Current Issues and Policies

This chapter deals with current issues and policies regarding the up-dated developments of the three crises dealt with in this book: in Argentina, United States and Europe. Argentina restructured its debt in 2005 with a significant reduction, which was accepted by 76% of the creditors and resumed payment to them. In 2010 a second debt swap was offered which was accepted by another 17% of the creditors. Anyway the terms of the debt exchanges left some open questions. In the US the consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act are analyzed. Finally, in the EMU, it still remains unsolved a near-defaulting situation for Greece, while the recent quantitative easing monetary policy implemented by the ECB succeeded to calm financial markets, and created the right environment necessary to promote a new European economic recovery.