Trump. Ha offerto di acquistare titoli di stato italiani.

Giuseppe Sandro Mela.

2018-08-24.

«US President Donald Trump offered Italy assistance in buying the country’s sovereign bonds next year»

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«The timeframe cited in the report from Italy’s leading national daily paper aligns with the planned end of the European Central Bank’s massive asset purchase programme, which is slated to come to a close in December 2018»

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«That programme has provided a major boon to government bonds across the eurozone, helping to keep borrowing costs down, especially in countries with fraught political and fiscal climates that faced rising bond yields during the bloc’s debt crisis»

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«The yield on the two-year debt has also increased, up to 1.121 per cent, from minus 0.197 per cent in January.»

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«Yields on the secondary market do not have a direct effect on Italy’s borrowing costs, but they significantly influence the pricing of issues on the primary market»

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Questa notizia apparirebbe essere del tutto verosimile.

Me Trump ha in questo momento tutto l’interesse a sostenere i governi europei che sono contrari all’attuale eurodirigenza.

Con questa mossa Mr Trump priverebbe l’Unione Europea della sua principale arma di ricatto nei confronti dell’Italia, e sancirebbe una grande vittoria politica dell’attuale Governo giallo-verde.

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→ Financial Times. 2018-08-24. Trump offered help in buying Italian debt — report

US President Donald Trump offered Italy assistance in buying the country’s sovereign bonds next year, Italian media reported, in the latest twist in what has been a tumultuous few months in the European country’s debt markets. The offer was made during a meeting last month between Mr Trump and Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte, according to Corriere della Sera, which cited anonymous Italian government officials in its report. The timeframe cited in the report from Italy’s leading national daily paper aligns with the planned end of the European Central Bank’s massive asset purchase programme, which is slated to come to a close in December 2018. That programme has provided a major boon to government bonds across the eurozone, helping to keep borrowing costs down, especially in countries with fraught political and fiscal climates that faced rising bond yields during the bloc’s debt crisis. Italian bonds have been under renewed pressure over the past few months, over concerns about the new government’s fiscal promises and over concerns about its cooler stance towards the eurozone. On Friday, the 10-year bonds traded with a yield of 3.105 per cent, having started the year at about 2 per cent, showing that prices on the paper have fallen. The yield on the two-year debt has also increased, up to 1.121 per cent, from minus 0.197 per cent in January.

Yields on the secondary market do not have a direct effect on Italy’s borrowing costs, but they significantly influence the pricing of issues on the primary market.

It is unclear what mechanism Mr Trump would use to purchase Italy’s bonds, if he made the decision to do so. The Federal Reserve’s New York branch has a markets desk that handled the central bank’s bond-purchasing initiatives — but the Fed operates independently to the president.