by Calculated Risk on 9/23/2010 06:54:00 PM

Here is a look at European bond spreads from the Atlanta Fed weekly Financial Highlights released today (graph as of Sept 22nd):

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From the Atlanta Fed:

European bond spreads have for the most part risen and remain elevated since the August FOMC meeting.

As of today, the Ireland-to-German spread has increased to 418 bps, and the Portugal-to-German spread has increased to 402 bps - both new records.

Note: The Atlanta Fed data is a couple days old. Nemo has links to the current data on the sidebar of his site.

And from Liz Alderman at the NY Times: In Europe, a Mood of Austerity and Anxiety. And some video interviews from different countries ...