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Author: Philip Lane
The lead story on the NYT website asks where the next debt blowup may take place: you can read the article here.
The new scheme is described in this document.
Wolfgang Munchau has an interesting piece on the Greek fiscal situation in Monday’s FT: you can read it here. Against the backdrop of events in Dubai, there is increasing concern that risk aversion in the sovereign debt market may be on the increase.
Here is the paper by Colm McCarthy from last night’s SSISI fiscal workshop