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Kicking the Can Yet Again PDF Print E-mail
Written by John Mauldin of Thoughts from the Frontline   
Thursday, 28 July 2011 09:07

My friends at GaveKal point out that this is “… the sixth time in 18 months European leaders have announced a definitive solution to the Euro crisis. Should this version of the final bailout be taken any more seriously than the first and second solutions to the Greek crisis in May and September 2010 or the Irish bailout of December 2010 or the Portuguese rescue package of March 2011 or the breakthrough vote in the Greek parliament of last month? The supposedly good news for markets was that the -21%haircuts to be imposed on Greek creditors (as estimated by banker groups) were less than half those suggested a few days ago.

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 July 2011 04:26
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Greece Needs Long-Term Plan PDF Print E-mail

Greece Needs Long-Term Plan, Not Gimmicks, Economist Sachs Says: Tom Keene

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou

Greece's prime minister George Papandreou. Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/ Bloomberg

The Greek debt crisis will persist if euro-zone policy makers don’t “get realistic” and focus on a long-term approach instead of short-term gimmicks, according to Columbia University’s Jeffrey Sachs.

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