Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Here Is How The 50% Greek Haircut Is Actually Just 28%

Just the math, something Europe is unable to do:

Greece has €350 billion in total debt including about €70 billion in Troika "post-petition" loans; these are untouched.
Of the €280 billion, roughly €75 billion is held by the ECB: this, like the Troika loans, will be untouched.
This leaves just ~€200 billion in actual debt to undergo a haircut.
Apply a 50% haircut to this debt (ignoring the fact that of this about €35 billion is held by Greek pension funds, and once the

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