ATHENS — Greek banks will remain shuttered through the end of the week as government leaders make what could be their final pitch for a bailout package from the nation’s European creditors.The European Central Bank on Wednesday decided to keep the level of its emergency funding unchanged for the Mediterranean nation’s struggling financial system. Banks have teetered on the edge of insolvency for the past two weeks, though exactly when they will run out of cash is a moving target. Banks have been closed for the past week and a half, and ATM withdrawals are capped at just 60 euros a day, the current equivalent of about $66, to forestall a run on cash.Read full article
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