{"id":307815,"date":"2010-02-11T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/speculators-may-turn-their-eyes-to-england-now-that-euro-is-settled-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-11T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T18:16:00","slug":"without-the-protection-of-the-euro-bearish-speculators-turn-their-focus-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/307815","title":{"rendered":"Without The Protection Of The Euro, Bearish Speculators Turn Their Focus To The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that Greece is on the brink of some sort of bailout<\/a>, and the Euro zone countries have set a precedent for its members, speculative eyes may turn towards the shores of Great Britain.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom lacks the European backstop of Greece, Spain, or Portugal, but certainly has the debt appetite to make markets wary of their ability to pay out.<\/p>\n

Early signs of this turn in the UK’s debt position have been pointed out by FT Alphaville<\/a>, which suggests that the rise in gilt yields, or UK government debt yields, may be a sign that speculators are jumping onto Britain now.<\/p>\n

This could turn into a difficult situation for Britain, which has barely escaped recession and is potentially still in need of further quantitative easing. <\/p>\n

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