Literally minutes ago we made it clear [3]that the Greek FinMin is now officially lying on the tape, declaring his "hope" as a fact. It took Germany moments after our post to chime in and confirm that indeed, things are very, very serious, if the finance minister of a country is now blatantly lying. Via BBG
- GERMAN SPOKESMAN: NO BASIS FOR 2-YR GREEK EXTENSION REPORTS - DJ
And EURUSD... spikes on the rejection of the lie. In other news, the market is about as unmanipulated as the Mitt Romney flash smash yesterday.