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Greek default necessary but Grexit is not -Wolfgang Münchau – FT.com

April 20, 2015 By in Austerity, Business Administration, Central banks, Euro Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Greece, Growth, People, Politics Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
The entrance of Bank of Greece.

The entrance of Bank of Greece. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to Wolfgang Münchau in the FT, a Greek default is both necessary and almost a certainty. However, a Grexit is still not assured. It’s a must-read article. Check it out!

via Greek default necessary but Grexit is not – FT.com.

Most critically, it seems that both sides to this negotiation are sleep-walking towards an uncontrolled Grexit.

According to Münchau, there’s not enough hard-negotiating and contingency planning.

Personally, I would expect financial markets to go into free-fall, like 2008, until the central banks, especially the ECB, stomp up eye-watering support. For sure, if Greece takes the Grexit route, it will be decades before the economy of Greece returns to the 2015 GDP level.

Thoughts?