Greek Debt Crisis

Greek Leader Tsipras Threatens to Resign if Greeks Vote to Accept Bail-out Terms

Jun 30 2015 @ 05:19

Alexis Tsipras, the Greek PM, is threatening to resign if the referendum next Sunday doesn’t go his way, claiming that only by voting against austerity would Greece be able to negotiate a settlement to the current crisis. The referendum will ask voters whether to accept the terms put forth last week by eurozone creditors. In […]

The Greek Debt Crisis and the Markets

Jun 30 2015 @ 05:10

The euro fell as the prospect of a Greek exit from the Euro, or Grexit, moved ever closer. At one point it fell below $1.10 after the Greek government failed to come to an agreement with its creditors at the weekend. Banks in Greece will be closed all week, with capital controls limiting the amounts […]