BBC News | UPDATE 2-Euro zone mulls new ways to cut Greek debt mountain Reuters * Greece could buy back bonds with ESM money, use privatisation cash * Bank recapitalisation loans to Greece could be converted into equity By Jan Strupczewski TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Euro zone officials are considering new ways to reduce Greece's ... IMF Urges Leaders to Act Decisively on Debt Schaeuble Says Europe's Partners See Crisis-Fighting Progress IMF Says Greece Needs More Time |
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
UPDATE 2-Euro zone mulls new ways to cut Greek debt mountain
Greek PM sees austerity deal by October 18 summit
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece expects to agree a new austerity package with its lenders and for the EU and IMF to bridge their differences on how to cut the country's debt by the time EU leaders meet on October 18-19, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said. Greece is locked in talks with the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund on a new set of spending cuts and reforms in exchange for the next tranche of loans saving the debt-crippled country from bankruptcy. ...
Greek PM sees austerity deal by Oct. 18 summit
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Tension in Greece over 'blasphemous' Jesus
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Greek Government Eyes Final Deal By End of October
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Greeks Tune in Turkish TV, Despite Critics
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Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner tells IMF US still has work to do
A day after the US announces budget shortfall of more than $1tn, treasury secretary talks of need for balanced fiscal plan
Despite making progress on getting its fiscal house in order, the United States still has much work to do, treasury secretary Timothy Geithner told fellow financial leaders Saturday.
The comment came just hours after the US government announced that the budget deficit had topped $1tn for a fourth straight year, despite a modest improvement thanks to stronger economic growth.
"It is important that we in the US enact a balanced framework to bring down our fiscal deficit and debt over several years, while continuing to provide support for jobs and growth in the short term," Geithner told a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee during the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank, which is being held in Tokyo.
The Treasury Department said Friday that the deficit for the 2012 budget year totaled $1.1tn, though a 6.4% increase in tax revenues thanks to stronger growth had helped contain the deficit.
The risk of the US running into a "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and deep spending cuts next year, unless the Obama administration and Congress resolve a deadlock over the budget, has overshadowed the gathering of top financial officials. Such a prospect would deal a heavy blow to the economy, eroding progress made since the 2008 global crisis.
The overwhelming emphasis of the Tokyo gathering has been on coddling fragile growth around the globe.
At Saturday's meeting of the IMFC, which advises the IMF and monitors the world financial system, officials from developing and emerging economies urged the US and European nations to prevent malaise in their regions from slowing global growth.
"Advanced countries should rethink their macroeconomic strategies and avoid simultaneous fiscal contractions and the consequent overburdening of monetary policies," Guido Mantega, Brazil's finance minister, told the committee. "In many advanced economies, fiscal and structural policies are severely hampered by political paralysis."
He urged that spending be focused on areas that can have a maximum impact and on social safety nets to protect the poor.
Mantega and other finance ministers expressed concern over monetary easing in the US and other countries that is meant to encourage more bank lending: some worry could destabilize markets while failing to stave off recession.
During the meetings in Japan, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has been urging countries to not sacrifice growth for the sake of austerity, saying they should temper spending cuts to help create jobs and support future growth.
Greece, Spain and other European countries laboring under massive debts have slashed spending and raised taxes, seeking to restore confidence in their public finances and qualify for emergency financing. The economies of financially healthier European countries, such as Germany and Finland, face a potential blow to growth if those troubled economies fail to get their financial houses in order.
The IMF has scaled back its global growth forecast for 2012 to 3.3% from 3.5%, and has warned that even its dimmer outlook might prove too optimistic if Europe and the United States fail to resolve their crises.
EBRD Seeks Partners to Bolster Greece-Stricken Countries
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Greece makes progress, but should get more chances: Merkel
Greek Neo-Nazis Protest Gay Jesus Play 'Corpus Christi'
The Guardian | Greek Neo-Nazis Protest Gay Jesus Play 'Corpus Christi' Towleroad "We will continue the fight for a Greece that belongs to Greeks," said Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos in May after Golden Dawn retained 18 parliamentary seats. Posted Oct. 13,2012 at 9:59 AM EST by Andrew Belonsky in Discrimination, Greece, ... New Greek national party puts Montreal community on edge Greek police accused of using protester as human shield Greek Journalist Tweets Harrowing Story Of Getting Beat Up By The Golden Dawn |
Where's the Greek in Greek yogurt? Multinationals moving out
AFP | Where's the Greek in Greek yogurt? Multinationals moving out Quartz Slowly but surely, highly diversified firms' ratings have been ratcheted down simply because they are headquartered in Greece and listed on Greek exchanges, making the cost of funding their operations prohibitively expensive. This week, bottling ... Bottler Spills Out of Athens Greece's biggest company flees, bottler CCH to Switzerland Where the Greek politicians lead, companies follow |
Amid Unrest, Greeks Question EU's Nobel Prize
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Greece Will Probably Leave Euro Within Six Months, Borg Says
Sky News Australia | Greece Will Probably Leave Euro Within Six Months, Borg Says Bloomberg As European Union leaders prepare for a summit next week devoted to saving the euro, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said Greece may quit the common currency within the next six months. “It's most probable that they will leave,” Borg said today on ... Sweden Predicts Greece May Quit Euro Greece better off alone-Swedish minister Sweden's Borg advises Greece to quit euro |
Euro zone mulls new ways to cut Greek debt
TOKYO (Reuters) - Euro zone officials are considering new ways to reduce Greece's huge debt because delays in reforms by Athens and continued recession have put the target of 120 percent debt to GDP ratio in 2020 out of reach, euro zone officials said. A Greek debt sustainability analysis prepared by the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission in March forecast Greek debt would rise to 164 percent of GDP in 2013 from around 160 percent in 2012 under a baseline scenario, assuming the Greek economy stopped contracting next year. ...
Greece Will Probably Abandon Euro Within Six Months, Borg Says
Greece Will Probably Abandon Euro Within Six Months, Borg Says Bloomberg As European Union leaders prepare for a summit next week devoted to saving the euro, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said Greece may quit the common currency within the next six months. “It's most probable that they will leave,” Borg said today on ... |