Ireland agrees to request a rescue package–details are rarer than Bud drinkers in Donegal
The challenge now will be producing enough progress on the details on a reasonable time table that the financial markets don’t begin to suspect that Sunday’s announcement was just ginned together for the markets’ benefit.
2011 now looks very different from just a few weeks ago
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An expression of confidence in Ireland from European finance ministers instead of an announcement of a concrete bailout for Ireland and its troubled banks is going to leave the euro vulnerable for a fall November 17. And to make matters worse, November 16, ended with a rather public airing of squabbles inside the monetary union.
China and euros and bears, oh my: How to think about today and when the water will be safe (or at least safer)
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Will Ireland take a bailout deal before Greece implodes?
Why is the European Union so anxious to get an Irish deal done?Look to today’s news that the Greek budget is in worse shape than anyone thought—again. Revised numbers show that Greece’s 2009 deficit wasn’t 13.6% but actually 15.4% of GDP.
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
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Does yesterday’s gain in gold mean that investors don’t care about a “strong” dollar anymore?
The pattern has been that when the dollar rose, gold and silver fell. But yesterday with the dollar up on euro worries, gold and silver climbed too. Gold was up $11.60 an ounce and silver gained $1.11 an ounce