Bond Markets
# bond-markets - Monday 21 November, 2011
Student study: Ireland could write off 85 per cent of its European debt
The pan-European ESCP business school says Ireland could get rid of €184bn in debts – by simply cancelling them out with others.
# bond-markets - Thursday 17 November, 2011
Spain in the firing line as borrowing costs hit new highs
The price of borrowing for Spain is approaching the 7 per cent barrier, after both Spain and France struggled with bond auctions.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
Monti announces Italian cabinet – and will be his own finance minister
The new Italian cabinet is made up mostly of independent technocrats, and will see Monti double up as PM and finance minister.
Monti set to announce new Italian government
Mario Monti completes two days of tense negotiations, and is set to present his new government to the president this morning.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 15 November, 2011
Italian borrowing costs spike again as coalition talks go on
The markets seem nervous about Mario Monti’s attempts to form a government – while a Spanish bond auction also goes badly.
# bond-markets - Sunday 13 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Sunday
Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
# bond-markets - Friday 11 November, 2011
‘Don’t laugh’: Romania still wants to join the euro
President Traian Basescu has insisted that his country is committed to fulfilling the entry criteria for the single currency by 2015.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 8 November, 2011
Berlusconi facing crucial vote as fears grow over Italy
A normally procedural vote will be closely scrutinised as Italian borrowing costs hit new highs.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 25 October, 2011
Kenny: Ireland has ‘number of options’ to further reduce bailout bill
Enda Kenny says Ireland can still reduce the interest on its bailouts, amid questions on why Greece is getting a haircut and Ireland isn’t.
# bond-markets - Friday 30 September, 2011
European markets open down following Germany’s bailout vote
US markets finished in positive territory last night, but a European rally faded – while Asian markets were flat this morning.
# bond-markets - Thursday 22 September, 2011
US markets slide despite Fed’s $400bn bond investment
The US Federal Reserve announces the purchase of $400bn in 6-year and 30-year bonds, hoping to drive down interest rates.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Greece ‘near deal’ with troika – but may withdraw from Euro
Discussions with the EU and IMF are nearing a conclusion – but reports say the government wants a referendum on Euro membership.
# bond-markets - Monday 12 September, 2011
ECB spent €14bn on Spanish and Italian bonds last week…
…and its input was virtually worthless, because prices today are pretty much exactly where they were seven days ago.
Markets enter panic mode as fears grow over Greek default
Rumours that Greece may still default have sent markets into a nosedive, as the Euro falls and the cost of borrowing rises.
# bond-markets - Saturday 10 September, 2011
ECB’s chief economist quits over divisive bond-buying policy
Jürgen Stark is stepping down three years early – apparently in protest at ECB policies not favoured by his native Germany.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 7 September, 2011
Merkel welcomes ruling, but insists: ‘We will never back Eurobonds’
Angela Merkel welcomes the Constitutional Court’s decision – but says it does not mean the emergence of a closer fiscal union.
Germany’s Constitutional court upholds participation in EU bailouts
Germany was not acting unconstitutionally in sanctioning a Greek bailout, the court says – though future bailouts need greater approval.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
Markets take a nose dive as bond crisis returns with a bang
Christine Lagarde says there’s a “crisis of confidence”. No kidding: markets are slipping while borrowing costs are back on the up.
# bond-markets - Monday 22 August, 2011
Crisis averted? ECB eases off on bond-buying
The ECB spent €14.3bn buying Spanish and Italian bonds last week, down from €22bn the week before, as the crisis eased.
# bond-markets - Monday 8 August, 2011
Dow disaster: 632-point drop is the 6th-worst in history
The Dow Jones ends its day deep in the red, as the S&P loses 6.6 per cent and the NASDAQ sheds nearly 7 per cent of its value.
Take 5: Monday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
US markets continue nosedive as investors dump shares for bonds
The US bond market responds brilliantly to the S&P downgrade, but the world’s stock markets are the obvious victims.
# bond-markets - Thursday 4 August, 2011
Take 5: Thursday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 2 August, 2011
Europe teeters on the brink as Spanish, Italian borrowing costs rise
If it was borrowing today, Spain would pay 6.3 per cent interest for a 10-year loan – a level that can’t be sustained.
# bond-markets - Friday 22 July, 2011
Bond yields dive, and Euro up, as markets embrace Brussels deal
The cost of borrowing for Europe’s strugglers is falling this morning, after leaders struck deals on gentler bailouts.
# bond-markets - Thursday 21 July, 2011
Stresses in eurozone ‘overshadow’ Ireland’s economic progress: NTMA
The resolution of the eurozone issues are “fundamental” to Ireland returning to the bond markets next year, the NTMA says in its annual report.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
European Commission slams “incomprehensible” Moody’s downgrade
Jose Manuel Barroso’s spokesman says the Commission can’t understand why Moody’s is taking such a dim view.
Irish bond prices rocket – again – on ‘junk’ downgrade
If Ireland borrowed for two years, it would have to pay 18.6 per cent interest – 14 times what Germany would.
# bond-markets - Thursday 2 June, 2011
Take 5: Thursday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 1 June, 2011
Ireland can avoid a second bailout in 2012, says S&P
Some good news? Really? A senior director at Standard & Poor’s says we’ll be able to borrow without international help.
# bond-markets - Monday 30 May, 2011
Government moves to play down Varadkar’s second bailout comments
Leo Varadkar’s comments that Ireland may need a second bailout had officials at the Department of Finance scrambling to avert panic and insist Ireland is not planning on needing a second bailout.
# bond-markets - Sunday 29 May, 2011
Minister suggests Ireland could need a second bailout
Leo Varadkar says its unlikely that Ireland could return to the markets next year and appears not to rule out the need for a second bailout.
# bond-markets - Sunday 6 February, 2011
Bond fund suggests reducing Greek debt burden
Ireland should take note of major bond fund chief’s suggestions for Greece…
# bond-markets - Thursday 13 January, 2011
Spain and Italy raise €9bn in bond sales
Successful Eurozone bond sales provide some breathing room for single currency amid debt crisis fears.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 12 January, 2011
Portugal goes to the bond markets…
…and successfully raises €1.25bn, but fails to lift the euro.
# bond-markets - Thursday 30 December, 2010
State papers: Arab investors wanted to pay for government expenditure
Charles Haughey and Brian Lenihan Sr were given plans detailing a potential Irish-Arab Bank to fund government spending.
# bond-markets - Friday 17 December, 2010
Moody’s cuts Irish rating by FIVE notches
Ireland goes from Aa2 to Baa1 in one swoop – and now lies just a few notches above being officially ‘junk’.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 15 December, 2010
Moody’s warns of downgrade to Spanish debt
The ratings agency says it’s considering a downgrade for Spain – but the news doesn’t make a major impact on bond markets.
# bond-markets - Monday 13 December, 2010
ECB bought €2.7bn of bonds last week alone
So much for winding down the controversial bond-buying scheme… Frankfurt may have been the only buyer last week.
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Varadkar says the Sunday Times “hyped up” his bailout comments
The transport minister says he has not been “confined to barracks” over the issue, and that the government’s position on the bailout is very clear.
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