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Morning Greece: Contagion Concerns

By Anonymous

Greek government debt yields increased again this morning (ht Mike), from Bloomberg:

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From Bloomberg: Portugal Suffering Greek Contagion Pressures EU Bonds

With a higher debt burden and a slower 10-year growth rate than Greece, Western Europe?s poorest country is being punished by investors as the sovereign debt crisis spreads. ... Portugal?s credit default swaps show investors rank its debt as the world?s eighth-riskiest, worse than for Lebanon and Guatemala.

From Bloomberg: Greece Bond Losses to Be ?Significant,? Buiter Says

Greece is likely to default or inflict ?significant? losses on bondholders unless it receives more generous terms on its planned aid package, according to Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup Inc.

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on April 27, 2010 (boomark / email).