Seems the logical consequence of hair cutting Greek debt and announcing it may happen to other member nations?

That said, would not surprise me to soon be hearing hints of something like:
‘ECB bond buying not necessarily inflationary if combined with austerity’ coming out of Germany,
triggering a massive ‘relief rally’ that will last until the reality of the austerity part sinks (syncs) in,
as the 10th plague infects the German bonds markets.

*ECB’S STARK SAYS DEBT CRISIS SPREADING TO ‘CORE’ COUNTRIES
*ECB’S STARK SAYS DEBT TOLERANCE IN EUROPE IS DECLINING
*ECB’S STARK SAYS INVESTORS ARE REASSESSING SOVEREIGN DEBT

Looks like for the third time in the last 100 years the world fiddles while Germany torches it?

Germany now stands pretty much alone in objecting to the ECB writing the check on the grounds that it’s inflationary, when it’s clearly not.

But, unfortunately, the rest of the world’s political and economic leadership doesn’t have what it takes to get through to them.

And the economic destruction this is causing far exceeds the destruction caused by all the shooting wars in history, as the death toll from the consequent global unrest mounts as well.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:05 AM, wrote:

Subject: BBK AGAIN REJECTS IDEA OF GIVING EFSF A BANK LICENCE

(BBK = Germany’s Bundesbank)

BBK AGAIN REJECTS IDEA OF GIVING EFSF A BANK LICENCE
BBK: RISING CONFLICT POTENTIAL WITH STABILITY-ORIENTED MON POL
BBK SEES GERMANY’S DEFICIT AROUND 1% OF GDP IN 2011, 2012
BBK: GERMANY’S GDP GROWTH TO SLOW TO 0.5-1.0% IN 2012
BBK: DEBT CRISIS IS JEOPARDIZING RECOVERY IN EUROPE
BBK: GERMANY’S INDUSTRY ADJUSTING FOR MILD DOWNTURN
BBK SEES GERMANY’S DEBT DOWN TO 81.1% OF GDP IN 2011