The news that EU leaders reached agreement last week on the treaty changes required to establish a “permanent crisis mechanism” in 2013 is unlikely to ease pressures in the peripheral bond markets. And given that the core economies’ resistance to adopting bolder support measures appears to be hardening, for now the onus lies squarely on the ECB to keep peripheral borrowing costs down via further bond purchases.
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