Are Internal or External Factors to Blame for the Sovereign Debt Crisis in Spain? What Are Policy Implications of Your Analysis?

This article, written by Steven Hill, explains Spain’s economic past and how it has escalated to the point of becoming a financial crisis. Hill begins the paper with describing how our world views Spain- as a model for social democracy and the ideal European Union. When Spain’s economy crashed in 2008, it was anything but perfect. In 2008, Spain was suffering from an era of depression as levels of unemployment and debt were rising. Hill describes Spain’s economy to be heavily dependent on the real estate and construction sector after Franco’s death in 1975. In 2007, levels of private home ownership topped off at 87 percent, one of the highest rates in the world. The global economic collapse of 2008, the most destructive since the Great Depression

Another reason for the “debt crisis” is the increasing expanses that cannot be avoided. These include health care costs which keep on increasing every year hence making the individuals to contribute more of their pays towards this. Due to this reason, the interest rates rise hence affecting the economy as a whole. Government also has to pay for other services which include the homeland security, the national defense and the energy that is required for the society, therefore this contributes towards more spending and lesser revenue. It has been estimated that by the year 2020, the interest on debt will rise to $ 1 trillion. This money that is spent is not for the buying of any goods

The European sovereign debt crisis started in 2008, with the collapse of Iceland's banking system, and spread primarily to Greece, Ireland and Portugal during 2009. The debt crisis led to a crisis of confidence for European

The weekend of May 5-6 opened a new chapter in the Eurozone debt crisis as voters in France and Greece voiced their disproval over current leadership. With news of France's Sarkozy losing the presidency, and "a dismal election result for Greece's pro-bailout parties" (Reuters.com. May 7, 2012. PP. 1); the future of the Eurozone continues to be shrouded in uncertainty. Debt yields for Greece, Ireland, and Portugal spiked as bond investors ruminated over fiscal and monetary policies. Likewise in Spain, the ten year bond pushed closer to the "psychologically important 6 percent" (Reuters.com. May 7, 2012. PP. 1) threshold. These events highlight the troubling issues of austerity, growth, and debt service which are weighing down the European economy, and as a result imperil the global economic growth story.

These countries are now facing great recessions and austerity as a result of these debts. Because Italy, Belgium and Greece are experiencing fiscal correction, the battle is far from over. Many other members of the EU will need to build up their fiscal surplus to counterbalance the vast debt that has been accumulated. The EU is really no different that the U.S. in that it needs to place full attention on its crisis and correct the situation immediately. Europe has crumbled more than the U.S. has as a result of the crisis. Europe is more segregated than the U.S. and doesn’t offer the same stability for foreign investment than the U.S.

From the Financial crisis that struck the United States in 2008, to the world economic crisis and currently the European debt and sovereign crisis, the snowball is growing each day as the whole world's economy is heading towards the rock bottom. This project tackles the issue and the causes of the European debt crisis and its consequences on the euro currency and on the international financial markets. It also focuses on examining the austerity measures and policies taken by European governments to bail their countries out of the turmoil, and finally it tenders solutions that could be undertaken by governments to face or unravel such

The European Debt Crisis often referred to as the Eurozone Crisis, struck the European Union at the end of 2009.

The Eurozone is facing a serious sovereign debt crisis. Several Eurozone member countries have high, potentially unsustainable levels of public debt. Three—Greece, Ireland, and Portugal—have borrowed money from other European countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to avoid default. With the largest public debt and one of the largest budget deficits in the Eurozone, Greece is at the centre of the crisis. The crisis is a continuing interest to Congress due to the strong economic and political ties between the United States and Europe.

critique of the movie, I will discuss the nature of the crisis. I will suggest steps to alleviate the crisis,

The economic crisis of 2008 in New York had ripple effects around the world, causing deep structural problems within the European Union to crumble the economies of several countries. These countries, known as the PIGS, are made up of Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain, and collectively hold most of the sovereign debt problems of the European Union. After fast growth early in the decade, these countries were spending too much money and not securing their own banking sectors with enough capital. Soon, the debt the PIGS owed caused massive problems throughout the EU, and Germany and France had to come to the rescue of these poorly managed countries. (Greek Crisis Timeline, 1) Now, in 2012, the issue has yet to be fully resolved. Greece is still sinking, and a massive bailout for Greece's banks is required. The debate is whether Germany should continue bailing out Greece and collecting interest on its loans, or whether Greece should try to separate itself from the broader European Union, in an attempt to manage its own finances and declare bankruptcy in order to save itself from crippling interest payments. Each path offers an escape from the present situation that Greece finds itself in, but only the path of bailout results in a harmonious European Union. If Greece fragments off from the EU, then the entire union is weakened as a result. I believe that Greece should accept the terms of the bailout that Germany has provided, and should undergo several years

The European sovereign debt crisis, which made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to repay or re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties (Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim, 2012), had already badly hurt the economies in “PIIGS”, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. This financial contagion continues to spread throughout the euro area, and becomes a dangerous threat not only to European economy, but also to global economy.

This paper is concerned with the concepts of accountability; representation and control explain the euro debt crisis in detail. The author takes a deeper journey into the meaning of occurs of Euro sovereign debt crisis by use of definition of ARC to in-depth explain this issue. We propose further examination of the ARC relating to the Euro sovereign debt crisis in order to propose a prosperous and harmonious of Euro zone.

What is the European Debt Crisis? The European Debt Crisis is the failure of the Euro, a currency that ties seventeen European countries together. In this paper, I will be describing the cause and effect of the debt crisis along with what would happen if the European Union stayed with the economy they have. Then what I believe is the best solution to fixing the debt crisis.

This paper is mainly focusing on the historical background and causes of debt crisis in late 1970s and 1980s.

The Spanish economy provides the best example among the countries of the European Union to describe that incoherence. At the beginning of the crisis, Spanish public finances were among the soundest in the European Union. The intensity of the crisis and some initial badly designed fiscal stimulus reduced the fiscal space (set by the fiscal rules of the Stability and Growth Pact), raising the deficit over the limit established by the rules. As a consequence of the enforcement of the rules, the Spanish administration will have to apply a restrictive fiscal policy while there is still a recession, while keeping one of the lowest indebtedness levels in the euro zone countries. The starting point is to show that there was enough initial fiscal space as a result of the previous fiscal performances. Then I proceed to explain the policies developed and, finally, provide empirical evidence and some reflections that show that the end of the fiscal space depends on the future monetary policy carried out by the European Central Bank (ECB). The fiscal space Table 1 shows the evolution of Spanish fiscal policy in the last years. As can be seen, public expenditure (cyclically adjusted) shows a stability path in the years prior to the crisis, around 39 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Fiscal revenues (also cyclically adjusted) show a growth path until 2007, when they reached the maximum value of that period (40.5 percent of GDP). The