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Toothless CDS blamed for failing to stop sovereign contagion Reuters By Helene Durand LONDON, July 29 (IFR) - Fears that credit default swaps would not provide protection against a sovereign default as previously hoped could be one of the reasons behind some of the recent sell-off in Eurozone peripheral sovereign cash ...

Could a U.S. debt downgrade trigger a financial crisis? Washington Post By Neel Kashkari, As we approach Treasury's debt-ceiling deadline, attention has shifted from the risks of a default on Treasury debt to the risk of a downgrade of US credit. Many are asking whether a downgrade could itself lead to a financial crisis. ...

Moody's Sees Contagion Risks, Puts Spain Under Review Wall Street Journal By David Roman and Natasha Brereton-Fukui MADRID (Dow Jones)--Moody's Investors Service Friday put Spain's Aa2 ratings on review for possible downgrade, saying the euro zone's fourth-largest economy faces rising contagion risks as the area's debt ...

IMF Sees Spain in 'Danger Zone' as European Debt Crisis Persists Bloomberg “Downside risks dominate” the outlook for economic growth in the near term because of rising concerns about sovereign risks in the euro area, according to the report. The IMF said Spanish banks that need capital should raise it “promptly from the ...

IMF Chief Warns America on “Exorbitant Privilege” FXstreet.com New IMF Chief Christine Lagarde has warned overnight that the global reserve currency status of the dollar is at risk due to the “worrisome” US debt debate. Failure by the United States to raise the debt ceiling would likely lead to a decline in the US ...

Greece to get September bailout from bilateral loans Reuters Euro zone leaders called last week for the next tranche of aid for Greece, which is composed of 5.8 billion euros from the euro zone and 2.2 billion euros from the IMF, to be handled through the bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility ...

IMF Board Holds Informal Board Meeting On EU's Greek Financing Deal Wall Street Journal Several members of the board, particularly from emerging markets, are concerned that the IMF is overexposing itself to the euro-zone debt crisis. Also, some members have said that even with the new financing deal that promises another EUR100 billion to ...

EU Morning Report- Euro slips on heightened eurozone debt contagion fears Easy-Forex The euro shed 1% against the dollar dropping to as low as 1.4254 from 1.4400. Investors are still worried about a eurozone debt contagion and worries intensified after an Italian debt auction, which resulted in the highest borrowing costs in eleven ...

IMF chief warns on dollar decline if no debt deal Reuters 2 deadline could lead to a fall in the value of the dollar and raise "doubts" among those using it as a reserve currency, the head of the IMF said on Thursday. "It would probably entail a decline of thedollar relative to other currencies, and probably ...

Global view WatertownDailyTimes.com The International Monetary Fund has made strong statements on how a US government defaultwould affect the global economy. In its annual analysis of the US economy on Monday, the IMFstressed that if investors lose faith in US debt, the impact on the ...

China may help fund Greek bond buybacks-finmin source Reuters The official did not elaborate but referred to a meeting Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos had with China's IMF representative in Washington earlier this week. The Chinese government faces domestic political pressure to invest the country's ...

Mobius: US Dollar, Treasurys No Longer Safe Havens CNBC.com The US dollar and Treasurys, which proved to be safe havens during the globalfinancial crisis, can no longer be viewed as such because of the on-going debt impasse, renowned investor Mark Mobius told CNBC on Friday. Instead, Mobius, who oversees about ...

Gold Faces Short-Term Price Trap Business Insider By next Tuesday, Congress will likely reach some sort of pallid agreement that will involve a short-term agreement to raise the debt ceiling just enough to postpone an imminent fiscal crisis until after the 2012 election. This will, of course, ...

Agencies cut Greek, Cyprus credit ratings Southeast European Times The plan approved last week again includes loans from the EU countries using the euro as their national currency and the IMF, which will be made available to Athens under relieved terms. The deal was reached after private financial institutions agreed ...

