The Basel Committee is a pitiful bunch of bank regulators incapable of expressing even the smallest “We’re sorry Greece”
There is no doubt whatsoever that had regulators not allowed to leverage their equity over 60 times to 1 when lending to Greece, Greece not matter what accounting shenanigans it could come up with, would not have been able to borrow as much as it did.
And now, as a consequence, we read about Greece having to hand over 16 of its airports to those who in order for the creditors to be paid, have paid for the right of charging a toll on much of the future tourism to Greece.
And yet not even the slightest hint of the Basel Committee telling Greece, and its creditors, they're sorry. What a sad bunch of technocrats.
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