Greece to ask for lock over debt service cost

Greece will ask its international lenders this week to lock annual debt-servicing costs on its official loans at a fixed interest rate to make its debt mountain more manageable.

Greece to ask for lock over debt service cost

At the spring meetings of the IMF in Washington starting tomorrow, Athens will also suggest a proposed 15% of GDP annual cap on debt servicing costs is divided, with 8% for bond and loan repayments and interest, the biggest cost, and 7% for paying down outstanding treasury bills.

It is seeking to fix its presently fluctuating rate on its EU bailout loans to have a buffer against possible higher rates if the ECB starts raising them again, sources said.

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