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’Interventions and bank queues in Eastern Europe
Reuters is reporting that Poland’s central bank stepped into the spot market for the fourth time in less than three months on Wednesday to help support the zloty versus the euro, which was once again nearing levels last seen in 2009.
Norway doesn’t need no stinkin’ stress tests
The European Union’s banking stress tests cover 91 banks in 20 countries.
Seven of those financials are Nordic — but none of them are Norwegian.
Norway is of course, not a member of the EU, but it keeps close ties,
Where’s the Greek CΣΣ contagion?
FT Alphaville mentioned on Monday that the CDS market did not appear to be implying much of a contagion-effect for Central and Eastern Europe in connection with troubles in the Hellenic Republic.
And having on Thursday noted the widening spread between Greek government bonds and German bunds,
A CEE stress snapshot
A quick overview of the situation facing CEE on Wednesday:
Latvia
- The government’s latest debt auction fell flat on Wednesday, with investors picking up only 2.04m of the 24m lats worth of debt on offer.
CDS report: Auto-mobility
Appetite for risk in European credit markets receded on Thursday, tracking jitters in global stocks which were themselves reacting to a jump in yields on government debt and poor US housing data.
An overnight sell-off in US stocks followed investor concerns that increasing yields on Treasury bonds would lead to higher borrowing costs across the economy.