Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said the government will discuss with the European Central Bank imposing losses on some senior bank bondholders, even after ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet signaled his opposition.
SS says - REALLY!!!!!
IMPOSE LOSS ON SHAREHOLDERS!!!
WHAT ABT GREECE THEN?????
Finance Minister Michael Noonan said last month that senior bondholders should share in the losses of Anglo Irish Bank Corp. and Irish Nationwide Building Society. Trichet said yesterday the Irish government must respect last year’s bailout agreement which includes no provision imposing losses on bondholders.
“It is something that we’ve always said that we will discuss with the ECB,” Gilmore said today in an interview in Berlin after meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. “That is something that we intend to do.”
Ireland, which has injected a combined 34.7 billion euros ($49.7 billion) into Anglo Irish and Irish Nationwide over the past two years, is merging both lenders and winding down their assets over a 10-year period as part of efforts to overcome the crisis. The government has said it won’t move on senior bank bondholders without the agreement of Ireland’s bailout partners.
“Anglo and Nationwide are in an entirely different situation than the two pillars banks which are being established,” Gilmore said, referring to Bank of Ireland Plc and Allied Irish Banks Plc. (ALBK)
Ireland sought a bailout last year as the costs of rescuing the financial system became too big to handle alone. Moody’s Investors Service cut the rating of Portugal, which has also been bailed out, to junk this week.
The rating company lowered Ireland’s credit rating in April to the lowest investment grade Baa3 and left the country’s outlook on negative.
‘On Time’
Gilmore said that Ireland is “very much on time and on track” in implementing its bailout program and Ireland’s “different set of circumstances” will protect it from a similar downgrade.
“We are mindful that we do not want what is happening in other countries to have a spillover effect in Ireland,” Gilmore said, adding he’s confident European leaders will conclude a formula for Greek aid next week.
Irish 10-year bond yields climbed 28 basis points, or 0.28 percentage points, to 12.97 percent today.
SS SAYS
THERE IS NO ESCAPE ROUTE FOR EUROPE BUT TO FACE DEFLATION AND DEFAULT OVER THE COMING 5 YEARS OR SO
EUROPE IS FINISHED
THE POLICY MAKERS CAN DREAM ON - FINALLY WHEN THEY WAKE UP - IT WILL BE TOO LATE IN 2015/16
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