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post May 14 2012, 10:34 AM
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Anyone else wanting the whole EURO fiasco to fail?? And soon.
I see the Germans are prepared - Deutsche Marks already printed and ready to go.

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post May 14 2012, 10:38 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 14 2012, 11:34 AM) *
Anyone else wanting the whole EURO fiasco to fail?? And soon.
I see the Germans are prepared - Deutsche Marks already printed and ready to go.


I guess if its going to happen the sooner the better really
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post May 14 2012, 10:38 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 14 2012, 11:34 AM) *
Anyone else wanting the whole EURO fiasco to fail?? And soon.
I see the Germans are prepared - Deutsche Marks already printed and ready to go.


Haven't heardvthat. If euro fails would not be a surprise. Thank god for Mr Brown that we didn't enter that muddle. rolleyes.gif

Would the failure have any effect on us?
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post May 14 2012, 10:45 AM
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No, I don't actively want the euro to fail. What would be the point in wishing that? I suppose it would give the rabid euro-sceptics the chance to say "I told you so", but that doesn't help the economic mess.

I was always in favour of the single currency in the past, but now have come to the conclusion that it is a failed experiment that will rapidly disintegrate after Greece is forced out. Locking disparate economies into a single interest rate just doesn't work.

Edit: Yes, Jayjay, failure of the euro would have a huge effect on us. There would be an economic collapse in the eurozone. Countries in the eurozone are our main export market. I leave you to do the sums.

Edit #2: You can probably replace "would" with "will" in the above.
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post May 14 2012, 12:06 PM
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The single currency was only ever going to work with a single government. That's where it was all leading but public pressure in some countries and economic problems in others have put paid to that and wee should be grateful.


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post May 14 2012, 12:34 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ May 14 2012, 11:45 AM) *
Edit: Yes, Jayjay, failure of the euro would have a huge effect on us. There would be an economic collapse in the eurozone. Countries in the eurozone are our main export market. I leave you to do the sums.

In what way would our exports be affected?
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post May 14 2012, 12:39 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 14 2012, 01:34 PM) *
In what way would our exports be affected?

Greece is declared bankrupt. Greeks have less spare cash, so buy less. Imports to the contry fall. Some of those imports would have been exports from the UK.
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post May 14 2012, 12:42 PM
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Isn't it true that, the UK buys in far more than they export so, largely, will be uneffected.
Sort of like a reduction in people buying Aubergines at Sainsburys... Hardly anyone purchases them so if demand was reduced Sainsburys wouldn't really lose any money... they'd just lose the nectar (points).
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post May 14 2012, 12:44 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 14 2012, 11:34 AM) *
I see the Germans are prepared - Deutsche Marks already printed and ready to go.


Where did you see that please?
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post May 14 2012, 12:51 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 14 2012, 01:39 PM) *
Greece is declared bankrupt. Greeks have less spare cash, so buy less. Imports to the contry fall. Some of those imports would have been exports from the UK.

I'm not sure they have much spare cash at the moment anyway. What do we export to them?

Olive oil will get cheaper!
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post May 14 2012, 01:02 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 14 2012, 01:51 PM) *
I'm not sure they have much spare cash at the moment anyway. What do we export to them?

Olive oil will get cheaper!

I don't know what we actually send them, but in 2010 it was worth £343million to the UK economy. That was a drop of 23% from 2008's total.
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post May 14 2012, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE (Squelchy @ May 14 2012, 01:44 PM) *
Where did you see that please?


I know someone who is involved with the printing! blink.gif

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Teutonic efficiency means they will be ready to go whenever they make the decision.
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post May 14 2012, 01:13 PM
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QUOTE (Squelchy @ May 14 2012, 01:44 PM) *
Where did you see that please?


Also:

http://www.arabianmoney.net/us-dollar/2011...-of-euro-chaos/
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post May 14 2012, 01:19 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 14 2012, 02:13 PM) *

A 6 month old news article.

Greece has to repay its next debt instalment on December 17th so a pre-Christmas financial market crash is very likely now

must have missed that.

What is the source of the claim that Germany is printing Deutsche Marks and that the British Foreign Office has issued warnings to its embassies?

Ed Note: Latter from Daily Telegraph and do a Google Search on the DM – they would have issued a denial by now if it was not true.


