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Mi avevate preso un po' tutti bonariamente per i fondelli quando postai questo articolo. Purtroppo mi sembra che si stia verificando esattamente quanto descritto nell'articolo...
Estrapolo una parte dell'articolo dell'Irish Independent di oggi che descrive bene la spirale in cui potrebbe infilarsi l'Italia.
"There were also cries of joy when Italy borrowed almost €7bn in the form of bonds repayable in 12 months, but you have to be a real optimist to get much cheer from that.
At 3.7pc, the interest rate charged by lenders was 70pc higher than a sale of similar bonds last month.
We have been here before.
Lenders get nervous and push up interest rates. Governments make some short-term borrowings and say everything is fine. The ECB helps out by buying bonds at a better price. Everything, however, is not fine.
Based on the experience of Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the road to crisis seems well mapped.
Worried lenders start selling a country's bonds, forcing down the price until the yield from the annual fixed-interest payments by the country is equivalent to 6pc.
This sparks a further wave of selling, which can raise the yield to 7pc within days. At that rate, new borrowings by the government in question become unaffordable and the crisis is upon it.
That having been the case before, the increase in Italian and Spanish yields to 6pc last week set off the alarms.
Finance ministers agreed -- or at least agreed to consider -- the kind of plan urged on them by everyone from bond investors to Greek socialists for the past 18 months, but which had proved politically impossible.
The result is still not certain. An auction to raise 10-year loans for Italy tomorrow will be critical. Experience also suggests that this will be reasonably successful. It is not yet crisis time.
But if EU governments use that as an excuse to back off again, the crisis may be upon them before they know it."
EU's latest plan will come with lots more strict budget targets - European, Business - Independent.ie
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