Today the ECB announded that it will buy unlimitted amount of European sovereign bonds of countries that will request it. And I stumble upon this the chart below that illustrates the interview by Spiegel of Jens Weidmann head of Germany’s central bank:  SPIEGEL Interview with Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann – SPIEGEL ONLINE via kwout Here is [...]

Interactive timeline: Greek debt crisis – FT.com via kwout

BBC News published a very interesting chart to explain the euro crisis. And the root cause is private debts, no public debts. It looks like the ECB didn’t do its job well, and the Euro was to cheap in the period 2000-2010. The full chart is available after the jump. BBC News – What really [...]

BBC published an interesting interactive infographic to visualize eurozone debt:  For France we have: BBC News – Eurozone debt web: Who owes what to whom? via kwout   BBC News – Eurozone debt web: Who owes what to whom? via kwout   For UK we have: BBC News – Eurozone debt web: Who owes what [...]

The chart referenced below (published by the New York Times) summarizes the European Debt Crisis in one picture. The chart focuses on the debt links between countries.  Data Points: An Overview of the Euro Crisis – NYTimes.com via kwout   Found via European Debt: The Big Picture

Full description after the jump. JP Morgan explains the euro crisis with lego | Felix Salmon via kwout JP Morgan explains the euro crisis with lego | Felix Salmon undefined

The following interactive graphics on FT.com gives an interesting view of the weight of Bank/Finance in main European countries. This page highlights some special situation. For instance in Iceland, the total 2007 asset of the main Bank (Kaupthing) is equal to 623 % of the GDP of the country.    FT.com / Video & Audio [...]