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Previously on "How long before the ECB fires up the printing press?"
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
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Originally posted by DiscoStu View PostSo in the opinion of the esteemed panel, which is a worse scenario:
The ECB riding roughshod over several treaties and printing a truckload of cash to buy up Italian and Spanish bonds
Or
The ECB doing cock all and the Euro collapses with defaults all over the place?
AtW would know what to do
BBCs Robert Peston says that it's a toss up between Germany coughing up or allowing the ECB to fire up the printing presses
The ECB however say they cannot fire up the printing presses as it's 'not in the treaty'
Germany must be looking at the cost of bailing out Greece + Italy + Spain + France versus their export market if they chuck the towel in and go back to the Deutch Mark
Rumours abound that Merkel is considering sending in the towel
We will see
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostIndeed, the Italians have almost 8 times as much gold as the UK does,
The Germans almost as 11 times as much.
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View PostThe Germans would never permit money-printing - however ... the Italians hold the worlds 4th largest gold reserves ..
The Germans almost as 11 times as much.
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View PostThe Germans would never permit money-printing - however ... the Italians hold the worlds 4th largest gold reserves .
That is what the Chinese are holding out for. If that is not enough the Germans hold the 2nd largest reserves.
There is a ready market for Gold - and the Chinese want it.
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The Germans would never permit money-printing - however ... the Italians hold the worlds 4th largest gold reserves .
That is what the Chinese are holding out for. If that is not enough the Germans hold the 2nd largest reserves.
There is a ready market for Gold - and the Chinese want it.
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The only thing the ECB can do is cock all. But they will take six months until they do that.
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How long before the ECB fires up the printing press?
So in the opinion of the esteemed panel, which is a worse scenario:
The ECB riding roughshod over several treaties and printing a truckload of cash to buy up Italian and Spanish bonds
Or
The ECB doing cock all and the Euro collapses with defaults all over the place?
AtW would know what to doTags: None
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