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Thursday, July 19

19th Jul - EU Open: After Ben, the Eurogroup


I was quite proud of the short notes I wrote for yesterday's US close and European open briefs. Do yourself a favor and take a look - or I'll eat your lunch.

Previously on MoreLiver's:

Thursday Watch – Between The Hedges
The 6am Cut London – alphaville / FT
Emerging Markets Headlines – beyondbrics / FT
 
Debt crisis: live – The Telegraph
The Euro Crisis Blog – WSJ
Tracking Europe’s Debt Crisis – NYT
FX Options Analytics – Saxo Bank
European 10yr Yields and Spreads – MTS indices


Market Preview: Focus on US jobless claims – Saxo Bank
European markets are expected to open firmer Thursday ahead of German lawmaker's vote today on the Spanish bailout fund. Markets are also keeping an eye on the US initial jobless claims and Spanish bond auctions scheduled today.

Danske DailyDanske Bank (pdf)
Risk sentiment improved yesterday after some well-received US corporate earnings and strong numbers from US housing starts which increased 6.9% in June – the fastest rate in almost four years… Focus today will be on data releases from the US…Friday’s Eurogroup meeting. Today, Germany and Finland will take centre stage

Morning Briefing: You're The Yuan That I Want BNY Mellon
Current conditions might provide a surprisingly benign environment for policy reform in China

EURO CRISIS
EMU 2.0 and the German ProblemEconoMonitor

There Is No 'Euro Crisis'Opinion / WSJ
Politicians created an artificial link between national budget problems and the functioning of the single currency.

It is now official: The Eurozone’s monetary transmission system is brokenYanis Varoufakis
In summary, borrowing costs in the Eurozone have lost their two anchors: the inter-bank lending rate (courtesy of the sad reality that the banks no longer lend one another) and the overnight ECB interest rate (which banks ignore when lending)…This is what a monetary union on the verge of collapse looks like.

IMF Warns of ‘Sizable Risk’ of Deflation in Euro ZoneNYT