1. Retrieve the monthly-end yield on 10-year government bonds for Germany, and Greece from January 2010 to January 2014. 2. Write two double-space paragraphs to explain the time series and cross sectional trends during this period. Time series analysis means you compare each country over the time period. Cross sectional analysis means you compare Germany with Greece on Jan 2010, Jan 2011, Jan 2012, Jan 2013 and Jan 2014 (i.e., 2010-2014 was named as Greece FinancialCrisis). 3. What are the main economic and financial factors which affect the trends? 4. You must attach the Excel sheet with the retrieved yields.

	Germany	Greece
Date
1/31/14	1.657	8.411
12/31/13	1.922	8.118
11/29/13	1.692	8.579
10/31/13	1.672	7.848
9/30/13	1.777	9.065
8/30/13	1.855	10.018
7/31/13	1.668	9.817
6/28/13	1.727	10.615
5/31/13	1.504	9.159
4/30/13	1.215	10.749
3/29/13	1.287	12.086
2/28/13	1.452	10.764
1/31/13	1.679	10.427
12/31/12	1.312	11.453
11/30/12	1.384	15.841
10/31/12	1.461	17.306
9/28/12	1.441	19.035
8/31/12	1.332	22.724
7/31/12	1.282	24.552
6/29/12	1.579	24.949
5/31/12	1.198	28.978
4/30/12	1.661	19.612
3/30/12	1.791	20.015
2/29/12	1.815	30.418
1/31/12	1.784	28.748
12/30/11	1.821	28.389
11/30/11	2.273	28.184
10/31/11	2.022	21.388
9/30/11	1.883	20.936
8/31/11	2.214	16.991
7/29/11	2.535	14.147
6/30/11	3.022	15.609
5/31/11	3.018	15.651
4/29/11	3.237	15.047
3/31/11	3.351	12.635
2/28/11	3.167	11.619
1/31/11	3.151	11.09
12/31/10	2.956	12.441
11/30/10	2.663	11.828
10/29/10	2.515	10.557
9/30/10	2.274	10.448
8/31/10	2.109	11.344
7/30/10	2.666	10.272
6/30/10	2.571	10.401
5/31/10	2.653	7.687
4/30/10	3.01	8.94
3/31/10	3.089	6.526
2/26/10	3.097	6.343
1/29/10	3.192	6.835