Financial markets will keep betting against the euro
By Lorenzo Codogno
What’s wrong with the euro? Again and again, we end up discussing its instability and the relentless attempts by financial markets to challenge its existence by betting against the government bond markets of peripheral member countries. It is happening again as interest rates start to rise, putting pressure on risk premia. And again, the European Central Bank will have to step in and announce yet another tool to counteract market fragmentation.
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