• 38% of investors expect the collapse of the euro zone in 12 months

    04/03/2015






     

     
    Survey: weights exit of Greece from the "euro" despite aid
    38% of investors expect the collapse of the euro zone in 12 months




     

    The survey showed that investor expectations for the collapse of the euro area surged to the highest level in two years, even after Greece agreed on an aid package with its partners in the euro zone.
    Snteks index scored, which measures the expectations of the collapse of the euro area the highest reading since March 2013, as predicted 38 per cent of participants in the survey collapse of the single currency area in the next 12 months, up from 24.3 per cent in (January).
    Sebastian and a Sri investors who were surveyed Said: "The new aid program does not seem so convincing talk about a Greek exit would be a permanent topic in discussions among investors over the coming months."
    The index of the collapse of the euro area recorded the highest level in July 2012 and went down to the lowest level at 7.6 per cent in July 2014.
    The last time the index rose after the Italian elections results were inconclusive and during the banking crisis in Cyprus, which became the fourth country after getting bailout aid.
    Meanwhile, a survey of the views of investors, mostly in Germany published yesterday showed that a Greek exit from the euro zone in the next 12 months, chances are at their highest since late 2012, despite the extension of financial aid for Athens program.
    The survey, which included 980 investors from individuals and institutions registered with the Snteks Company advisory services that 37.1 per cent of the respondents expect Athens exit from the euro zone, up from 22.5 per cent in (January).
    Reuters news agency reported that those expectations steadily increase the record low level of 5.7 per cent recorded in (last July), but remain below the high level of 70.7 per cent, which reached at the height of the debt crisis in the euro zone in July 2012.
    The economists surveyed by the agency views in mid-February pointed to a probability of 25 per cent for the exit of Greece from the region in 2015. The survey was conducted in the period from 26 to 28 February.
    On 24 February, Greece received an extension of the financial rescue program for four months after negotiations were marred by tension between Athens and its partners in the euro zone but still face severe funding problems may fall into the abyss of bankruptcy by March.
    The minister said the Spanish economy yesterday that the euro zone countries to discuss a third bailout for Greece worth between 30 and 50 billion euro package, but EU officials said it does not exist for these talks.
    The survey gave Snteks participants the possibility of choosing up to three countries believe that they will emerge from the euro zone in the next 12 months.The survey showed that the probability of any state out of the region of 38 per cent.

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