Epstein Secrets

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ession derailed them, leaving Italy with the same elevated debt burden they started with 20 years ago. I believe that eventually, the constituency of the European Monetary Union will have to change. However, my colleagues in J.P. Morgan Securities' economics group disagree. They believe that the EMU will survive intact, and b

anking system? [3] This crisis is not just about sovereign debt/deficits. Ireland and Spain were model EMU citizens, with deficits inside of the 3% Maastricht level for years. The problem: total sovereign, corporate, financial and household debt, and each country's ability to service it. Despite reductions

eside the point. Last week's EoTM summarized our take on the market, economic, political and investment implications of the continued unraveling of the European Monetary Union. What would change our views? A full-scale German underwriting of the EMU problem. How likely is that? Wenn Schweine fliegen k6nnen (when pigs fly)

ize their banks * Language (with no specifics) regarding the use of EU structural funds to boost growth in Greece What the EU gets: more austerity, Maastricht with teeth (?) and private sector involvement in Greek debt rollover * Legally binding national fiscal framework to be developed by end of 2012; fisc

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ize their banks * Language (with no specifics) regarding the use of EU structural funds to boost growth in Greece What the EU gets: more austerity, Maastricht with teeth (?) and private sector involvement in Greek debt rollover * Legally binding national fiscal framework to be developed by end of 2012; fis

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