Tag Archive: Government Bonds

German Schatz turns negative again

2012-07-18

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2012-07-18

Government bond yields under 1% July 18th
After the first time End May, the German Schatz turns negative: German June 2014 Schatz Average Yield -0.06% vs 0.10% on June 20 Swiss Eidgenossen 2yrs still at -0.4%

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The other risk for the SNB: Will German Bund yields double ?

2012-06-20

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2012-06-20

10 yrs. Bunds
In the latest post we started discussing the implications of a German euro exit for the Swiss National Bank, this time we will look on another risk: The rising German Bund yields.

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The Northern Euro introduction: A retrospective from the year 2030

2012-05-20

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2012-05-20

Map Neuro Seuro 2028
  A retrospective from the year 2030 on two decades of failed european integration policy and 10 years of successful disintegration policy The following essay shows that currency regimes come and go over the time. Nothing is stable with the time, especially the use of a currency. What has never happened in history is the use …

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Jürgen Stark’s resignation and the ECB 2005 warning about labor cost divergence in the Euro-zone

2011-12-18

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2011-12-18

Labour costs EU 1997-2007
The Wirtschaftswoche reports about the real reasons of ECB Chief economist Jürgen Stark’s resignation. The reasons are rather political, namely a protest against European governments:

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