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They will proceed with long-term deficit reduction, something about which they have shown more resolve than the U.S. And they will issue "e-bonds"—bonds backed by the full faith and credit of euro-area governments as a group—as a step in solving their crisis.
Why the Dollar's Reign Is Near an End Barry Eichengreen 2011
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Juncker's e-bonds idea was kicked down the field, but he insisted it will return to the fore later.
E.U. summit highlights rift over currency crisis Edward Cody 2010
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Juncker's e-bonds idea was kicked down the field, but he insisted it will return to the fore later.
E.U. summit highlights rift over currency crisis Edward Cody 2010
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In other words, e-bonds would add to Germany's and France's financing burdens.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Eric Reguly 2010
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Writing in the Financial Times, they said the creation of jointly sold bonds could cover as much as half of the euro zone countries' borrowing costs, and that the bonds of the weakest countries could be converted into e-bonds at a discount.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Eric Reguly 2010
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"The headlines are saying no e-bonds, no expansion of the EFSF, but that's just for now," Yu of UBS said by phone.
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Monday and the establishment of a euro-zone debt agency to issue "e-bonds" in lieu of national debt.
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Germany is fighting the idea because e-bonds would come with a blended interest rate, meaning their yields would be higher than yields of bonds issued by the strongest countries, such as Germany and France, and lower for weaklings such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Eric Reguly 2010
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The opposition is "going to probably scupper the e-bonds idea and would probably be taken quite negatively by the markets, so we could see the euro coming back under pressure," said Ian Stannard, a senior currency strategist at BNP Paribas SA in London.
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Mr. Martens, of the European Policy Centre, said e-bonds may come, but not for many years and certainly not before monetary union is matched with "a common fiscal policy."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Eric Reguly 2010
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