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- Germany sells debt at 0% couponWed, May 23, 2012Germany sold €4.56 billion of bonds carrying a zero per cent coupon today, its first-ever sale of debt offering investors no regular return and underscoring its safe-haven appeal at a time of turmoil in the euro currency zone.
- Investors flee to safe haven assets, wiping 2012 gainsSat, May 19, 2012WORLD STOCKS erased the year’s gains yesterday as investors fled risky investments for safe-haven assets on concerns about the euro zone’s deepening debt woes, while US stocks lost ground after the market debut of social network Facebook.
- Stocks head for worst week in monthsFri, May 18, 2012European stocks dropped this morning, on course for their biggest weekly sell-off since September, amid signs of slowing growth in China and after Moody's Investors Service downgraded Spanish lenders.
- Spain's borrowing costs move higherThu, May 17, 2012Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction today, after economic data confirmed the country is back in recession and reports that nationalised Bankia SA had suffered an outflow of deposits hammered its share price.
- Markets try to factor in Greek exit from euro
Tue, May 15, 2012FEARS THAT the euro zone’s firewall will prove insufficient to shield Spain and other embattled countries against the effects of a possible disorderly Greek exit from the currency union hit European financial markets yesterday. - Greek 'exit' pressures marketsMon, May 14, 2012European shares sank to a four and a half month closing low today in a broad-based sell-off as political deadlock in Greece raised the prospect of the country's exit from the euro zone.
- S&P warns No vote could hit ratingSat, Apr 28, 2012IRELAND COULD see its cost of borrowing soar once more if the referendum on the fiscal treaty is defeated, rating agency Standard Poor’s warned yesterday, noting there was a one-in-three chance Ireland would be downgraded again.
- Italy's borrowing costs climbFri, Apr 27, 2012Italian 10-year borrowing costs climbed to 5.84 per cent at a key auction today, 60 basis points above a comparable bond sale in March, after a ratings downgrade of Spain added to markets concerns.
- Dutch debt costs creep higherTue, Apr 24, 2012Dutch long-term borrowing costs crept up at a bond sale today after the government collapsed in a crisis over budget cuts but there was good demand from investors attracted by its top-notch credit rating.
- Spain's long-term debt costs riseThu, Apr 19, 2012Spain's Treasury issued €2.5 billion in two- and 10-year bonds today, at the top end of the targeted amount and on solid demand, though yields ticked higher than on the longer dated paper than a previous auction in January.
- Central bank governor says Spain must expect tax risesWed, Apr 18, 2012SPAIN MUST be ready for further tax rises to rein in its budget, its central bank governor said yesterday, after its debt costs leapt on sliding confidence in the euro zone’s fourth biggest economy.
- Spanish bonds spark fears for euro zoneTue, Apr 17, 2012SPANISH BOND yields jumped above 6 per cent yesterday, the highest level this year, reviving anxiety about the euro zone debt crisis and the health of the region’s fourth largest economy.
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