Miles to go before the Euro Crisis is resolved!
Tags: AusteritybanksECBEuro CrisisGrowthIMFItalySpainThis appeared as a Comment piece in the Observer (Guardian) on 11th DecemberEU leaders promised to stop Europe’s spiral into economic oblivion. They...
View ArticleThe Eurocrisis never went away, nor did we!
Tags: EurocrisisFiscal compactSpainGreeceItalyECBLTROMany of you have noticed that Re-Define has been apparently missing in action having not sent out comments, given interviews or published papers or...
View ArticleThe Eurozone dumbbell trap
Tags: EurocrisisGermanySpainItalyInflationDivergenceDumbbell TrapECBThe Eurozone is stuck in a dumbbell trap where economies are socially, economically & politically diverging - clustering on...
View ArticleThe Good Bad and Ugly from the European Council
Tags: European CouncilECBESMEFSFEurocrisisSpainItalybanksThe short but important conclusions from the all night summit of Euro area leaders can be found here.First the good news, four very important...
View ArticleThe Eurogroup provides a reality check
Tags: EurogroupBanking UnionECBSpainItalyEuropean CouncilThe last sentence of the European Council Communique from the June meeting simply states “We task the Eurogroup to implement these decisions by...
View ArticleThe Italian Conundrum
Tags: ItalySpainCapital FlightEuro Break-UpUncertaintySovereign RiskAfter Spain, it’s Italy’s turn in the Eurocrisis spotlight. The immediate cause for this spotlight is a two notch downgrade of the...
View ArticleSpiking Skywards? Tackling rising yields in the Eurozone
Tags: ECBEurocrisisItalySpainYieldsESMSMPEFSFSpiking skywards? Tackling rising yields in the EurozoneThe Eurocrisis is once again dominating the headlines. Renewed talk of a Greek exit, record yields...
View ArticleThe ECB gives a tiny glimmer of hope, not more!
Tags: ECBBond BuyingESMEFSFSpainItalyEurocrisisFollowing Mario Draghi’s remarks last week in London, wherein he promised that the ECB stood ready to do ‘whatever it takes’ to save the Euro, as long as...
View ArticleThe limits of ECB intervention
Tags: ECBEurocrisisLTROYield CapsSpainItalyRedenominationThis piece was first written and circulated on the 2nd of September and appeared as a comment piece in Le Monde on the 10th of September The...
View ArticleThe Eurozone needs a grand political bargain
Tags: EurocrisisGrand Political BargainSpainItalyGermanyLinda Zeilina: Good Morning Sony, welcome to the first in our new series of 'Conversations with Re-Define'. So, market confidence seems to have...
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