The Federal Reserve has designated Deutsche Bank's U.S. ops as "troubled", a rare censure for a major financial institution reflected in DB's price this morning, which is crashing over 5%, at €9.35, and fast approaching all time lows.
All eyes more to Spain, with the Socialists getting close to lining up the support they need to oust Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence vote.
Italian stocks jumped, and bond yields tumbled, with the FTSE MIB rising as much as 1.3%, or 22,100, as of 10:48am in Milan, extending Wednesday’s 2.1% advance as the panic over Italian politics subsides.
"Once the consequences of the recent turn of tide in monetary policy become obvious and the threat of recession looms on the horizon, demand for gold as a traditional safe haven is bound to return..."