Flashback:
– Max Keiser on Greece: ‘The IMF is a Financial Mafia’ (April 28, 2010):
The only solution for Greece is to arrest the Goldman Sachs bankers immediately and all those involved in the fabrication of Greek economic data in 2000, when you became a member of the eurozone. The next step is to nationalize all banks like Sweden did in 1993. The International Monetary Fund is that last thing you need. You will lose your sovereignty. It exercises terrorism. You will be raped in such a way, that it will be the worst pain you have ever felt.
– Greece Set To Restart Negotiations, IMF “Ready To Assist” Greece, Lagarde Says (ZeroHedge, July 6, 2015):
Just hours after receiving a clear mandate from the Greek people to stand firm in the face of calls for more austerity, the Greek government, squeezed by an acute liquidity shortage in the collapsing banking sector, is set to head back to the negotiating table seeking to “restore liquidity” and find a “sustainable” solution to the country’s debt problem. From Bloomberg:
- LEADERS OF GREEK RULING AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT BACKING EFFORTS TO REACH DEAL WITH CREDITORS
- GREEK POLITICAL PARTIES SEEK AGREEMENT TO COVER FINANCING NEEDS
- GREEK LEADERS SAYS GOAL IS TO SECURE COUNTRY’S FINANCING
- GREEK LEADERS: DEAL SHOULD TACKLE DEBT SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEM
- GREEK LEADERS: RESTORING LIQUIDITY IS TOP PRIORITY
Speaking of finding a “sustainable” solution (i.e. one that includes writedowns), the IMF, whose well-timed report on the necessity of Greek debt haircuts might well have played a vital role in cementing a victory for the “no” vote on Sunday, is now “ready to help” the Greeks. Here’s Christine Lagarde:
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