Nouriel Roubini has written a number of good pieces on the Eurozone crisis. His latest one in the Financial Times is no different. It provides a summary of how the Eurozone got to this point and the options left for it going foward. Here are the options according to Roubini:

(1) The euro could fall sharply in value towards – say – parity with the US dollar, to restore competitiveness to the periphery; but a sharp fall of the euro is unlikely given the trade strength of Germany and the hawkish policies of the European Central Bank.

(2) The German route — reforms to increase productivity growth and keep a lid on wage growth — will not work either. In the short run such reforms actually tend to reduce growth and it took more than a decade for Germany to restore its competitiveness, a horizon that is way too long for periphery economies that need growth soon.

(3) Deflation is a third option, but this is also associated with persistent recession. Argentina tried this route, but after three years of an ever deepening slump it gave up, and decided to default and exit its currency board peg. Even if deflation was achieved, the balance sheet effect would increase the real burden of private and public debts. All the talk by the ECB and the European Union of an internal depreciation is thus faulty, while the necessary fiscal austerity still has – in the short run – a negative effect on growth.

(4) So given these three options are unlikely, there is really only one other way to restore competitiveness and growth on the periphery: leave the euro, go back to national currencies and achieve a massive nominal and real depreciation.

A key point here is that ultimately a real depreciation is needed for the troubled Eurozone countries. How it gets done is the burning question.

Iniciado por XXavier

Si se continúan dando créditos que nunca se pagarán, terminará aumentando la inflación y el euro se depreciará respecto al dólar. Eso arreglaría los problemas de competitividad de España respecto a los países ajenos a la eurozona, pero resulta que el 80% de las exportaciones españolas van a esa zona, de modo que ese arreglo serviría de bien poco en cuanto a fomentar nuestras exportaciones.



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Iniciado por Samuel_five

¿y qué pasaría con la deudas de los miles de españoles denominadas en euros? ¿desaparecen?

Iniciado por Samuel_five

¿y qué pasaría con la deudas de los miles de españoles denominadas en euros? ¿desaparecen?

Iniciado por jelope

pero a ver joder... si exportamos entre nosotros la eurozona casi todo, que mas da un euro alto que bajo? coño cuanto mas alto mejor asi importamos mas barato petroleo y demas de fuera de europa... no entiendo porque? porque? como dijo aquel

Iniciado por jelope

pero a ver joder... si exportamos entre nosotros la eurozona casi todo, que mas da un euro alto que bajo? coño cuanto mas alto mejor asi importamos mas barato petroleo y demas de fuera de europa... no entiendo porque? porque? como dijo aquel