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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Revenge of the Bundesbank spells big trouble for Italy

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, September 2, 2022

he European Central Bank can either bail out Italy or save its credibility in Germany. It will struggle to do both.

With inflation running at a 50-year high in Germany, 14% in the Netherlands, and 25% in Estonia, it is politically impossible to keep mopping up Italy's debt issuance under the guise of monetary policy. The euro's crash to dollar parity has been the last straw. The Bundesbank has lost patience.

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The ECB is in the worst internal disarray since the depths of the eurozone debt crisis. Hawks and doves are contradicting each other daily on fundamental strategy. Markets have no idea how the new ‘anti-spread’ tool (TPI) to protect Italy is supposed to work, or whether it is legal outside an emergency.  “It is a complete shambles. Christine Lagarde has lost control and is not showing any leadership,” said one source close to the Bundesbank.

Mrs Lagarde did not attend the central bankers’ forum in Jackson Hole. The vacuum has been filled by Isabel Schnabel, Germany’s member of the executive council, who has returned to her Bundesbank roots after a fateful dalliance with ultra-loose money. ...

... For the remainder of the analysis:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/09/02/revenge-bundesbank-spells-serious-trouble-italy/

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