France ungovernable, but the PIIGS are holding up just fine
The contagion to the rest of the euro zone has so far been minimal — suggesting that the European Central Bank’s promise to act as a lender of last resort, made under duress in 2012, is still having a powerful effect.
When the bloc’s sovereign debt crisis
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/fixed-income/european-sovereign-debt-crisis/
broke out in 2010, there was thought to be a real solvency risk attaching to countries at the European periphery, particularly the so-called PIIGS — Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.
This time around, the extra spreads that they must pay to investors compared to bunds have remained very stable.
John Authers Bloomberg 3 december 2024
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