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Monday, July 16, 2012

Bad news for Italy and Spain from the IMF

The IMF released a few new reports on the global economy today and a raft of new data. There is plenty of interesting stuff in there which we are still pouring over, but a couple of graphs caught our eye straightaway.

First up is a graph from the IMF's Global Finacial Stability Report (update) looking at the now infamous Target 2 imbalances in the eurozone. We've steered clear of this debate for the most part recently, but the graph (below) very clearly highlights an interesting phenomenon:


The chart demonstrates the huge level of capital outflows from Spain and Italy at the start of this year. This is mostly a result of investors and depositors pulling funds out of these countries and moving them into alternative assets, often in northern European countries. The latter fact is confirmed by the ensuing increase in Target 2 imbalances, suggesting this money is moving to elsewhere in the eurozone 'Eurosystem' but has yet to be settled (as is the nature of Target 2). The importance of this movement shouldn't be underestimated. It speaks to the increasing sovereign bank loop as domestic banks step in to cover the outflow of capital, raiseing questions over how long these governments can issue debt if investors are so intent on pulling capital out of the country. It also makes one wonder over the stability of banks (especially in Spain) if they are facing deposit outflows and lowered demand for their financial instruments from foreign investors. In other words, a worrying graph for these countries.

The second interesting graph comes from the IMF's Fiscal Monitor and it provides no less of a worrying picture for Spain:


Specifically the table suggests that the IMF does not now believe that the level of Spanish debt will stabilise within the next five years. That is significant - the IMF is now predicting that Spain will face a further five years of an increasing debt burden. It also confirms our macroeconomic predictions in our recent report on the Spanish bailout and the potential negative impact it could have on Spanish debt sustainability (at the time seen as overly pessimistic by some):


Not much good news for Italy or Spain (alas, as per usual). With the 20 July meeting now looming large some definitive answers are needed, at least in terms of the Spanish bailout.

10 comments:

Rik said...

Also the Euro going South is negative for the PIIGS. It basically means shorting a basket Euro stuff (of which a considerable part will be PIIGSish).

Fig 3 probably says it all. Spain's debt will not peak in a reasonable overseeable timeframe.

Interesting stuff in Germany over the Spanish guarantees. Looks the only way they can get it approved in parliament (CSU demands).
Schauble likely creating another case for the Constitutional Court.
-12 09 Ruling on the emergency case there.

Idris Francis said...

Eerily reminiscent of 20 years ago when John Major and others kept insisting that there was no question of leaving the ERM when it was perfectly obvious to the man on the street that we not only should and could but wood.

And for that matter reminiscent of the little boy who, like everyone else, could see that the Emporer was naked but unlike the others did not know that he was supposed not to notice

Anonymous said...

The IMF is an illegal, illagitimate global banking cartel, whise interest is soley in enriching, empowering and aggrandizing the people controling that cartel.

So, why on Earth does Open Erope -- and anyone else for that matter -- either believe the information the IMF distributes or even care about that information?

Rollo said...

Come on EU: you can do better! Grind them into the dirt! Make them suffer year after year! Let them know who is in charge! Humiliate those Latinos! Whatever you do, don't give up your well paid sinecures, your dreams of ruling the world! Take it all down with you when you go!.

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