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Regulatory hybrid securities would raise the cost of capital to banks (because
creditors
would have to be compensated for the conversion feature), whereas the banks would rather rely on their “too big to fail” status and future government bailouts.
Actual policies, with the passing exception of Argentina’s negotiation with its international
creditors
– and the IMF, in particular – are remarkably similar to those of their predecessors.
To be sure, it would be far better for Greece and its
creditors
to reach a negotiated solution.
More likely than not, sovereign debtors will have to interact with the same
creditors
and international actors again.
Creditors
will likely insist that the default was a terrible mistake and argue that recovery is impossible unless the decision is quickly reversed.
But other actors, including potential future creditors, could be more open to persuasion.
To be sure, this could weaken a debtor’s leverage – the promise of future repayment – in bringing
creditors
back to the negotiating table.
But it would also demonstrate to old and potential new
creditors
alike not only a capacity, but also a willingness, to make payments, thereby creating incentives for external actors to support economic recovery.
Even after the Soviet Union’s repudiation of czarist Russia’s debts – perhaps the twentieth century’s most notorious (and most misunderstood) debt default – certain
creditors
expressed interest in lending to the new regime, in part because Soviet agencies repaid debt that they considered legitimate.
Chances are that the Greek government and its
creditors
will be back at the negotiating table again.
The sudden deleveraging imposed by foreign
creditors
requires the current-account balance to adjust further and faster.
Europe’s rolling crisis has shredded trust in the competence and motives of policymakers, who failed to prevent it, have so far failed to resolve it, and bailed out banks and their
creditors
while inflicting pain on voters (but not on themselves).
Instead of constantly fearing for their livelihoods, self-employed people, such as small-scale producers and vendors, could engage in more strategic decision-making, taking advantage of their enhanced bargaining power against traders, middlemen, creditors, and landlords.
First, France is an indispensable link between southern and northern Europe at a time of growing economic and financial division between
creditors
and debtors (a fissure that has begun to assume a cultural dimension).
Taxpayers and governments alike are tired of bailing out
creditors
for fear of the destructive contagious effects of failure – even as bailouts encourage excessive risk taking.
In a July referendum, Greek voters delivered the outcome for which Tsipras campaigned, soundly rejecting the conditions – including strict austerity – which Greece’s
creditors
had demanded in exchange for a new bailout.
Even in the face of a GDP contraction larger than that of the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Greece preferred continued membership in the eurozone to a return to the drachma, which would have freed up some additional tools for regaining competitiveness and imposed asubstantial haircut on
creditors.
Moral Dilemmas for Fannie and FreddieNEW HAVEN – The United States government’s takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac constitutes a huge bailout of these institutions’ creditors, whose losses have ballooned as house prices continue to plummet.
With the government now fully guaranteeing Fannie’s and Freddie’s debts, American taxpayers will have to pay for everything not covered by their creditors’ inadequate capital.
Even in those states where
creditors
have the legal authority to take other assets or wage income, the personal bankruptcy laws are so restrictive that
creditors
don’t bother to try.
The real question is what kind of European Union Greece’s
creditors
want: a “small” one, comprising only the countries that are prepared to live by their exacting standards, or a “big” one that heeds the Treaty of Rome’s call for “ever-closer union.”
The problem is that, instead of working together to build a shared future, Europe’s debtors and
creditors
have turned on one another.
Rather than continuing to advance their own preferred scenarios, EU members –
creditors
and debtors alike – should seize the opportunity afforded by the Greek crisis to assess whether the integration process is on the right track.
So they rushed to gas pumps, to jewelry shops, and to
creditors
to repay loans.
What can be done to achieve a more symmetric adjustment between Europe’s
creditors
and debtors?
At the end of the day, as long as the IMF is in the lending business, it needs to keep its
creditors
happy.
Would middle-income developing countries actually change things if they were big
creditors
at the Fund?
The structure of global imbalances, with the US the big borrower and emerging markets the creditors, presents a rare opportunity to finance a change in governance at the IMF.
If it blindly applies its usualapproaches -- pushing to tighten credit, cut spending, and close weak banks --
creditors
might feel that growth is doomed for years.
One year on, risk premia are even higher, a second package is being put together, and private
creditors
are being asked to roll over their bond holdings “voluntarily.”
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