Greece is “on track” with tough reforms to deal with a national debt crisis and fulfil the terms of a bailout loan deal with the EU and the IMF, the Greek finance minister said on Wednesday.
Speaking to AFP, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou also argued that Greece’s imminent return to borrowing in July with treasury bills after its loan rescue is “no market test” and should have no trouble finding demand.
“The logic is that one should always remain on the market to have reference prices.
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Debt Crisis, Minister
G20 leaders Sunday were singing a new tune — “growth friendly fiscal consolidation” — which in a few short weeks of behind the scenes haggling has become the slogan of the day.
The term first seems to have emerged earlier this year in Washington, as governments undertook a delicate diplomatic dance to unite opposing views on how to shore up global economic recovery.
In April the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its forecasts for world growth, and warned major economies were shouldering unprecedented levels of public debt which could derail the world economy.
“The challenge is to devise, like in many other advanced economies, a medium-term fiscal plan that anchors expectations and targets measures that are growth friendly,” said IMF economist Joerg Decressin.
The term then popped up again in a comment by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on June 2.
“As the IMF says, we want those fiscal reforms to happen in a way that’s growth friendly,” he said, as he headed to G20 finance ministers talks in South Korea.
Putting together the two words has two benefits: it sounds reassuring at a key moment when European debt levels are stirring fears, and it stresses the need for growth as the US puts the accent on stimulus rather than austerity.
The IMF took up the theme again the day after.
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Growth Friendly, New
Essentially, the stock of a business represents the original amount of money that went into founding it. Since a business’ stock can’t be withdrawn to the disadvantage of its creditors, it serves as a security to them. When a new business is being formed, the stock of this business is divided into shares, and every share will have a particular declared face value that depends on the total amount of capital that was invested in the businesses. Shares represent a portion of ownership in a company, and there may be different sorts of shares with different ownership rules, privileges or share values.
Usually stock will take the form of shares of common stock or preferred stock. Com
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Stock, Stock 101