Spain will be one of the countries that will suffer more rate hikes.
The gradual rise in interest rates that have been taken by the European Central Bank, with a corresponding rise in the Euribor (now exceeds 3.5%), will force a drop in demand in consumption in the Eurozone in the first months of 2007, as SP noted in its latest economic report on the region. Among the countries most exposed to this slowdown is Spain.
The governor of the ECB has pointed out that the body is always presides alert to the inflationary risks and keeps all options open about the pace of movement in interest rates.
That was immediately interpreted as a reminder from Trichet that the ECB not only has the ability to raise rates anytime, but also what they deem fit, which leads to think immediately of the possibility of rising above the quarter-point percentage, as hitherto been the usual. "We never commit ourselves wholeheartedly to any particular action. We will do whatever is necessary when necessary," said Trichet in that direction.
Most analysts still believe that the bank will continue with increases of 25 basis points, and that the next rise will not occur until late August. But the truth is that the unusual spate of comments from ECB members of the last week appears to be designed to alert well before the financial markets about an acceleration in the pace of price increases.
Written by Carlos Lopez on July 1, 2006 with 54 points.









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# 1, warrenbuffet-2
Euribor 27-06-06 3.52%.
The Euribor to a year in the month of June will remain in the environment
3.39 - 3.42%. (more or less)
If for July, maintaining the Euribor daily to twelve months of the past two days, or increase, we may have a Euribor in July in the range of 3.55 - 3.60%.
And a tremendously important figure that will mark a turning point:
Variable mortgages referenced to the Euribor + 0.50, a spread-it-could be considered cheap, are about to exceed the CPI.
It was just the free money, because that increases in mortgages from that point they will no longer be covered by wage increases. And besides, mortgages continue to rise and the CPI and thus wage revisions, will be more casualties.
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