Euro Falls on Greek Debt Crisis

An apparent stalemate has developed during an emergency meeting of Eurozone finance ministers on how to proceed with a rescue package for Greece. The growing uncertainty has pushed the euro lower in early morning trading in New York with the euro declining 1.1 percent to $1.4276.

“We are no closer to solving the crises,” Gary Jenkins, head of credit strategy at Evolution Securities Ltd. in London, wrote in a report today. “It may well be that ultimately the only real option is some kind of fiscal union as that would buy the peripheral countries time and may act as a firebreak against contagion from the Greek situation.”

Source: Bloomberg

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