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Greek Bond Talks Snag On Interest Rates

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While private holders of Greek debt may agree to take new bonds with a face value 50% below those currently in force, there is still no agreement on the yield on the new paper. Greece could face a default as early as March when new payments are to be made to it by the EU and IMF

Private debt holders are being represented by the Institute of International Finance which has had representatives in Greece. Those representatives have left Greece in the last 24 hours

According to The Wall Street Journal

The two sides had appeared to be closing in on a deal that would give creditors new bonds paying a 3.5% coupon for shorter maturities and rising to a cap of 4.6% on longer-dated bonds. The average coupon would amount to around 4%.

But people familiar with the matter said that the IMF and Germany were pushing for a lower rate, concerned that Greece’s debt wouldn’t return to sustainable levels if the average coupon on the new bonds was around 4%.

 

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