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Greek Minister Begins European Roadshow With IMF-EU Wednesday
ATHENS -(Dow Jones)- Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou will begin a European roadshow of presentations for investors Wednesday, the finance ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
This confirms what senior people with direct knowledge of the matter had previously told Dow Jones Newswires.
The finance minister will be accompanied by senior delegates from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
On Wednesday, Papaconstantinou will be in London to meet international investors and will discuss the progress of Greece's economic policy program agreed with the European Union and the IMF in exchange for a EUR110 billion bailout.
On Thursday morning he will be in Paris to meet with the French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and will later have meetings with investors.
Later Thursday, the finance minister will travel to Frankfurt and before making a presentation to investors he will meet the president of the ECB, Jean Claude Trichet.
The purpose of the roadshow is to drum up demand for Greek bonds because the debt-laden Mediterranean country intends to return to international markets for its borrowing in 2011 and will only be issuing treasury bills on a monthly basis this year.
The roadshow has been prompted by deep concern within the Greek government that spreads and borrowing costs are still prohibitively high and the local bond market is very illiquid.
ATHENS -(Dow Jones)- Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou will begin a European roadshow of presentations for investors Wednesday, the finance ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
This confirms what senior people with direct knowledge of the matter had previously told Dow Jones Newswires.
The finance minister will be accompanied by senior delegates from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
On Wednesday, Papaconstantinou will be in London to meet international investors and will discuss the progress of Greece's economic policy program agreed with the European Union and the IMF in exchange for a EUR110 billion bailout.
On Thursday morning he will be in Paris to meet with the French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and will later have meetings with investors.
Later Thursday, the finance minister will travel to Frankfurt and before making a presentation to investors he will meet the president of the ECB, Jean Claude Trichet.
The purpose of the roadshow is to drum up demand for Greek bonds because the debt-laden Mediterranean country intends to return to international markets for its borrowing in 2011 and will only be issuing treasury bills on a monthly basis this year.
The roadshow has been prompted by deep concern within the Greek government that spreads and borrowing costs are still prohibitively high and the local bond market is very illiquid.