The net debt reduction that any debt
buyback operation achieves is simple to compute: By spending sum S on
purchasing its own bonds, at a ‘distressed’ y% of face value, the debtor
(in this case the Greek government) can expect a net debt reduction
equal to NDD = S times {(100-y)/y}.
The last Eurogroup decision proclaimed a target of reducing Greece’s debt by 40 billion in aggregate. Of that sum, 2 billion would be the result of a reduction in the interest rate payable on Bailout Mk2 loans and another 7 billion will come from the ECB returning to Greece the profits it is making from past purchases of Greek government bonds (in the context of the ill-fated SMP). Which means that a further 31 billion of debt reduction is placed on the shoulders of the debt buyback.
Read more: http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2012/12/10/on-the-sad-algebra-of-the-greek-debt-buyback/
The last Eurogroup decision proclaimed a target of reducing Greece’s debt by 40 billion in aggregate. Of that sum, 2 billion would be the result of a reduction in the interest rate payable on Bailout Mk2 loans and another 7 billion will come from the ECB returning to Greece the profits it is making from past purchases of Greek government bonds (in the context of the ill-fated SMP). Which means that a further 31 billion of debt reduction is placed on the shoulders of the debt buyback.
Read more: http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2012/12/10/on-the-sad-algebra-of-the-greek-debt-buyback/
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