Friday, October 21, 2011

Postponing Greek pain will be costly for taxpayers

Greece needs a proper debt restructuring. Getting the country’s borrowing under control requires a serious haircut for both private creditors and euro zone governments. If it happened today, private bondholders could bear most of the losses, according to Breakingviews’ latest calculator. But if the euro zone delays, taxpayers will suffer more.








Read more..
 
 
Reuters blogs