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Euro Zone Crisis
-Ajay Kumar-Dinesh Grover-Jasdeep Chawla-Puneet Kaur
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CONTENTS
•What is Euro Zone?•What is Euro Zone Crisis?•Countries affected and impact on them(PIIGS).•Effect on Greece.•Present condition.•Solution.•Conclusion.
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Euro Zone • It is an economic and monetary union (EMU) of 16
European Union (EU) member states •They have adopted the euro as their sole trading
currency. •Euro became a reality on Jan 1, 1998 , but came for the
European consumers on Jan 1 2002.• It currently consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
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Introduction to Euro Zone crisis
• It is the biggest challenge Europe has faced since 1990.
•Due to global financial crisis that began in 2007-08 the euro zone entered its first official recession in third quarter of 2008.
•The official figures were released in 2009 Jan.•On 11 Oct 2008, a summit was held in Paris by the Euro
group heads of state and Govt. , to define a joint action plan for euro zone and central banks of Europe to stabilize the economy.
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Beginning of Crisis
•Started in – Oct 2009 in Greece
• Its immediate causes lie with the US crisis of 2007-
09.
•The result in Euro Zone was Sovereign debt crisis.PIIGS: Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece,
Spain.
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What Happened and Why?
•Greece: Sharp Budget Deficit
•Large government and External Debts in PIIGS.
•Greece credit rating downgraded.
• Interest rates surged on government bonds.
•Need for external aid from EU and IMF
•The high debts and rising rate of interests was a
matter of concern.
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•Reasons for rise in External Debts•High household indebtness.•Large current account deficit:
Excessive growth in domestic demand. Increase in wage rates. Lower exchange rate risk.
•Weakening export competitiveness.•Reasons for rise in Internal Debts:•Rising Unemployment: Lower tax returns,
higher budget deficits.
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PRESENT SITUATION
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GREEK DEBT CRISIS
• In the first quarter of 2010, the national debt of
Greece was put at €300 billion ($413.6 billion),
which is bigger than the country's economy.
•Greece has the worst combination of high debt
level, large budget deficit and large external debt
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GDP - $360 billion
Debt-GDP ratio – 113% of GDP
Budget Deficit – 12.9% of GDP
Current Account Deficit- 11.0% of GDP
Net Foreign Debt – 70% of GDP
Total Outstanding Public Debt- 290 billion euro
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Countries Affected By Greek Crisis
•South-eastern Europe
•Neighboring Serbia, Albania, Macedonia,
Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
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IMPACT
•Contagion Effect Greek crisis has made investors nervous about
lending money to governments through buying government bonds.
•Reduced wealth: Take-home pay is likely to fall as it is eroded by
rising taxes.• Impact on private individuals
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COUNTRIES AFFECTED
High Risk
Latvia , Hungary, Romania
Moderate Risk
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Lower Risk
Estonia and Poland
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Resolutions
•European governments and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) have stunned global stock
markets with a 750bn-euro.
•France agrees to pitch in with 17 billion euro.
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Situation of other countries
•Spain is experiencing the highest unemployment rate of 20%.
• Italy- has already taken austerity measures. The lower house of parliament has voted for 25 billion Euros of cuts to reduce the country’s deficit. The govt. aims to reduce budget deficits down from 5.3% of GDP to 2.7% by 2012.
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Effect on India
• India’s exports to Europe could witness a slump close to 10%.
•Export driven sectors such as textiles and software are likely to bear the brunt.
•About 22-28 percent of revenues of India’s top tech majors come from Europe whose revenues will definitely be affected.
•Government’s overall target of $200 billion for the fiscal could be at stake.
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FUTURE PREDICTED•Either the euro zone should go for
integrating their economic policies. OR•It collapses, and the Greeks and other
profligate countries devalue and the banks (German, French, British and American) lose hundreds of billions.
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PROBLEMS
•It combines efficient and indiscipline
economies.
•Too high debts.
•Political problems.
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SOLUTIONS
Countries affected must:Grind down WagesRaise ProductivitySlash SpendingRaise taxesTransparent Banking systemEndure such Austerity Drives for many
years
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CONCLUSION
•The US crisis led to Global financial crisis, which further spread to Euro zone and caused Euro zone crisis, as these countries were most affected.
•Hence the Big Brothers should help the countries in problem to come out from the crisis.
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