Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Monday, January 9, 2012

Where Does Sovereign Credibility Come From? The European Sitaution

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As usual, when Bob Barro of Harvard writes something it usually contains some provocative ideas.   In the Monday morning Wall Street...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

No. 1 Issue of 2012: Recession in Europe

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I believe that the number one economic issue for 2012 will be a recession in Europe.   I don’t see how this will be avoidable.  T...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

U. S. Businesses Shop Europe

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“As Europe struggles with its debt crisis, American businesses and financial firms are swooping in amid the distress, making loans a...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

China and Others are Waiting to See How the West Solves Its Problems

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“Germany’s continued prosperity has helped fuel growing anger in countries like Greece and Spain against what is increasingly viewed as hars...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Europe is Still Struggling

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The debt deal cut in Europe last week apparently did not get out in front of the markets through its own actions.   Interest rates and in...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Second European Market Response: Italian Borrowing Costs Surge

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The first response of world financial markets to the eurozone package produced early Thursday morning was positive.   The second respons...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

News From Italy: A Bargain is Struck?

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The news out of Rome: “ Silvio Berlusconi has salvaged a compromise agreement on economic reforms with his coalition partners that comme...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Can Berlusconi Pull It Off?

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In my last post I wrote about the role that Italy might play in any solution to the European sovereign debt crisis. (See http://seekingal...

Italy is the Key in Europe

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It seems to be boiling down to this.   Italy and its prime minister Silvio Berlusconi are the evolving focus of any acceptable solution t...