by Calculated Risk on 11/29/2010 08:58:00 AM
Monday, November 29, 2010
Europe Update
Weekly Posts:
• Schedule for Week of Nov 28th
• A Summary for Week ending November 27th
The European markets are off about 1% this morning.
The yield on the Ireland 10-year bond is up to 9.25%.
The yield on the Portugal 10-year bond is up to 7.02%.
The yield on the Spain 10-year bond is up to 5.36%.
Roubini suggests Portugal should seek a bailout: "Go now to the IMF to borrow money now" (in Portugese)
And from Reuters: Greece Gets Loan Repayment Extension to 2021
Greece will have until 2021 to repay its 110 billion euro ($145.7 billion) EU/IMF bailout loan, the country's finance minister said on Monday.Update: from Paul Krugman: Not Waving But Drowning
In return, Greece will have to pay a higher fixed interest rate of about 5.8 percent from 5.5 percent...
It’s as if we’re having the following dialogue:
“Ireland really can’t afford to pay these debts.”
“Here’s a credit line!”
“No, really, we just can’t afford to pay.”
“Here’s a credit line!”
It really is like watching a car wreck.