Greece repays €750m early

Greece repaid €750m to the IMF a day early, just as eurozone finance ministers sounded upbeat on negotiations to complete changes to the country’s bailout programme.

A suggestion from the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, that he may hold a referendum on the revised austerity package and membership of the euro even got resigned assent from German’s Wolfgang Schäuble.

Greece needs to complete a detailed technical agreement with the EU, ECB, and IMF in the next few weeks to tap the remaining €7.2bn of its bailout.