Madrid may eventually need a bailout that the eurozone can scarcely afford.
Euro Falls Below $1.30 for 1st Time in 2 Months on Europe
• bloomberg, By Catarina Saraiva and David GoodmanThe euro dropped to less than $1.30 for the first time in two months as Spanish bond yields touched a 2012 high after a minister called on the European Central Bank to do more to stem debt-market turmoil.
KRUGMAN: Europe Is Committing Suicide
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalIt's really hard to argue with Paul Krugman's latest column, which argues that Europe is committing economic suicide.
George Soros Nails It: Why The Situation In Europe Is Only Getting Worse (VIDEO added)
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalGeorge Soros delivered one of the best and most concise assessments of what went wrong in Europe, and why things are getting worse.
Eurozone crisis roars back to savage Spain
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Liam Halligan'Today the problem is solved," declared French President Nicolas Sarkozy just five weeks ago. "How happy I am a solution to the Greek crisis, which has weighed on the economic and financial situation in Europe and the world for months, has been found
The President Of Iceland Tells Us How He Had The Balls To Stand Up To Britain
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Adam TaylorThe tiny country is unique not only in its stunning geography but also in its open democracy. This democracy was pivotal in the choice to let three giant banks fail during the financial crisis.
The Unsolved Euro Crisis
• http://dailyreckoning.comThe Euro crisis is not “solved.” Not by a long shot. Yet Bloomberg reports this morning (i,e, March 2nd) that European leaders “declared a turning point in the Greece-fueled debt crisis.”
27 Statistics About The European Economic Crisis That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, The Economic CollapseThe economic crisis in Europe continues to get worse and eventually it is going to unravel into a complete economic nightmare.
4 Reasons We Won't See A Repeat Of Last Fall In Europe
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Simone FoxmanGoldman Sach's Francisco Garzarelli writes that four things have him convinced that Europe will not fall back into the crisis environment it saw between August and December of last year
Greece Is Using A Bartering System In Lieu Of The Euro
• http://govtslaves.info, Mark LowenAs Greece wonders whether its debt crisis will eventually spell its exit from the euro, one town, Volos, has formed an alternative local currency.
Debt Crisis Plotted to Deliver the Euro to the IMF?
• http://thedailybell.com, by Staff ReportSpanish bailout 'impossible' for eurozone, says prime minister Mariano Rajoy ... The eurozone is not equipped to bail out Spain, the country's prime minister Mariano Rajoy has admitted
EUROPEAN MARKETS JUST GOT CRUSHED
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Simone FoxmanEuropean markets took a big hit today, obliterating any hope generated by yesterday's rally.
SPAIN AND ITALY IMPLODE
• businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal and Simone FoxTotal disaster in peripheral Europe today
SPAIN IS DOWN OVER 3%, ITALY IS OFF 2.7%
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Simone FoxmanThe Spanish IBEX 35 fell below 3%, and the Italian FTSE MIB doesn't look much better.
14 Jaw-Dropping Facts About The Spanish Economy
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalSpain is the calamity du jour.
The Euro Crisis Just Entered A 'Less Volatile But More Lethal Phase'
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam RoIs the euro crisis over?
ECB to Buy Euro-Zone Bonds Again, as Contagion Spreads?
• http://blogs.wsj.com, By Geoffrey T. SmithThe European Central Bank may ultimately have to revive its controversial program of buying euro-zone government bonds if the flight out of Spanish and Italian bonds continues, analysts say.
Eurozone crisis: Fear returns
• http://www.bbc.co.uk, Gavin HewittJust a few weeks ago the head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, looked at Greece and declared "economic spring is in the air".
ECB Official Says Bond-Buying Program Available
• http://www.cnbc.com, By: ReutersThe scale of market pressure on Spain is not justified given the reforms being undertaken by its government and the European Central Bank still has its bond-buying program as an option
Italy 1-Year Debt Costs Jump as Sentiment Sours
• http://www.cnbc.com, By: ReutersItaly's one-year borrowing costs rose for the first time since November at a sale of short-term bills on Wednesday
Investors Run Scared of Spain's Battered Banks
• http://www.cnbc.com, By: ReutersSpain's banks are fast joining the ranks of the most unloved in Europe
Swiss court blocks release of bank account data to US
• http://www.bbc.co.ukA top Swiss court has blocked the handover of information about a Credit Suisse client to US authorities.
Spain village fails to back growing cannabis to pay debts
• http://www.bbc.co.ukA village in Spain has failed to back a plan to grow marijuana to pay off debts created during the financial crisis.
Spying on Europe’s farms with satellites and drones
• http://www.bbc.co.uk, By Laurence PeterFarmers who claim more EU subsidies than they should, or who break Common Agricultural Policy rules, are now more likely to be caught out by a camera in the sky than an inspector calling with a clipboard.
London shares rebound
• http://news.yahoo.com, AFPLondon equities rebounded at the end of trade on Wednesday..
In France, Far-Right Le Pen Bets on 'Economic Patriotism'
• http://www.cnbc.com, By: Guillaume Desjardins...the leader of the country's far right National Front - currently forecast to come third in the race - has a tough fight on her hands.
German Bonds: Low Returns Prompt Faltering Demand
• http://www.cnbc.com, By: ReutersGermany offered the lowest ever yield for its 10-year government bonds on Wednesday
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