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08.08.2011Germany: ECB reacts to Eurozone crisis *** ARCHIVE
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Frankfurt, Germany - 8 August, 2011
The European Central Bank and G7 finance ministers held rare Emergency talks on Sunday to discuss the purchase of Italian debt to help calm financial markets before Asian markets open on Monday 8 August.
The decision to meet follows a sharp downturn on global markets last week, over debt in the Eurozone and the US.
Italy is the latest and largest eurozone economy to come under pressure as the cost of borrowing on its government bonds widened to a 14-year high.
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced last week he would bring forward austerity measures to balance the government's budget by 2013.
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THE European Central Bank (ECB) is set to "intervene very significantly on the markets" in an attempt to stall the eurozone’s financial crisis by buying up Italian and Spanish national bonds. ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet has confirmed the 17 nation member-group will make the move this morning through its securities markets programme (SMP). The plan, which has also been confirmed by Italy’s federalism reforms minister, Umberto Rossi, came after an emergency ECB conference to address the ongoing eurozone crisis — which has been exacerbated by recent US financial turmoil. This move is not strictly speaking a bail-out as the bonds — or debt — will be purchased from a separate party currently holding them, instead of directly from the countries in question. However, it will be seen as a further sign of the difficulties within the eurozone, with both Italy’s and Spain’s debts no longer considered sustainable.
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