EU Bond Yields and Debt

Stats on EU Bond Yields and Debt.

See also: Primary budget Deficits of EU

EU Bond yields 2010 – 2012

ECB Long term Interest rates

EU Bond Yields 2010 – 2014

2010-2012 – Why did Bond yields on Eurozone debt rise, but yields on UK debt fall?

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

Related

• Italian debt crisis and economic problems
• France National debt

See also:

• Long term EU bond yields at ECB
• EU Debt crisis explained

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

OECD – Budget deficits 2012

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

Primary budget Deficits of EU

Gross Government Debt

Source: ECB