Veel geruchten over de verdere toekomst van Griekenland, maar de jongste berichten inzake een reddingsoperatie voor Griekenland blijken wel concreet te zijn. De EU en het IMF lijken tot een overeenkomst gekomen te zijn. Via Investment Week:

The EU and IMF have reached a deal on Greece which should prevent a default, but will involve a new round of austerity measures for the beleaguered nation. Olli Rehn, the EU’s economic commissioner, said the IMF deal will allow international lenders to disburse €12bn to Greece even without an agreement on a new €120bn bailout for Athens, avoiding a default that would have come as early as next month, the FT reports. The IMF had insisted it could not pay its €3.3bn portion of the disbursement without the new bailout, but in recent days officials have backed down from the demand. Rehn said a deal to distribute the new funds should be completed on Sunday at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg. Rehn added the €12bn payment would not come if the Greek parliament was unable to pass a series of new austerity measures negotiated just last month with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.

De valutahandelaars nemen alvast een voorschot op de boeg en sturen de euro opnieuw boven 1.41 versus de US dollar.