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Exclusive: DBRS to rate all euro zone sovereigns by year-end

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:48:34 GMT

Exclusive: DBRS to rate all euro zone sovereigns by year-end
Reuters - 19 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - DBRS plans to rate the credit of all euro-zone sovereigns by year-end, from the current 10 of 17, which will give the now-missing countries one more way for the ECB to weigh how valuable each nation's debt is as collateral.

The euro crisis

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:43:20 GMT

The euro crisis
The Economist - May 23, 2013

The euro-zone economy has just endured a sixth successive quarter of shrinking GDP. The malaise is spreading to core countries including Finland and the Netherlands, which both contracted in the first quarter.

Euro Fails to Breakout as ECB Fires Warning Shot- H&S in Tact - DailyFX
Euro Banknotes Designed to Foil Counterfeiters Also Defeat Vending Machines - Businessweek

FOREX-Dollar recoups losses to trade flat vs euro after US data

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:16:43 GMT

FOREX-Dollar recoups losses to trade flat vs euro after US data
Reuters - May 24, 2013

"After the Ifo data there is a bit of optimism that we might see some positive surprises in euro zone data going forward and that is giving the euro some support," said Arne Lohmann Rasmussen, head of FX research at Danske Bank. He expected the euro to ...

EURO GOVT-Bunds inch higher before Ifo release

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:21:22 GMT

EURO GOVT-Bunds inch higher before Ifo release
Reuters - May 24, 2013

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Bund futures rose slightly on Friday before the release of Germany's Ifo business climate index, which is likely to show by how much the euro zone economy lags the United States. Bund gains were limited, however, with markets ...

William: Bayern Munich Will Win Euro Soccer League

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:39:03 GMT

William: Bayern Munich Will Win Euro Soccer League
Daily Beast - May 24, 2013

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Germans fans ready to rock Wembleys Euro final - Football.co.uk
Dortmund out to scale 'Everest' of Euro final - Bangkok Post

REFILE-EURO DEBT SUPPLY-Italy, Belgium, Netherlands to sell debt next week

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:46:51 GMT

REFILE-EURO DEBT SUPPLY-Italy, Belgium, Netherlands to sell debt next week
Reuters - May 24, 2013

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium plan to sell bonds next week, expecting to raise an estimated combined total of about 16-17 billion euros. * Belgium aims to raise between 2.9 billion and 3.9 billion euros on Tuesday, when ...

Spanish Euro Exit Could Be in the Works

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:15:05 GMT

Spanish Euro Exit Could Be in the Works
Town Hall - 10 hours ago

Specifically, they say, more than six million unemployed, more than 2.3 billion euros of gross liabilities from the outside and a public debt of almost a billion euros, growing and already close to 100% of GDP, "are data defining an unmanageable mess, ...

Pound Falls 4th Week Versus Euro on Bets BOE Will Boost Stimulus

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:18:12 GMT

Pound Falls 4th Week Versus Euro on Bets BOE Will Boost Stimulus
Bloomberg - 8 hours ago

The pound fell for a fourth week against the euro as reports showing retail sales unexpectedly declined in April and inflation slowed fueled speculation the Bank of England will expand monetary stimulus.

Lessons for Euro From Two Revolutions

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:38:27 GMT

Lessons for Euro From Two Revolutions
Wall Street Journal - May 23, 2013

The euro crisis is a story of a breakdown in the mechanisms meant to manage national relations within the currency union. Its future hangs on how—and whether—these broken mechanisms can be refashioned.

Euro-Zone Bonds Move Back into Lockstep

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:06:23 GMT

Euro-Zone Bonds Move Back into Lockstep
Wall Street Journal (blog) - May 24, 2013

The German bank said that moves in all euro-zone government bonds were positively correlated in May. Some markets were strongly correlated, others weakly, but the negative correlations seen in previous months disappeared.