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ECB Says Greek Bonds No Longer Eligible As Collateral, Leaves Greece With Under €65bn Of ELA Borrowing Capacity
From the ECB:
Collateral eligibility of bonds issued or guaranteed by the Greek government
Due to the expiration on 25 July 2012 of the buy-back scheme for marketable debt instruments issued or fully guaranteed by the Hellenic Republic, these instruments will become for the time being ineligible for use as collateral in Eurosystem monetary policy operations.
In line with established procedures, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) will assess their potential eligibility following the conclusion of the currently ongoing review, by the European Commission in liaison with the ECB and the IMF, of the progress made by Greece under the second adjustment programme.
Liquidity needs may be addressed by the relevant national central bank in line with existing Eurosystem arrangements.
Remember when the ELA was a "temporary, stop-gap" measure? Neither do we. So while Greek bonds are no longer cash good collateral (who would have thunk it: a broke country's bonds are not good collateral), Greece is still eligible for ELA. There is however a catch. Back in May we quantified the ELA dry powder still remaining for Greece, and the fact that at this point there is virtually no additional capacity left. The ECB is aware of this. With this move, is the ECB beginning to set the stage for the Greek exit?
From Quantifying The Plan Z Dry Powder - This Is The Greek ELA Borrowing Capacity
We already posted a full run down from JPM on what the immediate costs from a Greek EMU exit would be (starting at €400 billion and going higher), but one point that bears repeating is just how much borrowing capacity Greece has under the ELA in the aftermath of today's news that the ECB is leaving Greek banks to fend for themselves until such time as the Greek recapitalization payment is wired over to Greece, which the ECB has defined simply as "soon." The answer: woefully inadequate, and certainly not enough to backstop the remaining Greek deposits of €170 billion as of the end of March (likely far less now), at €65 billion. And that's an upside estimate: as JPM says "The true maximum amount that Greek banks can borrow via ELA is likely though to be significantly smaller because not all loans are accepted as collateral via ELA." Remember: this is all just one giant game of chicken - Greece's Syriza has bet the farm that the cost from a Greek fallout is just too big to Europe and the terms of the hated "Memorandum" will be adjusted, while to Europe, on the other hand, the outcome to Greece, at least according to Europe and the IIF's Dallara will be "between catastrophic and armageddon." So... Who blinks first?
From JPM:
Greek banks have run out of ECB eligible collateral already and can only access Bank of Greece’s ELA, but even with ELA, the collateral,typically loans, is not unlimited. They have already borrowed €60bn via ELA which, assuming 50% haircut corresponds to around €120bn of loan collateral. Outstanding loans are €250bn, so Greek banks have a maximum of €130bn of remaining loan collateral which allows for a maximum of €65bn of additional borrowing from Bank of Greece’s ELA. This corresponds to around 40% of Greek bank deposits which stood at €170bn as of the end of March. The true maximum amount that Greek banks can borrow via ELA is likely though to be significantly smaller because not all loans are accepted as collateral via ELA. The alternative is for Greek banks to be allowed to issue more government guaranteed paper but the ECB can, with a 2/3rd majority, block a steep and unsustainable increase in Bank of Greece’s ELA. This would effectively cut Bank of Greece off from TARGET2.
Once TARGET2 starts unwinding, with a massive €644 billion claim on the Eurosystem by the Bundesbank, and the realization that an imploding heretofore "contingent" and suddenly all too real liability amounting to 25% of German GDP means an in-kind collapse in living standards, then the simmering German anger will go truly parabolic.
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My papers.....are no good?
Ja! Diese papieren ist scheise!
1 Ponzi Scheme Down, 9,999 left to go ...
I guess this toilet paper doesn't have the correct printing on it...
Maybe they should use a different colour, like red...
Well, at least they're not the USG. Stateside, 65 bil is like... a week of spending?
Diese papieren sind scheise !<- Note verb.
By Order
SS GrammarGruppenFuehrer
Kein Volk, ein Reich, ein Euro!
Sounds like a recipe for Jim Sinclair's 'QE to infinity'
The Titanic's lifeboats have been rehypothecated.
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seems there is a lull in "european debt gone bad" news....markets, investors, people in general are fatigued by the issue.......complacency is setting in.....beware.............
Exactly. The dulling of the senses has gone about a far as it can go. Nobody gives a shit anymore because they heard it all before and everything keeps going like it has in the past. So why worry?
KERPOW! WHAM! and BIFF!!!
That's got to be bullish!
The Germans are lucky to have just 644 billion in Target 2, the Luxembourguish have 120 billion for just 520.000 people in the whole country.
Actually the Buba has EUR 728.566.720.220,27 (As at: 30 June 2012) on its TARGET2 sheet:
http://www.bundesbank.de/Navigation/EN/Service/Services_for_banks_and_co...
The luxemburger shouldn't cry too loud, they are net RECEIVERS of EU money, see for ex:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/brussels/website/media/modul_07/Zusatzthem...
but I agree, 120 billion for 520k people is a lot...quite a f..ing lot
Binary Options Daily Analysis: as a hedge to greece perhaps
Just push the RED BUTTON already........or should I say gold button
Turn off the lights on the way out...
ZH reported in June that Germany's Target2 claims were already near $700B! Why are they only $644B now? Are they going down?!?!?!? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/europes-parabolic-est-target2-hits-%E2%82%AC700-billion
EUR/USD ?
Actually the Buba has EUR 728.566.720.220,27 (As at: 30 June 2012) on its TARGET2 sheet from the official Buba site.
If the German people wake up to all the deceit going on in Europe, it will not be a pretty picture. Do not piss off the Germans.
The German people have already been sucked in by higher powers. The real reason is not to save Greece et al, but to fulfil a globalisation agenda for which the German people will have to bear a significant cost.
We will piss in the Mediterranean and cause a Tsunami that will destroy Greece & the rest of the PIIGS!
He who pisses in the ocean will get it back in his salt.
to mouni tis manas sou
The last few billion will disappear into the pockets of a few...Is there really any other reason for a Greek politician to still be hanging around other than to fill his boots with the remainder of what little is left?
Of course, it begs the question : how could they ever have been considered collateral in the first place?
It's collateral because they say it is collateral, sort of like the Fed saying that all 1.6T of worthless Treasury debt they own are good as gold. Or the 860billion of mortgage backed securities they own are AAA when in fact they are worthless.
What the Fed has is all the worthless bullshit that they claim is worth 100 cents on the dollar and that is the underpinning of the US financial system.
Will the banksters accept their first born?
Watch Greek politicians do their best to try and stay within the Euro. The parliamentary record shows them as having substantial deposits which will obviously be converted to lowly drachmas if Greece was to depart. The previous prime minister alone had close to 3 million euro.
3 millkion Drachme still buy a lot of donkeys as a means of transportation.
Unfortunately the real donkeys are those who lent money to Greece in the first place without receiving real collateral or conducting proper diligence.
What??? Greece was fixed 17 times already, the nice men on TV told me to buy buy buy.
the world economic story: jet black iron ball flying thru the dark night. tip of the hat to basho et al
Well used Islands for sale. Inquire @ Robb Report.com /sarc
Call me ignorant, but really, NOW they say Greek Bonds can't be used for collateral? Where have they been the last two years? LALA Land?
Troika visits, ECB starts tolling bell for Greece. This really (finally) sounds like the roll over - easing Greece out or showing them the door.
Can't someone help them out with a back-dated infinite rehypothecation joker? - Or is that a restricted membership thing?
greece is a playboy's paradise.
http://expose2.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/a-voice-from-the-dark/