Para reflexão

Há dias usei esta imagem para ilustrar a sensação de que se faz alguma coisa agora, para obter um resultado desejado no futuro, sem, no entanto, haver a mínima pista que prove que aquilo que se está a fazer agora sirva para alguma coisa.

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É o clássico, depois se vê.

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Pois bem, mais um "The social glue binding the eurozone together is weak – and strains will increase":

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"But what I had not appreciated until a couple of days ago is that Greece will almost certainly default on its debts. I could see the numbers looked dreadful but I assumed that given political will the country could dig its way out. Besides, it would be so much in the self-interest of its eurozone partners to avert default that they would do so. Greece would probably be forced out of the eurozone, though not until the next global downswing seven to 10 years from now. But debts would be paid.

The more I look at the numbers, though, the more I think a formal default is inevitable, with the country having to do some sort of deal with its creditors that pays them less than 100 cents in the euro. There are two reasons for this.

First, and most simply, even on favourable assumptions that Greece's debt will rise to something like 150 per cent of GDP over the next three years. Assume a real rate of interest (ie allowing for inflation) of 5 per cent. So 7.5 per cent of GDP has to be set aside each year to service the debt (at the moment it is 5 per cent). Assume tax revenues are around 40 per cent of GDP. So something between 15 and 20 per cent of tax will simply be paying interest, year in, year out, without any prospect of relief. That surely cannot be politically sustainable. It is all the tougher given that Greece faces the worst growth outlook in the eurozone, both this year and next."

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Quando se começam a fazer contas, começa-se a seguir a corda de Ariadne, já não pode ser "Depois se vê!", tem de se ver o caminho todo...

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E Espanha?

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"Credit Suisse Says Spanish Banks Hiding Losses"

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"Spanish banks prepare for refinancing risk as CDSs blow out"

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E comparar isto "How to roll debt, Spanish style" com isto "Spain successfully sells debt despite credit downgrade" (Engraçados estes trechos:"while we have to pay higher interest rates, interest in Spanish debt has not diminished," the spokesman said." e ""We did not expect that it would go this well," a market source told AFP")

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"Are you ready for the United States of Germany?"

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"Portugal imita Grécia, com a dívida pública a ficar mais cara a curto do que a longo prazo" ligado a "Aposta no crédito fragiliza banca na crise"

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"Pólonia decide que entrar no euro já não é uma "prioridade"" (Os polacos não cessam de me surpreender)