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A team from the Global Financial Fund has started a debate with officers in Athens over the emergency in the Greek government’s finances. The IMF’s arrival comes a day after a marked escalation of worries about the situation in the money markets.

The IMF announced its team was in Greece to give recommendation on making improvements to the management of the government’s finances. Eurozone states have concluded that if Greece wishes help, it should come in some measure from them and in some measure from the IMF. The possibilities a rescue could be required increased on Tues. with a sharpened spike in the rate of interest on Greek govt debt. The rate for ten year borrowing went to over 7% at one time, an indication that markets became more concerned that Greece might default. Debt fears there’s a risk here of a self-fulfilling prediction.

The fret about a default forces borrowing costs up, further stretching the Greek government’s fiscal position and augmenting the danger that it’ll be unable to repay its debt. The position is further heightened by the industrial weakness of the broader EU Buck area. New revised figures for the final quarter of last year show that industrial expansion ground to a halt. Whatever the official point of the IMF team in Athens, it might turn out they’re preparing the way for a rescue loan, which would be the 1st for a country using the Euro dollar.

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