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Portugal Bailout Speculation

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From Bloomberg: Portugal 5-Year Yield at Euro-Era Record on Bailout Speculation

When asked whether his country was preparing to request a bailout, Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira Dos Santos said European leaders must understand the ?seriousness? of the region?s debt crisis.
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The minister?s comments ?might indicate that financial support for Portugal will be discussed at the weekend,? said Michael Leister, a fixed-income analyst at WestLB AG in Dusseldorf, Germany. ?Yields show that the market is concerned, and is waiting for something,? he said.

Here are the 2 year, 5 year and 10 year Portuguese bond yields from Bloomberg. The 5 year yield is up to almost 8%, the 2 year yield is at 6.5%, up from 4.5% earlier this week.

Meanwhile, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny are apparently asking for better terms.

Note: The Greek ten year yield is at 12.8%. The Irish ten year yield is 9.6%. Here are the Ten Year yields for Spain, and Belgium.

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).