Banks endorse growing calls for jointly issued sovereign coronabonds

Essential state support programmes for bank credit to SMEs raise questions about sovereign debt sustainability that need quick and credible answers.

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On Wednesday, news circulated of a letter to European Council president Charles Michel signed by the prime ministers or presidents of nine European countries. These include France’s Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Giuseppe Conte, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez and the prime ministers of Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovenia.

The letter calls for the activation of all existing common fiscal instruments to support national efforts to sustain economies in the face of the coronavirus.

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