Thomas Wieser News
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Swiss stocks declined, trimming the biggest weekly gain since January, as euro-area finance ministers met in Dublin and investors awaited a report that may show U.S. retail sales stagnated.
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European finance ministers were advised by their chief deputy to back loan extensions for Ireland and Portugal to keep those nations' recoveries on course.
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Thomas Wieser, an Austrian finance official, is due to become the permanent head of two European Union committees on the front lines in combating the debt crisis, two people familiar with the decision said.
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Euro-area finance chiefs may grant Greece more time to meet its bailout targets even as they split on whether the country needs another debt writedown and Greek politicians squabble over further austerity measures.
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Spain’s refinancing costs are too high for the country to refinance itself in the long term and the situation there is “very unpleasant,” euro-area official Thomas Wieser said.
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The European Union will withhold aid payments to Greece until the next review by international monitors, said Thomas Wieser, head of the group that prepares meetings for euro-area finance ministers.
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Surging Spanish bond yields suggest that investors doubt the country’s debt sustainability, euro- area official Thomas Wieser said.
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Russia has no plans to grant a 5 billion-euro ($6.6 billion) loan requested by Cyprus because the risks are too great to be assumed by a single creditor, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said.
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Spain’s bailout of its regions risks pushing the nation closer to a full international rescue after investors charged the nation more to borrow for five years than for a decade, threatening its access to debt markets.
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The “troika” of the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank will have a permanent presence in Greece, Eurogroup Working Group head Thomas Wieser told Austria’s Format magazine.
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