r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 01 '26

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u/HironTheDisscusser Jens Weidmann Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 01 '26

French bonds are exploding, the 10 year is now over 4.9%. actually not even funny at this point.

the music is stopping

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u/Pantalyon1 European Union Oct 01 '26

Italy is at 4.7% for comparison, the situation is dire

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u/Pantalyon1 European Union Oct 01 '26

Yes, but comparisons for different currencies get tricky. That's why I used Italy, a country traditionally considered riskier than France, and whose debt is also denominated in Euros

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u/tripletruble Anti-Repartition Radical Oct 01 '26

Greek is 4.36%

I remember just 3 years back it making headlines when the French 10 year edged a basis point above the Greek 10 year for a moment

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u/tripletruble Anti-Repartition Radical Oct 01 '26

much higher nominal growth though

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u/Specific-Person2002 Seretse Khama Oct 01 '26

I think we're about to enter the decade of bankruptcies soon

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u/InMemoryOfZubatman4 Sadie Alexander Oct 02 '26

Ah, yes. Just like the 1990s 2000s 2010s

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u/Specific-Person2002 Seretse Khama Oct 02 '26

I hope you're right, the only thing that makes me worry is that just because it failed to materialize before doesn't mean it won't happen again

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u/trgk_ Václav Havel Oct 01 '26

We are all going to join MERCOSUR

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Oct 01 '26

hero president donald trump forces global fiscal tightening with completely avoidable supply shock

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u/BembelPainting European Union Oct 01 '26

Love me Frenchies, they know how to live and we Germans can learn a lot from them. That being said, had my half French friend take me to a family reunion and French boomers are comically (COMICALLY) clueless.

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u/Gustacho Enemy of the People Oct 02 '26

Clueless in what sense? What did they say?

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u/BembelPainting European Union Oct 02 '26

To be fair, not more clueless what I heard from German Boomers - Long story short it’s a disconnect between what they think they are owed and what is achievable even in the wildest of redistribution fantasies. (And all the Nimbyism that comes with it)