Europe Officials Move to Carry Out Rescue Package |
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May 10, 2010
European officials on Monday took steps to tackle the widening sovereign debt crisis that has destabilized the Continent. Just hours after leaders agreed to provide nearly $1 trillion as part of a huge rescue package, central banks began buying euro-zone government bonds directly on Monday — an unprecedented move to inject cash into the financial system.
European officials on Monday took steps to tackle the widening sovereign debt crisis that has destabilized the Continent.
Just hours after leaders agreed to provide nearly $1 trillion as part of a huge rescue package, central banks began buying euro-zone government bonds directly on Monday — an unprecedented move to inject cash into the financial system.
Officials were hoping the size of the rescue package — a total of $957 billion — would signal a “shock and awe” commitment to such troubled countries as , Portugal and Spain, in the same vein as the $700 billion package the United States government provided to help its own ailing financial institutions in 2008.
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