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# Bond Markets

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Belgium, Spain and bailout fund perform better in bond auctions
There’s little respite for Greece, though, which is asked to pay a higher yield on an experimental auction of short-term bonds.
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Dec 13th 2011, 12:25 PM
Second ratings agency set to downgrade EU member states
Moody’s follows the lead of Standard & Poor’s, complaining about “the absence of measures to stabilise credit markets”.
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Dec 12th 2011, 9:02 AM
Ireland's doing better on the bond markets than everyone else (ish)
The Bank of England has been comparing the borrowing costs of countries in June and again last month – and we’re doing okay.
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Dec 1st 2011, 4:19 PM
Italy pays nearly 8 per cent for three-year bonds
Italy faces its highest cost of borrowing ever, raising €3.5bn through the sale of three-year bonds at rates of 7.9 per cent.
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Nov 29th 2011, 2:12 PM
Belgium follows Italy, Germany in seeing borrowing costs surge
Belgium successfully raises €450m in a bond auction, but pays its highest yield since 2000 – up by 1.3 per cent from last month.
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Nov 28th 2011, 12:40 PM
Italy heads for bailout territory after awful bond auction
Italy raises €10bn in two short-term auctions – but sees its interest rates go through the roof, and into unsustainable levels.
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Nov 25th 2011, 11:18 AM
"Disaster" German bond auction sends European markets down
Germany issues €6bn in 10-year bonds – but only €3.8bn were sold, leaving the central bank to step in and buy the rest.
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Nov 23rd 2011, 1:40 PM
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.
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Nov 21st 2011, 4:09 PM
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.
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Nov 17th 2011, 11:48 AM
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.
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Nov 16th 2011, 1:59 PM
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.
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Nov 16th 2011, 8:02 AM
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.
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Nov 15th 2011, 2:30 PM
The Daily Fix: Sunday
Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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Nov 13th 2011, 7:39 PM
'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.
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Nov 11th 2011, 8:09 AM
Berlusconi facing crucial vote as fears grow over Italy
A normally procedural vote will be closely scrutinised as Italian borrowing costs hit new highs.
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Nov 8th 2011, 7:44 AM
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.
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Oct 25th 2011, 4:07 PM
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.
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Sep 30th 2011, 9:43 AM
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.
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Sep 22nd 2011, 11:59 AM
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.
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Sep 20th 2011, 9:23 AM
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.
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Sep 12th 2011, 3:20 PM
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.
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Sep 12th 2011, 1:45 PM
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.
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Sep 10th 2011, 1:33 PM
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.
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Sep 7th 2011, 11:03 AM
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.
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Sep 7th 2011, 10:21 AM
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.
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Sep 6th 2011, 8:34 AM
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.
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Aug 22nd 2011, 5:23 PM
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.
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Aug 8th 2011, 9:28 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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Aug 8th 2011, 4:50 PM
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.
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Aug 8th 2011, 4:02 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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Aug 4th 2011, 4:49 PM
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.
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Aug 2nd 2011, 5:31 PM
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.
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Jul 22nd 2011, 10:13 AM
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.
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Jul 21st 2011, 10:01 PM
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.
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Jul 13th 2011, 3:10 PM
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.
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Jul 13th 2011, 10:33 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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Jun 2nd 2011, 4:49 PM
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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Jun 2nd 2011, 12:51 PM
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.
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Jun 1st 2011, 8:25 AM
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.
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May 30th 2011, 11:13 AM
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.
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May 29th 2011, 11:50 AM
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