Veolia: Dividend Growth Opportunity Could Be Created by Euro Weakness Seeking Alpha The sovereign debt crisis with the PIIGS has caused European stocks plenty of stress over the past few months. However, the mess in Europe has created some high yield opportunities with growth upside. One of these is utility/waste management company ...

Safe havens? Gold, the yen and peanut butter CNNMoney So it often does well when the dollar is in the dumps. Ditto for the Swiss franc, which has all the benefits of being part of the developed European world without those nasty side effects of that whole EU exposure to the PIIGS thing. The dollar fell to ...

World Bank head: US playing with fire on debt limit Reuters World Bank President Robert Zoellick speaks at a news conference during the spring International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank meetings in Washington April 16, 2011. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is courting calamity with the continuing...

Bill will protect whistleblowers and double fines for financial institutions Irish Times Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011 was a response to the regulatory failures of the financial crisis and would draw on the lessons of the recent past in Ireland and abroad. ...

Eyes of world on US as debt deadlock threatens default Storyful It is feared that failure to reach an agreement by August 2 could trigger another financial crisis, and possibly a US default. The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party remains the most stubbornly opposed to any compromise on the matter. ...

Financial crisis for Dunedin City Council Stuff.co.nz Dunedin City Council is facing a financial crisis, with two internal reviews warning it faces a $8 million revenue shortfall. Dunedin Mayor Mayor Dave Cull was an angry man when breaking the news, saying "hard choices" would probably need to be made to ...

From the sublime to the ridiculous Sydney Morning Herald We put this to John Walker, the chief of the leading litigation funding company IMFAustralia. "It's one thing for companies to conduct illegal activities," Walker said yesterday. "It's another for companies not to tell the market when it's material. ...

10 Ways to Get Americans Spending Again U.S. News & World Report (blog) In a recent overview of the US economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) listed two main concerns about the country's fiscal condition and deficit fight. One was default. The second was steep spending cuts, or what the IMF described as "an ...

St. Kitts-Nevis Gets US$35 Mil from IMF The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer By LK Hewlett The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Thursday that St. Kitts-Nevis can immediately access $35 million of a US$84.5 million Stand-By Arrangement. According to an IMF press release dated July 28, the IMF's Executive Board has ...

Cyprus Cabinet resigns as euro crisis spreads Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Eurozone countries, backed by other EU members and by the IMF, put up several billions in what they insist are temporary bridging loans. The bailout fails miserably, worsening the condition of the recipient state while loading more debt on EU taxpayers...

Debt Default Exceptionally Un-American Center For American Progress The calls for a new international reserve currency, which gained momentum after the global financial crisis, are only going to get stronger. China and others will shift away from dollar-denominated assets as soon as they can. ...

US debt default: How will it affect you? NDTV.com A default could cause turmoil in the stock and bond markets, plus a replay of the fear that froze lending in the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. In the chaos, investments you'd think were a sure bet to fall might rise instead, and vice versa. ...

Currency Exchange Rates Insight: The Key Majors GBP,USD & EUR Face Uncertainty... Currency News Moving into the latter half of 2011 it wouldn't be surprising to see increasing problems with debt contagion as funding requirement increase. The western markets are closely linked and if the US debt crisis leads to a technical default fear will spread ...

IMF chief: Dollar status in doubt if debt crisis persists | The ... By Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON — IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned Thursday that failure to resolve the US debt crisis would likely raise "doubts" about the dollar's status as the world's prime reserve currency. "It would probably entail a decline of the ... The Raw Story

Euro area cross-border financial flows and the global financial ... By Editor The aim of this paper is to highlight the unprecedented adjustments triggered by the financial crisis ineuro area cross-border financial flows. We find that during the turmoil there was a very sizeable scaling-down of gross external ... The Financial Regulation Forum

No US debt deal may cause dollar decline: IMF chief : News : News ... By anupama Failure by the United States to raise the debt ceiling would likely lead to a decline in the US dollar and raise "doubts" among those using it as a reserve: dollar, IMF, US debt ceiling, US debt deal. News : News Paper : News Magazine...

