What next? Greek debt swap a success, credit default swaps triggered–but surely you didn’t think the Greek debt crisis was over?
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It looks like the participation in the Greek debt swap has passed the magic 75% threshold. Both Reuters and Dow Jones are reporting that number quoting sources in the Greek government. A meeting of the Greek cabinet has just ended with Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos saying that the debt swap is going well.
Greek swap offer reaches 58% participation; Europe’s markets conclude the debt swap will succeed
The count of bondholders agreeing to swap their Greek government bonds for a new issue has reached 58%, according to Bloomberg. The 58% figure puts the offer within easy reach of the 66% threshold that would enable Greece to invoke recently added collective action clauses and compel 90% participation
Right now the odds are that the Greek debt swap will go ahead on Thursday and trigger credit default swaps
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The markets are clearly down but investors won’t know whether or not this goes from being a reaction to worries over the Greek debt swap to a true correction of 8% to 10% or so until Thursday and Friday of this week.

The global financial casino is moving on–to China
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European banks signed up to borrow 530 billion euros ($712 billion) from the European Central Bank, the bank announced today, in the central bank’s new offering of 3-year loans. That’s up from the record 489 billion euros banks borrowed in December in the central bank’s first offering of three-year money. The number of banks participating soared to 800 from 523 in December.