Chaos and confusion reigns over funding of EU bailout plan

The speed at which the European Union was forced to announce its €750 billion package to calm market concerns about potential defaults in Greece and elsewhere is shown by the remarkable lack of detail on how the €440 billion portion may be funded that is not provided directly by the EU and the IMF

Markets may have been calmed by the announcement of the EU’s bailout plans last weekend, but the proposal to raise up to €440 billion of additional funding through the capital markets has led to a flurry of activity and speculation among EC officials, sovereign borrowers, rating agencies and investment bankers.

Details on how the money will be raised, when and by what entity are remarkably scarce.

“We really have no idea what is going on,” says the head of borrowing at one large European SSA.

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