By George Dorgan, financial consultant at SFC | Instead of complaining against the European Central Bank, peripheral countries of the eurozone should pay more attention at how Germany has succeed.
MADRID | By Tania Suárez | Director of financial analysis at Profim EAFI, Jose Maria Luna Morales, argues that austerity measures in the euro zone were “necessary” but adds that “some privileges of many public institutions can still be reduced”. He also notes that although “Europe still may suffer months of stagnation”, that does not imply “a long period of stagnation'” for the EZ as a whole.
Risk agency Moody’s analysts said in an interview that the probabilities of Spain asking for a rescue are less pressing than previously thought.
WASHINGTON | “Investors would be well advised to see the outcome of Cyprus both as a reflection of how future stresses will be handled, and a reminder that efforts to shift the liabilities associated with legacy bad bank assets.”
BARCELONA | By CaixaBank analysts | It is expected that, in some cases such as Spain or France, the European Commission will ease the extent of fiscal consolidation required over the coming years.
MADRID | By Ricardo Cantalapiedra | A Southern European countries coalition is necessary to counterbalance the troika’s power.What would happen if more countries asked Russia, or even China, for help?
MADRID | The eurozone is trapped in internal conflicts that prevent the European Central Bank to compensate, as it should, the fluctuations of money demand.
Presseurop.eu | By Ferruccio Sansa and Emiliano Liuzzi | The comedian’s Five star movement was the revelation of last Italian election. Its anti-establishment views and “digital democracy” methods are shared by many political movements across the EU, and they could form a common front at the European elections in 2014.
By 2017 the two largest Cypriot banks–Bank of Cyprus and Cyprus Popular–face debt repayments of €11 billion or 86 percent of the whole economy’s output.
MADRID | By Tania Suárez | Analyst at Hanseatic Brokerhouse, Juan Enrique Cadiñanos believes the US economy’s expansive cycle will not affect the Eurozone because “Europe does not work as a group.”