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Thursday’s charts: dumb bets

Luis Arroyo, in Madrid | Greece was in free fall mode when at the European Central Bank they had the funny idea of pushing the country …downwards. The ECB said it had frozen all operations with Greek banks, which already are suffering a killing capital drain: “Central bank head George Provopoulos told Papoulias that Greeks have withdrawn as much as €700 million ($891 million) and the situation could worsen, according to the transcript…


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Large amounts of corporate bonds issued in the first quarter of 2012

By La Caixa research team, in Barcelona | In the last months, activity in the corporate bond markets continued to speed up. During the first few sessions, the combination of the ECB’s extensive liquidity and doubts regarding Greece limited volumes in the primary and secondary markets. But the gradual improvement in the climate regarding sovereign and financial risks at a global level and the flow of good economic data boosted corporate…


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Spanish Treasury seduces investors, yields fall under 1%

By Tania Suárez, in Madrid | The Spanish Treasury keeps reducing the yield of its public auctions and demand keeps increasing: 5.9 times the offer (almost €15bn). Just a few hours after Europe has given the green light to Greece’s rescue package, the Spanish Treasury has sold €2,5bn –the maximum expected, at 3 and 6 months bills, and thus, it has reached the high end of the target range. Specifically, it…


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To Mr Scott Sumner: this is why Australia, Sweden succeed against the crisis

By Luis Arroyo, in Madrid | The reason? Well, their States are exemplary. No banks in trouble, no massive public debt but a very aggressive monetary policy to grease the inevitable deleveraging process. Let us compare them to the US, for instance, whose gross debt to national GDP has already touched the 100pc base. This, I suppose, should shake the beliefs of old Keynesians like Krugman, stubbornly champions of a…