David Roche

Recent stories by David Roche

• Against the tide: Bleak midwinter in euroland

  Europe’s leaders aren’t giving the currency what it needs: reform, fiscal discipline and international support.

  Euromoney January 2012

• Against the tide: Euro’s end game

  Unless crucial links in the chain of contagion are broken and sufficient resources are provided to cover all sovereign liabilities, the eurozone is doomed.

  Euromoney December 2011

• Against the tide: Sovereign debt crisis – Global fever pitch

  The contagion of a euro debt crisis will not be restricted to Europe’s weaker states.

  Euromoney November 2011

• Against the tide: Returning to normal

  GDP growth must be sufficient to outweigh possible deleterious effects of sovereign budget cuts and measures to increase revenues. It’s an impossible ask for Japan and an extremely tough one for the eurozone.

  Euromoney October 2011

• Against the tide: Bernanke misses his chance

  In both the US and the eurozone there is a failure to recognize that the crisis is about solvency not liquidity.

  Euromoney September 2011