Spain takes the pain of a threatened downgrade as Euro zone ... By Shaun Richards His combination of hyperbole and bombast that he and other Euro zone politicians had defeated the threat of contagion was not going particularly well only a week after their new agreement on Greece. This morning events have turned ... Mindful Money

Dollar status in doubt if debt crisis persists: IMF chief ... By jan IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned Thursday that failure to resolve the US debt crisis would likely raise doubts about the dollar's status as the world's prime reserve currency. Pattaya Daily News - Pattaya...

The IMF Will Contribute Less than One-Third of Greek Rescue ... By diane The U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal said last week that the IMF is concerned about its huge long-term exposure to the euro, reminding that the. Daily news from Spain

Advanced economies seriously consider cut their debt to prevent ... By fanatic74 Advanced economies seriously consider cut their debt to prevent new financial crisis. 2011/07/29 fanatic74 Leave a comment Go to comments. It is worrisome that handful of European countries are struggling with their indebtedness these days. To make matters worse, conceivably invincible no.1 economy of the world, United States is in need of raising its debt ceiling in order to avoid possible federal government shutdown or simply default due to the enormous amount of ... FIN POL

Gold $8500 Now Possible, IMF Warns American on “Exorbitant ... The more challenging and real risk is that posed by the coming downgrade or downgrades of US debt, the threat to the dollar as global reserve currency and continuing currency depreciation and debasement. IMF Chief Warns America on ... The Market Oracle

Wait For Banking Revival Far From Over | LoanSafe.org By Alex Ferreras The [euro]1.123 billion private investment means that the Government does not have to borrow at still costly interest rates from the EU or IMF to recapitalise the banks. The latest banking bill is covered by the [euro]17.5 billion ... LoanSafe.org

Is A New Phase In The Global Financial Crisis Imminent? — Clearing ... By RSS Feed Is the world standing on the verge of a new phase in the long running saga of the global financial crisis? Could the next chapter of the financial crisis look similar to the one from 2007-2008? Remember how the dead calm of the summer ... Remember the 0.6 quadrillion dollar problem* ATCA flagged a few years ago in regard to counterparty risk? Guess what, it is still there! The $600 trillion global Over-The-Counter (OTC) derivatives market is still broadly unregulated ... Clearing and Settlement — Clearing...

Is A New Phase In The Global Financial Crisis Imminent? By DK Matai Remember the 0.6 quadrillion dollar problem* ATCA flagged a few years ago in regard to counterparty risk? Guess what, it is still there! The $600 trillion global Over-The-Counter (OTC) derivatives market is still broadly unregulated ... Business Insider

NewsDaily: Greece to get September bailout from bilateral loans Euro zone leaders called last week for the next tranche of aid for Greece, which is composed of 5.8 billion euros from the euro zone and 2.2 billion euros from the IMF, to be handled through the bailout fund, the European Financial ... NewsDaily: Business Headlines

The Daily Bell - IMF: Turning Crises Into Opportunity IMF's Lagarde Says Clock Ticking for U.S., European Policy Makers on Debt ... Christine Lagarde (left), the new head of the International Monetary Fund, urged U.S. policy makers to quickly agree on a fiscal plan and avoid default, ... The Daily Bell RSS News Feed

IMF: Spain's Recovery Faces Potentially 'Severe' Risks | ForexLive crisis, the IMF warned in its annual Article IV review. In the near term, financial conditions could deteriorate further, reflecting rising concerns about sovereign risks in the euro area, it warned. ... ForexLive

Jest in a time of cholera | MacroScope By Ana Nicolaci da Costa Rating agencies came under a different kind of fire after Moody's placed Spain under review for possible downgrade, fueling contagion risks in the euro zone — they were accused of being shameless attention-seekers. ... MacroScope

US default: IMF chief warns of global dangers | Business Recorder IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned Tuesday the clock was ticking on a US debt deal, as the dollarslid to new lows amid concerns of a looming and ... www.brecorder.com/...:/1215853:us-default-imf-chief-warns-...