Stats on EU Bond Yields and Debt.
See also: Primary budget Deficits of EU
Bond Yields Greece
10 Year Bond Yields
eu bond yields. Bank of England inflation report Nov 2011
Why Are Bond yields on Eurozone debt rising, but yields on UK debt falling?
One significant cause is that the ECB won’t / can’t act as lender of last resort and buy government bonds. Therefore markets fear a liquidity shortage in Eurozone and so are reluctant to hold bonds. Further reading: EU debt crisis explained
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EU Budget Deficits (2010)
Source: EU Budget Deficit
Interesting point: UK bond yields are as low as Germany (2.3%). Yet UK has higher government deficit than Italy and Spain.
Budget Deficits 2012
Highest budget deficits – Ireland, Japan, UK and US
10 Year Bond Yields
| GEO/TIME | 2010 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Germany | -3.3 | -3.8 | -3.3 | -1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -3.0 | -3.3 |
| Ireland | -32.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.1 | -7.3 | -14.3 | -32.4 |
| Greece | -10.5 | -7.5 | -5.2 | -5.7 | -6.4 | -9.8 | -15.4 | -10.5 |
| Spain | -9.2 | -0.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | -4.2 | -11.1 | -9.2 |
| France | -7.0 | -3.6 | -2.9 | -2.3 | -2.7 | -3.3 | -7.5 | -7.0 |
| Italy | -4.6 | -3.5 | -4.3 | -3.4 | -1.5 | -2.7 | -5.4 | -4.6 |
| United Kingdom | -10.4 | -3.4 | -3.4 | -2.7 | -2.7 | -5.0 | -11.4 | -10.4 |
Gross Government Debt
Source: ECB
