The changes agreed this week clearly water down the EU stability and growth pact (SGP) and allow far greater scope for countries to run budget deficits above the 3% limit. Thus it may seem odd that euro-zone bond markets were unaffected. In this Focus we take a step back to put the slow death of the pact into context.
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