Macro-economic policy and votes in the thirties: Germany (and The Netherlands) during the Great Depression

Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank in Denmark has some interesting "stress" charts in this week's email. click on any chart for sharper image France Germany 10 Year Bond Spread

With the EU scrambling to contain anti-euro sentiment in Italy, there has been a notable rise of euroscepticism in other places, even Germany. Reuters reports One in four Germans would back anti-euro party. One in four Germans would be ready to vote in September's federal election for a party that wants to quit the euro, according to an opinion poll published on Monday that highlights German unease over the costs of the euro zone crisis.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.This post is a guest contribution by Paul Kasriel and Asha Bangalore, vice president and economist at The Northern Trust  Company.