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Eurodämmerung - NYTimes.com
May 13, 2012, 1:11 pm
Eurodämmerung
Some of us have been talking it over, and here’s what we think the end game looks like:
1. Greek euro exit, very possibly next month.
2. Huge withdrawals from Spanish and Italian banks, as depositors try to move their money to Germany.
3a. Maybe, just possibly, de facto controls, with banks forbidden to transfer deposits out of country and limits on cash withdrawals.
3b. Alternatively, or maybe in tandem, huge draws on ECB credit to keep the banks from collapsing.
4a. Germany has a choice. Accept huge indirect public claims on Italy and Spain, plus a drastic revision of strategy — basically, to give Spain in particular any hope you need both guarantees on its debt to hold borrowing costs down and a higher eurozone inflation target to make relative price adjustment possible; or:
4b. End of the euro.
And we’re talking about months, not years, for this to play out.
Sì.
Un dato che non avevo preso in considerazione e di cui non ho i mezzi per valutare la rilevanza è quello adombrato in questo commento all'ultimo articolo di Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/o...on.html?_r=1&smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto
che copincollo
PepijnBrussels, Belgium
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Mr. Krugman, I agree with your analysis except for your point on why Northerners are against inflation and solving the problem as such. This is not about morality and Northerners wanting to 'punish' profligate southerners. No, this is purely about self-interest. After having lived for multiple decades in a low inflation environment, the typical German household is entirely unhedged against inflation. Most rent the family home and park all their savings in what are perceived as 'low risk' savings and term deposits. In a regime of higher inflation, they stand to loose a substantial amount of their life savings. The irony is that Southerners, having lived for decades in a high inflation environment, are completely unhedged against low inflation: they all are mortgaged to the neck and now see their salaries drop. And the further irony is, whatever the future of the Euro, if it has a future it will be one where the stronger Northern economies will on average have higher inflation then the weaker Southern economies. It will be a very unhappy marriage indeed!
May 18, 2012 at 1:18 p.m.
Se loro dovessero considerare inaccettabili le perdite in conto capitale relative a prodotti di lunga durata e basso rendimento presenti nei loro portafogli ad un profano come me la crisi potrebbe in effetti sembrare inesorabilmente avvitata in senso Seldon. Solo però, direi, se il peso specifico di questi prodotti fosse relativamente superiore rispetto all'investimento in carta sud-europea; cosa che, appunto, non mi è possibile valutare.