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THE Greek government has been advised by British economists to leave the euro and default on its €300 billion (£255 billion) debt to save its economy.
Greek politicians have played down the prospect of abandoning the euro, which could lead to the break-up of the single currency.
Speaking from Athens yesterday, Doug McWilliams, chief executive of the CEBR, said: “Leaving the euro would mean the new currency will fall by a minimum of 15%. But as the national debt is valued in euros, this would raise the debt from its current level of 120% of GDP to 140% overnight.
Greece’s departure from the euro would prove disastrous for German and French banks, to which it owes billions of euros.
McWilliams called the move “virtually inevitable” and said other members may follow.
“The only question is the timing,” he said. “The other issue is the extent of contagion. Spain would probably be forced to follow suit, and probably Portugal and Italy, though the Italian debt position is less serious.
“Could this be the last weekend of the single currency? Quite possibly, yes.”
The real question is what happens after all of this. Will this usher in a new era of economic liberty where currencies are backed up by something tangible or will this instead create the perfect climate for more government control & oversight of the economy?
The US dollar increased for its longest string of monthly against the euro during the Friday currency trading session. It has not had this number of daily gains against the euro since 2000. The move away from the euro is due to investor concerns about the large amounts of debt in the euro zone as well as the fiscal cutbacks that are so significant that need to occur throughout Europe. The move away from riskier assets like the euro forced investors to turn to the safe haven of the US dollar.
Originally posted by warpcrafter
What if all these nations just announced the following. "Well, we quit using the euro, and since all of our debt was in euros, poof! Sorry suckers!!!"
Originally posted by broahes
reply to post by Vitchilo
Thanks for the post. S&F.
The real question is what happens after all of this. Will this usher in a new era of economic liberty where currencies are backed up by something tangible or will this instead create the perfect climate for more government control & oversight of the economy?
This is one of the last comments from your source. A very good question indeed. I'm guessing that it will more than likely be the later, and there will be a push for more government intervention.
I could see Spain following Greece within days if this does indeed happen.
Good find.
Originally posted by warpcrafter
What if all these nations just announced the following. "Well, we quit using the euro, and since all of our debt was in euros, poof! Sorry suckers!!!"
Originally posted by ickylevel
The bilderberg groups control the economy, as you know. It's how they operate. SO if the eruo ever break up, it is because they decided to.
Originally posted by Wolf321
This makes me question, what role did having a sole European currency play in the Greek collapse? Would Europe be facing the same economic collapse if each nation still had its own currency?
Larry Fink, chief executive of money manager BlackRock Inc.:
“We’re frightened at this moment to see how this can all play out with these countries already in a fragile position ... Now they’re going to have to bring down their deficits in the tens of billions of dollars to stabilize their country, but will that destabilize their social fabric? ... The real question is how long can Netherlands, France and Germany support these Southern Rim countries.”
Originally posted by Dynamitrios
reply to post by Mdv2
Man, how often must someone tell you the same thing? Your countries BENEFIT from Greeks "bailout" Your countries borrow money from the IMF at aprox. 2-3% interrest and lend it to Greece and others with 5-6%. Thats a win situation for you. Stop being fooled by the divide and conquer speak you re beeing fed
Stop playing the victim here.
Germany is well aware of this scam, so is the Netherlands. The banks are your enemies, not smal countries like Portugal, Greece and the like
Originally posted by Vitchilo
And it would benefit the greek people and the european people, which most of them don't want the euro.
[edit on 30-5-2010 by Vitchilo]
The billions we donate to Greece are borrowed on the international capital markets, they are not coming from the IMF.