Lawrence McDonald

Economic, political and market dates to watch from across Europe as governments and financial institutions deal with the ongoing European debt crisis. Courtesy of DC Tripwire  15th February:                   Spain to announce plans for restructuring banking sector 15th February:                   Portugal [...]

Article By Patrick Donahue, Rainer Buergin, Josiane Kremer, John Fraher, Bloomber European officials said the euro region’s temporary bailout facility has enough funds to deal with the sovereign debt crisis after losing its top credit rating at Standard & Poor’s. “The EFSF has sufficient means to fulfil its commitments under current and potential future adjustment [...]

‘A Colossal Failure of Common Sense,’ author Larry McDonald gives his outlook for the European markets. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

Former Lehman Brothers V.P. Larry McDonald on the S&P downgrades in Europe and their impact on U.S. banks. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House On Wednesday, President Obama and Vice President Biden hosted experts at the White House to focus on what can be done to encourage businesses to keep jobs and investment in the United States.   On Friday, the President announced a plan to merge the Commerce [...]

Article By CNBC.com and Reuters Standard & Poor’s has downgraded France’s credit rating, French TV reported Friday, while several other euro zone countries face the same fate later in the day, according to reports. Germany and the Netherlands aren’t among those facing a downgrade, a senior euro zone government source told Reuters. Another source confirmed [...]

Article By Stephen Kirkland and Lynn Thomasson, Bloomberg Stocks rose, driving the MSCI All- Country World Index to a four-week high, while U.S. futures and commodities climbed on signs of increased manufacturing output. The dollar weakened and U.S. Treasuries fell. The MSCI gauge advanced 0.6 percent at 8:20 a.m. in New York, on course for the [...]

Article By CNBC via Reuters Italian government bond yields edged higher on Tuesday and were expected to rise further this week with investors growing nervous that thin liquidity may complicate Rome’s plans to sell 8.5 billion euros worth of debt. Ten-year Italian bond yields rose 8 basis points on the day to 7.10 percent, widening the [...]

The banks around the world are being surpressed by this interbank lending problem, says Larry McDonald, Newedge. “Economic indicators really haven’t alleviated which tells you that the actions [the ECB is] taking are making some progress but not a lot of progress otherwise equities would be higher,” he adds. Chris Sheldon, The Dreyfus Corp., also [...]

Article By Charles Penty, Bloomberg Spanish banks reported more bad loans and lower lending and deposits in October, hurt by the fallout of the country’s property crash and the European sovereign debt crisis. The ratio of bad loans as a proportion of total lending climbed to 7.42 percent, the highest level since 1994, from 7.16 [...]