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FSN: Spain vs. ECB: Who Will Blink First?
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In paradox, falling Spain, Italy yields could complicate resolution
by William L. Watts
Market Watch
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — Investors salivating over the prospect of potentially robust government bond purchases by the European Central Bank aren’t too worried about one important hitch: the standoff between the ECB and the Spanish government.
They may, however, be leaving themselves open to disappointment, economists said. And a government bond rally that has sharply dragged down Spanish and Italian yields this month — while also lighting a fire under shares — could, paradoxically, make the situation more difficult to resolve.
Here’s the rub. ECB President Mario Draghi has made clear the bank won’t begin any sort of bond-buying program directed at bringing down a distressed government’s borrowing costs unless that government first applies to the euro-zone rescue fund for help. And that application would require it to abide by strict, and potentially unpalatable, policy conditions — a demand straight out of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s playbook.
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2012-08-22 06:17:25
Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2012/08/22/spain-vs-ecb-who-will-blink-first/
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