Financial Markets Wrap: Belgian Budget Crisis Spooks OLO Spreads, Energy Prices Plunge, and US Manufacturing Surges

Markets What financial commentators are increasingly describing as a chronicle of a death foretold finally played out in the European sovereign debt markets, as the Belgian 10-year OLO-swap spread touched the psychological 100-basis-point threshold. The spread surged sharply from its previous Friday close of 94 basis points following the abrupt collapse of multiannual budget negotiations…

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