10th May - US Close: Grexit, not yet?

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News – Between The Hedges

Markets – Between The Hedges

Recap – Global Macro Trading

The Closer – alphaville / FT

Market Commentary – A View From My Screens (new!)

Tyler’s US Summary – ZH (new!)

Morning Briefing (Asia) – BNY Mellon (new!)

TV: Bloomberg, CNBC, BBC

Debt crisis: live – The Telegraph

Europe Crisis Tracker – WSJ

Tracking Europe’s Debt Crisis – NYT

FX Options Analytics – Saxo Bank

European 10yr Yields and Spreads – MTS indices

EURO CRISIS: GENERAL

The Comity of Europe: Ten Points – Marc to Market

With increased talk of a country leaving the euro zone, or even of the end of the whole project, it is worth sketching out our view. Here are the main points of our view of Europe.

What austerity looks like, in three graphs – Ezra Klein / WP

That’s austerity. It comes both from spending cuts and tax increases. And it can be expected to reduce economic growth.

Europe’s Achilles heel – The Economist

Amid growing risk of a Greek exit, the euro zone has yet to face up to the task of saving the single currency itself

Spanish banks: A rude awakening – The Economist

Sorting out Bankia is just a start

  

The threat of a Greek exit: Unhappy in their own ways – The Economist

The escalating Greek crisis leaves Ireland and Portugal, in particular, ever more vulnerable

Socialist victory in France: President Hollande – The Economist

The new French president may be more open to austerity, and less able to bring a change of course in Europe, than his public expects

Westpac’s Shugg Says Europe Is `Really Deteriorating' – BB (mp3)

Goldman’s O’Neill Says EMU Not Essential to Netherlands – BB (mp3)

Deutsche Bank’s Ruskin Sees Weaker Euro, Stronger Yen – BB (mp3)

EURO CRISIS: GREECE

Greece’s Election: Tough Choices and a Sense of Déjà vu – PIIE
Ahead of Greece’s new elections, the euro area and the Troika (the EU, the ECB and the IMF) will thus employ the Irish referendum strategy by rejecting Tsipras’s bluff and declaring the IMF program non-negotiable – and adding that a failure by Greece to adhere to it will cancel financial support and drive Greece from the euro area. We are already seeing this strategy put in motion

You cannot be Syriza! – alphaville / FT

Who is bluffing: Troika or the anti-bailout Greeks?

The euro crisis: There are all too many alternatives – The Economist

Greece’s enraged howl of an election, which makes its eventual departure from the euro zone more likely

The T Report: The Axis of Weeble – TF Market Advisors

Until the Greek’s have had time to attempt to renegotiate and have actually planned for an exit back to the Drachma they will not risk a hard default where they really don’t know the consequences. So look for more hard-line headlines but expect May payments to go smoothly.

The ECB and Greece: The Lender of Last Retort Attitude Must Change – TF Market Advisors

The ECB seems to be quite happy to comment on Greece, and most of the comments seem to say that Greece isn’t doing their part. Well, what about the ECB? What have they been doing for Greece?

Anti-Bailout Coalition Soars In Popularity Ahead Of Second Greek Election – ZH

Full Letter From Greek "Anti-Bailout" Coalition Leader Tsipras To "The European Leadership" – ZH