The Most Important Chart In Europe Just Had Its Best Day Since 1993

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		Tech Science Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Law International Video Latest Friday, June 29, 2012 The Most Important Chart In Europe Just Had Its Best Day Since 1993 We've been following one chart closely since February, and it just had its best day since 1993. While most analysts tend to cite 10-year bonds as the standard for sovereign borrowing costs, in Europe we've repeatedly emphasized the importance of borrowing for less than three years. That's because three-year long-term refinancing operations (essentially, measures from the European Central Bank to provide unlimited cheap cash to banks) have allowed governments to fund themselves more cheaply and easily in time periods less than that. Thus, yields on these bonds in Spain and Italy are a good indicator for sentiment about the euro crisis, since speculation against bonds demonstrates significant doubt about whether both countries will be able to fund themselves even with help from the ECB. Going by this indicator, it looks like EU leaders have struck a good blow towards faith in the markets, at least in the short term. They just announced a plan to recapitalize banks directly with the two European bailout funds—the European Financial Stability Facility and the European Stability Mechanism. The latter is expected to go into effect this summer. This move demonstrated a transformation in European leaders' willingness to move forward with crisis measures, in this case to take control of their failing banking system. Yields on two-year Spanish bonds have collapsed 114 basis points, from over 5.5 percent to less than 4.28 percent. This is an unprecedented basis point drop in two-year yields since the start of the euro. The last time they fell this much was on May 13, 1993, when yields fell 116 bps from 12.29 percent to 11.13 percent. Not only was this before the euro, but yields were much higher than, making it a much smaller percentage point drop. Check out the Spanish intraday chart of two-year yields.  Here's a five-year look at the two-year. Read » Also On Money Game Today: These 10 Stocks Have Been Getting Destroyed This Year These 6 Slides From Smith & Wesson Show America's Obsession With Guns HOLY COW! THIS RALLY IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL S&P's Italian Bank Analyst Thinks S&P's Italian Sovereign Analyst Needs A Reality Check Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Major Hospital Stock Surges Like Crazy After Supreme Court Ruling CHART OF THE DAY: State And Local Governments Are Holding Back The Economy CHART OF THE DAY: The Housing Bust Is Over Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: ipat39@gmail.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Money Game RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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