interestrateripoff Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/austria-heta-carinthia-idUKL5N0XK2GG20150423 The home province of defunct lender Hypo Alpe Adria, Carinthia, is asking Vienna for financial support, saying it will run out of money by the beginning of June without external help. Carinthia provided debt guarantees for years to fuel Hypo's rapid expansion before the practice was stopped in 2007, but the last ones do not expire until around 2017. With an annual budget of 2.2 billion euros ($2.36 billion), Carinthian officials have said the province cannot honour nearly 11 billion euros of backing for Hypo debt that creditors facing a "haircut" could demand. Adding to the province's woes, ratings agency Moody's downgraded Carinthia last month to one notch above junk grade, making it more difficult to borrow in the open markets. In the current financial year, Carinthia needs 340 million euros and is hoping for loans from the capital, a spokeswoman for the province said. Carinthian politicians are meeting Chancellor Werner Faymann and Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling in Vienna on Thursday. The spokeswoman said Carinthia would run out of money in June without help, confirming local media reports. No Austrian province has ever gone bankrupt and there is no legislation on how to handle such an event. It's getting so much more like the early 1930's every day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 The finance has gone for you and I It means nothing for me This means nothing for me....... Oh, Vienna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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