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  • Eurozone debt crisis: it's fiscal union or bust, says Pimco

    12/03/2011 4:10:09 PM PST · by bruinbirdman · 7 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 12/3/2011 | Richard Blackden and Rachel Cooper
    European governments must rapidly commit to fiscal union or a partial break-up of the euro to prevent a "fundamental erosion" in demand for the region's debt, Pimco, the world's biggest bond investor, has warned. "They can't continue to muddle through," said Andrew Balls, who runs Pimco's European investments. "They'll either have to signal their position or you'll get a continued disengagement by investors from the eurozone." The stark assessment comes ahead of a gathering of European leaders in Brussels that has been billed as a summit that cannot afford to fail. A crisis that began in Greece almost two years...