That old Chestnut - thay have not denied it so it must be true. This must be wjy 'Arabianmoney' is such a well know & trusted source of finanical news.
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post May 14 2012, 01:54 PM
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I thought so.

The rumor started with the now infamous speech, in or around October last year, by Dr. Pippa Malmgren.

Other than that, we're left with "oh, but I heard it from a friend....."
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post May 14 2012, 02:47 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 14 2012, 01:34 PM) *
In what way would our exports be affected?

Well, I think if Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Ireland, Finland etc. etc. have no spare cash because their economies have collapsed, I'd have thought it was self-evident that exports to our main trading partners would suffer.
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post May 14 2012, 04:08 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 14 2012, 02:02 PM) *
I don't know what we actually send them, but in 2010 it was worth £343million to the UK economy. That was a drop of 23% from 2008's total.

£343 million? It can't be that low - billion surely?

According to http://tutor2u.net/blog/files/EU_Revision_...ade_with_EU.pdf - admittedly old data (2008) our trade deficit with the EU was £45 billion. But 57% of our exports were to the EU. So it's a mixed story, devaluing of ex-euro currencies would help reduce the deficit by lowering the cost of imports; whereas the reduction of ex-Euro economies would reduce the amount they have available to spend on our products.
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post May 14 2012, 04:09 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ May 14 2012, 03:47 PM) *
Well, I think if Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Ireland, Finland etc. etc. have no spare cash because their economies have collapsed, I'd have thought it was self-evident that exports to our main trading partners would suffer.

Who are our main trading (export) partners and are we not taking strategic action already by forging other trade relationships outside the Euro zone?
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post May 14 2012, 04:14 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ May 14 2012, 05:08 PM) *
£343 million? It can't be that low - billion surely?

According to http://tutor2u.net/blog/files/EU_Revision_...ade_with_EU.pdf - admittedly old data (2008) our trade deficit with the EU was £45 billion. But 57% of our exports were to the EU. So it's a mixed story, devaluing of ex-euro currencies would help reduce the deficit by lowering the cost of imports; whereas the reduction of ex-Euro economies would reduce the amount they have available to spend on our products.


I hope it isn't £343 billion - the UK exports were only a grand total of £430 billion worth in 2010. I hate the greeks to be 80% of that.....

Exports to the ailing economies of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain have suffered steep declines, according to a study published today. The falls underline the challenges facing the government, which hopes to rebalance the UK economy and use exports to drive future growth.

The study by Close Brothers, based on public trade data, says that the value of UK exports to the five countries plunged by 16% to £9.2bn between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of this year.

The fall accounted for almost half of a general 6.6% drop in UK exports over the same period, the merchant bank said.

"The plight of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain has been well documented and the UK's exporters have been hit hard by this," said Mark Taylor, head of foreign exchange at Close Treasury, a unit of Close Brothers.

The fall comes despite an 11% drop in the value of sterling against the euro over the same period, making British products more affordable abroad.

Exports to Greece plunged by 23%, to only £343m, while sales to Ireland, Britain's biggest trading partner in the group, fell by 20% to £3.8bn, from £4.7bn in 2008. Deals with Spain fell by 10.5% to £2.4bn.
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post May 14 2012, 04:18 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 14 2012, 05:14 PM) *
Exports to the ailing economies of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain have suffered steep declines, according to a study published today. The falls underline the challenges facing the government, which hopes to rebalance the UK economy and use exports to drive future growth.

The study by Close Brothers, based on public trade data, says that the value of UK exports to the five countries plunged by 16% to £9.2bn between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of this year.

The fall accounted for almost half of a general 6.6% drop in UK exports over the same period, the merchant bank said.

"The plight of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain has been well documented and the UK's exporters have been hit hard by this," said Mark Taylor, head of foreign exchange at Close Treasury, a unit of Close Brothers.

The fall comes despite an 11% drop in the value of sterling against the euro over the same period, making British products more affordable abroad.

Exports to Greece plunged by 23%, to only £343m, while sales to Ireland, Britain's biggest trading partner in the group, fell by 20% to £3.8bn, from £4.7bn in 2008. Deals with Spain fell by 10.5% to £2.4bn.

Aah - £343 million is just to Greece.

I wonder how much we buy from them?
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