Liquidity is an immediate issue for the banking system, but the long term issue is solvency caused by the imbalances that have grown, and continue to grow, within the European economy. Deflationary policies that have been pushed onto the periphery are making that worse….
via Europe solves the wrong problem – macrobusiness.com.au | macrobusiness.com.au.
David Weidner, Marketwatch: “Give me a swap line on currency and I will bet the farm….I am shocked that the market is rallying this much today on this news [European markets up about 10pc in dollar terms].”
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David Weidner interviewed by Evan Newmark of Mean Street.
