Emergency meetings follow each other. Eurozone nations are trying to save Greece. At the same time, experts have raised the alarm - Italy seems to be the next Greece. Yet, this time, if that’s the case, the Greek crisis will seem nothing compared to the Italian one.
On July 21st, Standard & Poor's, a well known international rating agency headquartered in the USA, upgraded Greece’s credit ratings – both in national and foreign currencies. The ratings went 2 steps up from CCC- up to CCC+, with a stable forecast, Market Leader reports.
Since today, July 20th, Greece has finally reopened its banks. This happened after the banks were close for 3 weeks. At the same time, the VAT and consumer prices are expected to be increased.
After a stunning stock market crash in China, the Chinese government is doomed to learn a lesson and understand that a governmental intervention may trigger market panic, thereby escalating the situation. With that in mind, any such intervention may do more harm than good and therefore looks inefficient.
The majority of the Greeks participating in the nation wide referendum on July 5th said NO to the offer made by the troika of lenders in exchange for further financial support. This provoked a wave of indignation among financial experts and plain folks.
Some of the world’s biggest financial institutions predict the so-called Grexit (stands for Greek exit from the Eurozone) after the recent referendum conducted over the weekend. The referendum resulted in the NO answer to the offer made by the troika of lenders, Market Leander reports. It is reported that the list of banks predicting the Grexit includes JPMorgan Chase & Co, Barclays, Societe Generale and the Royal Bank of Scotland .
Yesterday’s referendum in Greece resulted in “NO” to the troika of lenders. This means that Greece is not going to practice deeper austerity and perform structural reforms required to get further financial aid from the ECB / EU and the IMF, not to mention debt restructuring.