10 Jul 2015
All set for a EU-Greece deal? – Deutsche Bank
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - Analyst at Deutsche Bank Jim Reid gives his views on the recent Greek proposals.
Key Quotes
“In the meantime all the focus overnight has been on the actual substance of the proposals and whether or not we were going to see additional concessions made from the Greek side”.
“The overall feeling on the wires appears to be one of Greece offering a package similar to the one offered by the Creditors on June 26th and one which does make additional significant concessions”.
“Pension cuts go deeper and VAT reform proposals are now very similar. There are still some important differences however, including delays to cuts in certain pension subsidies and weak language around labour market reforms”.
“So a tentative step in the right direction but given the back and forth nature of this saga the next 48 hours will be crucial ahead of Sunday’s summit. As well as the Greek parliament meeting this morning (which started at 6am BST), Greek finance minister Tsakalotos is due to fly to Brussels today to resume negotiations”.
Key Quotes
“In the meantime all the focus overnight has been on the actual substance of the proposals and whether or not we were going to see additional concessions made from the Greek side”.
“The overall feeling on the wires appears to be one of Greece offering a package similar to the one offered by the Creditors on June 26th and one which does make additional significant concessions”.
“Pension cuts go deeper and VAT reform proposals are now very similar. There are still some important differences however, including delays to cuts in certain pension subsidies and weak language around labour market reforms”.
“So a tentative step in the right direction but given the back and forth nature of this saga the next 48 hours will be crucial ahead of Sunday’s summit. As well as the Greek parliament meeting this morning (which started at 6am BST), Greek finance minister Tsakalotos is due to fly to Brussels today to resume negotiations”.