欧元区债务危机的解决办法只有两个,要么大家携手共进,责任一起扛起来,搞财政一体化,央行用货币政策背书,拉通货膨胀;要么就是德国、北欧离开欧元区自己过日子,发行北欧元。可惜羸弱的政治领导人既想当婊子,又想立贞节牌坊,既不想放弃欧元,又不想搞统一财政。结果就是最糟糕的局面即将发生,也就是南欧猪国可能要被迫离开欧元区。有两个消息和此趋势相关。
- 截止到二月份数据,西班牙、葡萄牙和希腊的货币供给M2都大幅下跌,特别是希腊。紧缩的M2,一方面表示希腊国内可能会发生通货紧缩,会增加企业和个人实际的债务负担,另一方面可能反应希腊国内发生了银行系统的去杠杆化,居民开始提取存款,表明公众的预期是希腊可能随时脱离欧元区,银行体系可能崩溃。
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华尔街时报消息,仅周一,就有超过七亿欧元的存款被提走。而自危机发生后,每月有20-30亿欧元存款流失到境外银行,而今年一月,这个数字增加到了50亿。截至三月,希腊银行体系内的居民存款余额为1653亿欧元。
I know, I know, M2 isn’t exactly the right indicator
by Tyler Cowen on May 16, 2012 at 1:48 am in Economics | Permalink
Still, I find this interesting:
M2 money supply growth rates are plunging in Greece (down -16.8% y/y through February), Spain (down -4.7%), and Portugal (-3.8% through January). It is up only 1.3% through February in Italy.
Germany‘s M2 is up 7.5% y/y through February. Some of that growth is coming from Greece, Portugal, and Spain, where money supplies are falling as depositors move their funds to banks they deem to be safer in Germany.
The article is here. Most notable is how the various rates of money supply growth start to diverge around 2010. For the pointer I thank Alexander Schibuola.
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Updated May 15, 2012, 2:46 p.m. ET
Greek Banks See Deposit Withdrawals
ATHENS—Greek depositors withdrew EUR700 million from local banks on Monday, the country’s president said, and warned that the situation facing Greece’s lenders was very difficult.
In a transcript of remarks by President Karolos Papoulias to Greek political leaders that was released Tuesday, Papoulias said that withdrawals plus buy orders received by Greek banks for German bunds totalled some EUR800 million.
Citing a conversation he had with Greek Central Bank Governor George Provopoulos earlier in the day, Papoulias said: “Withdrawals and outflows until 4:00 p.m., when I called him, exceeded EUR600 million, they reached EUR700 million. That doesn’t include all those orders that the banks received to convert to German government bonds and other such things. Taking those into account it sums up to about EUR800 million.”
Again citing Provopoulos, the president added: “that the strength of banks is very weak right now.”
A central bank official confirmed Tuesday that the data reflected deposit withdrawals for just the one day–far outpacing the daily rate of outflows Greek banks have been facing in the past two years.
Greek banks have seen a steady decline in deposits since the start of the country’s debt crisis in 2009, which prompted depositors to withdraw cash and transfer funds to overseas banks. In the past two years, deposit outflows have generally averaged between EUR2 billion and EUR3 billion per month, though in January they topped the EUR5 billion mark.
The latest data from the Greece’s central bank shows that total deposits held by domestic residents and companies stood at EUR165.36 billion in March.
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更新:经济学人上关于希腊存款余额的图表。





































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