Reuters reports on the “voluntary” restructuring of Greece’s debt:
Euro zone finance ministers on Monday rejected as insufficient an offer made by private bondholders to help restructure Greece’s debts, sending negotiators back to the drawing board and raising the threat of Greek default.
….Banks and other private institutions represented by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) say a 4.0 percent coupon is the least they can accept if they are going to write down the nominal value of the debt they hold by 50 percent.
Greece says it is not prepared to pay a coupon of more than 3.5 percent, and euro zone finance ministers effectively backed the Greek government’s position at Monday’s meeting, a position that the International Monetary Fund also supports.
I love the smell of voluntary in the morning. Felix Salmon has more.
