Analysts Say Euro’s Woes Only Beginning

The problems facing the Eurozone are so far only the tip of the iceberg says foreign exchange analyst Standard Chartered Plc.

“We’re going to get a continuation of the problems that Ireland, Portugal, Spain and others are suffering,” said Callum Henderson, Standard Chartered’s global head of foreign-exchange research in Singapore. “The fundamental issue is these are countries that have relatively large debts, large budget deficits, large current-account deficits, they don’t have their own currency and they can’t cut interest rates. The only way they can get out of this is to have significant recessions.”

Source: Bloomberg

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