The spread of the rate between 10 year German and Spanish bonds has reached a new historically high level.

Corporations are allowed to deduct interest payments on bonds, but stock dividends are effectively taxed at the both the corporate and the individual level.

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President Napolitano would like to avoid an early election, because by April 2012 Italy must place State debentures worth 200 thousand million Euros.

Some analysts most prominently Jeffrey Sachs have argued that the best way forward is to cut the yield on Greek debt to that of German public debt. Germany currently pays a little over 3 nominal interest on 10 year debt, half of what Greece is being charged for emergency loans and far less than Greece would pay if it attempted to raise money in private markets.

Countries that are near the point where can t pay becomes won t pay have high interest rates relative to benchmark safe debt issued by other governments, because even small shocks can shift the balance for decision makers towards default.

Some analysts most prominently Jeffrey Sachs have argued that the best way forward is to cut the yield on Greek debt to that of German public debt.

In issuing contingent capital, banks would have to pay a higher interest rate than they would on ordinary long term debt, because debt investors will face the true cost of capital, not the government subsidized cost. Over time, however, the interest rate premium is likely to be small, because higher capital requirements and contingent capital should significantly reduce the likelihood of ever reaching the triggers.

Over time, however, the interest rate premium is likely to be small, because higher capital requirements and contingent capital should significantly reduce the likelihood of ever reaching the triggers.

The risk of contagion of the debt crisis is undermining European indices.

And, in Japan, ten year yields are below 0.4 .

The gain in inflation credibility was offset by weak debt credibility.

At the very least, it renders non viable all debt restructurings under the standard debt contracts.

The Greek state will be the sole shareholder, but will not guarantee its liabilities or debt.

Of course, negative returns make their balance sheets shakier a defined benefit pension plan needs positive returns to break even, and when most of its assets yield a negative nominal return, such results become increasingly difficult to achieve.

But the carry trade has tended to produce positive returns.

The earnings on its 10 year bonds are 28.45 .

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Either banks need to default on their senior obligations, or the government will need to default alongside the banks.

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Europe's monetary union has been badly undermined by a sovereign debt crisis in past months.

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Yields on Spanish and Italian government bonds have been inching up again, and equity investors mood is souring.

For example, while the current yield on 10 year German government eurobonds is 3.33 , the corresponding yield on Greek eurobonds is 4.7 and 4.77 for Ireland s eurobonds.

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Additional investments in capital goods offer very low returns.

This Tuesday morning the yield of Italian 10 year debentures attained 6,85 , that of Spanish ones of the same maturity date, 6,2 .

Once returns on commercial paper had been driven to all time lows, investors continued to push into equities.

But why would investors accept a negative nominal return for three, five, or even ten years?

Yields on German Bunds are now negative out to eight years.

Some of the rise in long rates is a necessary correction, as investors are now pricing a global recovery.

Yields on government debt of peripheral eurozone countries are skyrocketing, because investors do not really know what the risks are.

In the US and the UK, yields on intermediate term (5 year) inflation indexed bonds are already actually negative this year.

We hope that other countries will show the same commitment.

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A particularly telling example is the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars of the early nineteenth century, when a string of exhausted states defaulted on their obligations.

Given this, we should expect Greek debt yields to rise further, despite the current IMF program.

An interest rate level of between 10 13 would enable businesses to invest in a wide range of projects and make an attractive profit from them.

At the end of the hiking cycle bond yields fall immediately, Deutsche said.

Earnings of both Italian and Spanish bonds are growing towards critical limits.

This behavior is symptomatic of the lack of respect Sudan s government has shown towards its obligations.

Many financial derivatives were developed for exactly this reason to allow both financial and non financial companies to hedge their overall returns.

QE (quantitative easing, or purchases of government bonds to reduce long term rates when short term policy rates are zero)