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European Finance Chiefs See ‘Worrying’ Trends in Bond Markets


By Meera Louis

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- European finance ministers are increasingly concerned that certain governments are finding it harder to borrow in financial markets as budget deficits mount and economies slump, according to a confidential report prepared for this week’s Group of Seven meeting.

The widening gaps between the interest rates different euro-area nations must pay bond investors are “worrying developments,” according to a “speaking note” prepared for Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. Ministers also are concerned about weak demand at some government bond auctions, according to the document. Juncker will represent counterparts from the euro-area nations at the gathering of G-7 finance chiefs on Feb. 14 in Rome.

The split between the rates Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal must pay in financial markets to borrow for 10 years and the rate charged to Germany ballooned this year to the widest since before they joined the euro. That is threatening to hobble the recovery of the region’s weakest economies and even raising doubts about the future of the single currency bloc.

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