The Doomsday Clock at 6 minutes to midnight
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Just like old times: Will they get a deal done before the Asian markets open?
Greece has just one day left to strike a deal with impatient lenders and reluctant political party leaders on a 130 billion rescue plan before the country is pushed towards a chaotic default, its finance minister warned on Saturday.
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In an apparent warning to Greek political leaders opposing key reforms, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said the patience of European partners and the International Monetary Fund footing the bill for Greece's bailout was wearing thin.
"There is great impatience and great pressure not only from the three institutions that make up the troika but also from euro zone member states," Venizelos said after what he called a "very difficult" conference call with euro zone counterparts.
The most remarkable thing about this is the the indifference of the market to all this. We keep trying to imagine what the market would be doing if these headlines had come from last November.