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Diálogo con la Fed

Deuda Soberana: Una Tragedia Griega Moderna

Live Webcast: May 30, 2012
7p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Central U.S. Time

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Por segunda vez en cinco años, el mundo enfrenta una crisis financiera que amenaza la salud de la economía mundial. En contraste con la crisis de 2007-08, causada por excesivo crédito hipotecario, la crisis actual está siendo impulsada por altos niveles de deuda soberana. ¿Qué sucede cuando una nación no paga su deuda? ¿Cómo es posible que Grecia haya tenido que reestructurar su deuda y que otros países europeos estén al borde de correr la misma suerte?¿Qué riesgos enfrenta la economía Americana?

Join Fernando Martin, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, for answers to these and other questions on May 30, 2012, as he discusses — in Spanish — the sovereign debt crisis. The event, titled “Deuda Soberana: Una Tragedia Griega Moderna,” is part of the St. Louis Fed’s popular “Dialogue with the Fed” series for the general public.

This is the first “Dialogue with the Fed” event presented entirely in Spanish. The event, which is open to the general public, is part of the Bank’s continuing efforts to provide timely and relevant economic information, education and analysis to all communities across the District and the country.

Martin will provide a historical overview of benefits and risks of national (sovereign) debt over the past two centuries. He will explain how this current crisis began in Greece and Ireland and then spread to southern Europe; and what the potential long-term ramifications are for the U.S. economy. Martin will be joined by St. Louis Fed economists Carlos Garriga and Adrian Peralta-Alva and will take questions from the on-site audience.

The program is based on the Bank's 2011 Annual Report essay. Which is now available online in Spanish and English.