Thursday, January 19, 2012

Greece fails to reach agreement with creditors

A hard Greek default in March is looking inevitable.  The resulting derivatives domino will devastate the Western financial system.
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The Institute of International Finance (IIF), which is representing hedge funds and banks in the tortuous process, confirmed the first day of the resumed talks had failed to reach a conclusion.
A spokesman for the group said: "A lengthy meeting was held today with Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and with Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos and discussions will continue tomorrow."
Without an agreement, Greece could forfeit the €130bn bail-out agreed by leaders last year, without which Athens is likely to default on a bond repayment in March.

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