Sunday 19 February 2012

Planned hard default in Greece March 23

Greece 'Officially Defaults' March 23, Banks Close
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul

16 Fevruary, 2012


Wonder why European leaders appear more like a rotating cast of bumbling 3  Stooges than a team of coordinated fraternal bureaucrats throughout the debt crisis in

Greece?  British investigative reporter John Ward of The  Slog may have shed some light on to the matter of Greece and the strategically planned hard default of the beleaguered nation’s financial  obligations at the close of business March 23.

According to Ward, that following Monday, the 25th, Greek banks will close,  then presumably usher in the drachma in addition to the shock, confusion and  panic expected in markets to the surprise outcome of the two-year long display of alleged unity between France (NYSEArca:EWQ), Germany (NYSEArca:EWG) and other monied parties to solving  Greece is revealed to be just a ruse, a delay tactic for a preparation of the  event. 

“A written document giving firm dates and detailed actions for a planned Greek default has been in the possession of two top Wall Street bank currency trading bosses since the second week in January,” Ward begins his blog post of the morning of Feb. 16.  “The Slog has separate but  corroborative sources affirming the existence of the document, and a conviction  among senior bank staff that – at least at the time – the plan represented ‘a  timetable, not a contingency’. The plan gives a firm date of March 23rd for  default to be announced after the close of business.”

Ward makes a compelling case for a backdoor arrangement made between Germany,  IMF and the U.S. to take matters into their own hands for saving the global banking system has been the plan all along.

One of Ward’s ‘protected’ sources was quoted as saying, “I have strongly  suggested to Greek business friends and clients that they sell up fast, do a  sale and leaseback on property, empty bank accounts, and change to a hard  currency.”

If Ward’s information is indeed accurate, others closer to the decision  makers than Ward surely must have known far earlier.

One premier currency heavyweight, John Taylor of FX Concepts, smelled blood  (or had knowledge) back in July of last year of the eventual amputation of  Greece from the euro.  His seemingly radical call for gold (NYSEArca:GLD) to reach $1,900 during that unusual summer rally of 2011 in the precious metals, coupled with his brazen prediction of gold $1,000 in April-May of 2012 as well as the euro (NYSEArca:FXE) trading below parity against the dollar, turned many heads.

“I would be surprised to see the euro hold above $1 through this crisis,” Taylor reiterated his summer call to Bloomberg Television’s Michael McKee on  Oct. 11  “It’s not over. The banks are going to be in trouble when Europe goes into a recession next year.”

Moreover, Taylor has once again reminded investors of his sentiments  regarding the Eurozone (NYSEArca:VGK) and the implications of an imminent Lehman 2.0—but this  time, a Lehman-like meltdown of industrial strength.

Thursday, zerohedge.com  posted Taylor’s latest missive, which reads, in part:
The market has not opened its eyes to the impact this Greek unraveling  will have. The Eurozone will be mortally wounded and the world will suffer a  significant recession – maybe as deep as 2008. European banks will lose much of  their capital base and many should be bankrupt, but just as in the Lehman  aftermath, the governments will try to save the banks and the banks’ bondholders, solvent or not. As the bank appetite for Eurozone sovereign paper  will be decimated, austerity will probably follow shortly, followed by deflation  and uncontrollable money creation. The European recession should be one for the  record books. 

Supposedly, evidences by market action to every news  flash of a Greek ‘deal’ has calmed markets, putting the risk-on trade into full  swing.  But, according to Taylor—who makes no mention of the specifics to  the politics—a disaster is in the offing, not a smooth juiced up trade in  equities, bond spreads and gold as a result of a job-well-done in ameliorating bank stresses.

In the meantime, evidence of ever-increasing violence in Greece has been the  response.  The latest clash with police got noticeably worse this week.

“Before the vote took place there were 80,000 people on the streets, outside  the Greek Parliament, basically attempting to storm the Parliament,” UK  Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage told King World News.  “There were  5,000 Greek police there using tear gas and there were 10 major buildings that  were set on fire.  It really was a very dramatic scene that took place in  Athens on Sunday.

Further insistence by Brussels and Germany to subjugate Greeks appears more  likely to threaten the lives of those hired to represent the nation of 11.5  million Greeks.  Letting the country exit the euro appears to be the most  rational political move before a full-blown Arab Spring sparks in Europe.   Therefore, dropping Greece and ‘ring fencing’ European and American banks could  be the most logical solution to Greece—but the plan for a trap must be sprung  into action overnight to prevent a run on the banks of a more unpredictable  nature.
Capital controls are easy to institute, but where to get the cash?

That solution can only come from the only central bank that can and has been  largely getting away with money printing (also, for the most part, legally  unencumbered) without much tears for more than 40 years—the Fed.

In late November, the Fed announced a rate deduction of 50 basis points to  its currency swap lines with the BOJ, BOE, ECB, SNB and BOC, in a coordinated  effort to grease the global banking system (or preparation for the big day on  March 23).  The operation is headed by the NY Fed and its mostly  unmentionable Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF).

When asked in December by a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee about the Fed’s move to open the money spigots to five of the  world’s most influential central banks, NY Fed president William Dudley said, he “can’t imagine” the Fed ever undertaking unprecedented and politically charged  action such as bailing out the Western world triggered by a European  meltdown.

“The bar to doing that would be extraordinarily high,” Dudley, the successor  to Timothy Geithner.  “We have never gone out and bought large portions of  sovereign debt in the history of the Fed that I’m aware of.”

“This is about ensuring the flow of credit to U.S. households and  businesses,” Dudley added. “It is in the U.S. national interest to make sure  that non-U.S. banks that are judged to be sound by their central bank are able  to access the U.S. dollar funding they need in order to be able to continue to  finance their U.S. dollar assets.”

Of course, bailing out, or more euphemistically speaking—ring fencing, Europe  is in the national interest of the U.S. because, if Europe melts down the U.S.  melts down, and it truly will be financial Armageddon.  And that scenario will not be left in the hands of a bunch of bumbling European bureaucrats, who  have for a millennium never gotten along when push comes to shove, and most  likely never will.

Wasn’t it Gerald Celente of Trends Research Institute who predicted a financial meltdown and bank holidays by the end of the first quarter?   The world will soon find out.



Here Come The CACs: CDS Trigger Is Next



17 February, 2012

First comes the CACs. Then the forced debt exchange offer. Finally - default: as defined by both the rating agencies and ISDA, together with triggered CDS.

From Bloomberg:

The Greek government is drawing up legislation that could be used to impose loses on investors who don’t support the debt swap that’s part of the country’s new bailout package, said two euro-region officials familiar with the situation.

The law may be introduced to parliament in Athens in the coming days, said one of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deliberations are confidential

Euro region finance ministers are prepared to back the use of so-called collective action clauses if a voluntary debt swap doesn’t draw enough participation, the other person said





Greek 1 Year At 629%, Biggest One Day Jump In Yield Ever
Zero Hedge

Ze Price Stabeeleetee...

One day yield moves. Self explanatory:


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