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A Proper Yield Curve for Greece to Kick-Start Financial Intermediation
Year of Publication:
2013
Author(s):
Miranda Xafa
Journal:
CEPS.EU, Deember 2013
Document Type:
Article
Abstract
At present, the market is severely mispricing Greece’s sovereign risk relative to the country’s fundamentals. As a result of the mispricing, financial intermediation in Greece has become dysfunctional and the privatisation of state-owned assets has stalled. This mispricing is partially due to an illiquid and fragmented government yield curve. A well-designed public liability management exercise can lead to a more efficient pricing of Greece’s government bonds and thereby help restore stable and affordable financing for the country’s private sector, which is imperative in order to overcome Greece’s deep recession.