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Key Data Points
German 10-year Bund 3bps lower;
France 2 bps tighter to the Bund;
Ireland 18 bps tighter;
Italy 16 bps tighter;
Spain 17 bps tighter;
Portugal 11 bp tighter;
Greece 116 bps tighter;
Large Eurozone banks up  -1.0 to 5.0 percent higher;
Euro$ up 0.17 percent.

Comments
– Italy, Portugal, and Greece 10-year yields at lowest weekly close of the year;
– Greece was upgraded five notches to B- by Standard & Poor’s;
-Ryanair said it’s opening its first « Greek base » on the Crete city of Chania;
–Handelsblatt, the German financial newspaper, named Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras as its politician of the year in Europe;
-The Italian parliament passed Mario Monti’s 2013 budget;
– Mario Monti resigned as Italy’s Prime Minister paving way for February elections;
-Spain’s parliament approved 2013 budget, cutting the deficit to 4.5% of GDP from 6.3% this year;
-Finland slashed its forecast…