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Greece deal 'hits most indebted hardest'

Monday, 26 April 2010 09:07:48 GMT

Published by Mark Smith-Halvorsen
The €30 billion rescue package for Greece will place a disproportionate burden on the countries that can least afford to be taking on more debt, according to the Telegraph.
Economics correspondent Ambrose Evan-Pritchard writes that while Germany can borrow at a little over three per cent, yields on Portuguese ten-year bonds stand at 4.94 per cent.
"In a rational world, Brussels would tap the EU's AAA rating to issue cheap "Barroso Bunds" to cover rescue costs. But we are not in a such a world," he comments.
The aid deal will also deepen the north-south divide in the union, while also strengthening calls for fundamental reforms the Maastricht Treaty, the charter for the Economic and Monetary Union.
Tübingen Professor Joachim Starbatty commented: "A 'transfer union' is a bottomless pit and is bound to threaten currency stability. That is what we are going file."
In foreign exchange trading this morning, the euro climbed to a one-week high against the yen as Japanese investors bought up the single currency, encouraged by Greece's formal request for aid over the weekend.
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