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Monday, July 11, 2011

Europe: Bond Yields up Sharply for Italy, Greece, Ireland and Portugal

by Calculated Risk on 7/11/2011 08:35:00 AM

This doesn't look good ... (see table below).

The Greek 2 year yield is up to a record 31.1%.

The Portuguese 2 year yield is up to a record 18.3%.

The Irish 2 year yield is up to a record 18.1%.

And the big jump ... the Italian 2 year yield is up to a record 4.1%. Still much lower than Greece, Portugal and Ireland, but rising.

From the Telegraph: Italy debt contagion fears hit markets as top EU officials meet

Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, will meet European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and Jean-Claude Juncker, the chairman of the Eurogroup, for talks in Brussels at around midday, ahead of a meeting of the 17 euro zone finance ministers later on Monday.

Mr Van Rompuy's spokesman described the gathering as a "coordination, not a crisis meeting". He added that Italy would not be on the agenda, as ministers focused on thrashing out terms of a second Greek rescue package.

The meeting comes as the Financial Times reported that leaders are prepared to accept that Athens should default on some of its bonds.
Here are the links for bond yields for several countries (source: Bloomberg):
Greece2 Year5 Year10 Year
Portugal2 Year5 Year10 Year
Ireland2 Year5 Year10 Year
Spain2 Year5 Year10 Year
Italy2 Year5 Year10 Year
Belgium2 Year5 Year10 Year
France2 Year5 Year10 Year
Germany2 Year5 Year10 Year