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: Calculated Risk

German Finance Minister: No Concrete Plan to Aid Greece

By Anonymous

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Earlier today, according to Reuters, Der Spiegel magazine reported an aid package for Greece was being worked out: Up to 25 billion euros in aid mulled for Greece: report (ht Rajesh)

Now from Bloomberg: Germany Doesn?t Have Plan to Aid Greece, Finance Ministry Says

Germany?s Finance Ministry said it has no specific plans for helping Greece combat its deficit crisis, denying a magazine report ... It?s ?incorrect? that Germany is considering a ?concrete? plan for countries sharing the euro to pump billions in financial aid to Greece, ministry spokesman Martin Kreienbaum said in an e-mailed statement. ?The Finance Ministry has taken no decisions in this regard,? the statement said.
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Greece is ?not requesting money from any European Union taxpayer,? government spokesman George Petalotis said in an e- mailed statement today

Apparently nothing has changed. Greece has a debt offering coming up next week, from the Financial Times: Greece set for critical test with bond issue

Greece is close to attempting ... to raise ?3bn-?5bn ($4bn-$6.7bn) as early as next week.
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Greece?s debt crisis remains acute [with] ?20bn of bonds to be rolled over in April and May.
excerpted with permission

The EU gave Greece a March 16th deadline to show progress on their budget deficit and I don't expect anthing to be announced until after that deadline.

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on February 20, 2010 (boomark / email).