Greece launches 10-year bonds with high yield

Viliyana Filipova — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:55:01 +0000

Greece began with sales of ten-year bonds yesterday after the country has announced plans to significantly cut costs in order to reduce the budget deficit. This government is seeking to win back investor confidence, which drew aside from the financial markets in the country. It is expected that the price of bonds to be such as to bring a serious return to investors, as it is projected to amount to approximately 6,5 per cent, Bloomberg reported before familiar with the situation requested anonymity. For comparison, the yield of the current issue, which is due in July 2019 proposes return of 6,1 per cent. Because of the planned auction price of the instruments, allowing investors to protect the bankruptcy of Greece have risen for the first time in a week. Swaps for bankruptcy protection today to deal with 11 basis points more expensive. Among the measures to combat the deficit were increases in excise duties on tobacco and alcohol restriction on wages in the public sector and others. The plan is the budget deficit, which currently amount to 12,7 percent, to be shrunk to about 4 per cent at the end of the year.
The Greek government must sell bonds for 53 billion euros this year to cover their needs for funding, the agency added.

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Greece launches 10-year bonds with high yield