Greece has been in the news a lot over the last 24 hours. Let's recap:

 Bloomberg: Greece May Find Lukewarm U.S. Reception for Its Bonds

April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Greece may discover it’s no cheaper to sell bonds in the U.S. than in Europe as the government seeks to persuade investors it can plug the region’s biggest budget deficit.

Investors may demand a yield of as much as 7.25 percent to buy Greek 10-year dollar bonds, 410 basis points more than benchmark German bunds and 330 basis points more than Treasuries, according to Paris-based Axa Investment Managers, which oversees about $669 billion. TCW Group Inc., which manages $115 billion in assets from Los Angeles, says Greece may have to offer a premium of as much as 400 basis points over Treasuries.

Petros Christodoulou, director general of Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency, said March 31 the country planned a “roadshow” in the U.S. and maybe Asia to drum up investor demand for a sale of dollar-denominated bonds. The country may offer as much as $10 billion of the securities, the Wall Street Journal reported the same day. Greece is struggling to tackle a budget deficit that is equivalent to 12.7 percent of gross domestic product, more than four times the European Union’s 3 percent limit.

Anybody present at these road shows should print out a copy of the post Lies, Damn Lies, and Sovereign Truths: Why the Euro is Destined to Collapse! and"Greek Crisis Is Over, Region Safe", Prodi Says - I say Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!. Be sure to have the salespersons answer the hard questions posed in those pieces. Subscribers can feel free to whip out the subscription material and ask for explanations and clarifications -  Greece Public Finances Projections. I am anxious to hear what would be said in response. At this point, I see a Greek effective default as a foregone conclusion.

More on this topic: Euro, Greek Bonds Drop on Rescue Concern; Most U.S. Stocks Gain

From CNBC: Greek Banks Hit by Money Moved Offshore: Report

Greek banks are being hit by a wave of redemptions as rich citizens and companies look to move their money to big global banks or offshore as the country's debt crisis rages, the Telegraph newspaper reported on its website.

The report appeared to contradict recent data from the European Central Bank and comments to Reuters by analysts and Greek banking sources, who said there was no clear evidence of a major, extended deposit outflow from Greek banks.

The UK newspaper said late on Monday that big depositors have been clamoring to move their cash to international financial firms such as HSBC or France's Societe Generale, which operate large branches in the country.

They are among those to have received several billion euros of new money, it said without specifying sources.

... More than 3 billion euros ($4.05 billion) of deposits held by Greek households and companies left the country in February, while in January about 5 billion euros of deposits were moved out, the Telegraph quoted figures from Bank of Greece as showing.

Switzerland, the UK and Cyprus have been the largest recipients of the money, with the wealthiest Greeks looking to move their deposits to Swiss banks accounts to escape the more punitive tax measures many fear will be introduced in the wake of the country's economic crisis, the newspaper said.

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•  Greek Banking Fundamental Tear Sheet

From the Greek banking site, bankingnews.gr: [coarsely translated] Greek long bond investors - At 450 bps premium still will not lend to Greece - In 382 m.v.to spread  

 

The alarm sounding clearly leading market players and officials of foreign banks saying that realizations from real money accounts ie real long-term investors that occurred yesterday is a clear warning that unless a reduction in the spread immediately and climb to 450 bp everyone unload bonds and then completely lost control. 
Today logically must react and reduce the spread sparingly and if that does not happen then just completely lost control and even very briefly highlighted the www.bankingnews.gr the morning and indeed no reaction as the spread falls to 382 bps with selective purchases from JP Morgan.

According to sources confirmed when the spread was at 300 basis points and estimated that it will move to the 400 bp 2 weeks earlier, indicating that 
1) Apart from the special short yesterday sold many long-term investors. The short want to test whether an instrument of support from the EU and the IMF reach the boundaries of Greece, although they risk but the returns they achieve are less striking because of the huge amount of holding spreads. 
But at least inspire concern that sell and long-term investors. 
hit stop losses and mandatory sold their investment positions. 
The crucial point is the 450 basis points if the spread up to where it will just completely lost control at bends. 
The 450 bp activate all mechanisms for the realization of direct positions in Greek bonds. 
2) The 450 bp are but a milestone in the bond market as more than just levels the state will not be able to borrow. 
According to well informed sources have already reported cases of investors who have indicated that over 450 bp longer be interested in bonds bearing in mind that the 10-year yields for example have reached or will tend to reach 8%. 
3) Today also when the spread slipped to 405 basis points late was the statement of Finance Minister, Mr Papaconstantinou that Greece has not requested any change in support mechanism from the EU and the IMF . 
Some sources say that the statement was made at the last minute and while the market was closed to prevent far worse. 
Please note that the mix of change in terms of device support, new scenarios and bankruptcy sales were short and long resulted in the spread be found by 405 basis points is to rise 65 basis points is a historical record.

The insane asylum has issued a statement. G-Pap has seen that his country would be Friendo'ed if Greece does not agree to austerity (which was part of the original agreement but whatever) and so has issued the following statement: "Responding to questions by journalists regarding actions taken by Greece to change the recent EU summit aid mechanism, the Greek Finance Minister clarified that there has not been any action on behalf of our country to change the terms of the recent EU Summit agreement." In the meantime rich Greeks have likely moved pretty much all their domestic deposits to some other Goldman Sachs controlled provenance. 

 Italy on the right track, IMF says: Wall Street Journal

• Italy's economy continues to be based off of external demand, and that is important to maintain fiscal discipline (We may never hear Italy and fiscal discipline in the same sentence again)
• IMF predicts that Italian unemployment rates will continue to rise, and that native banks will continue to see credit risk rise as loans are appearing to be less profitable.

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    For those that don't subscribe, there is still a lot of nitty gritty that I made publicly available on Italy here: Once You Catch a Few EU Countries "Stretching the Truth", Why Should You Trust the Rest?

    More on Euro stretching of the truth

    If you haven't had your fill of innuendo, ambiguity, creativity and sleight of hand (my polite way of saying "lying"), you can peruse  Smoking Swap Guns Are Beginning to Litter EuroLand, Sovereign Debt Buyer Beware!

 Italian Banking Macro-Fundamental Discussion Note

The Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis, to date (free to all): 

1. The Coming Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis - introduces the crisis and identified it as a pan-European problem, not a localized one.
2. What Country is Next in the Coming Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis? - illustrates the potential for the domino effect
3. The Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis: If I Were to Short Any Country, What Country Would That Be.. - attempts to illustrate the highly interdependent weaknesses in Europe's sovereign nations can effect even the perceived "stronger" nations.
4. The Coming Pan-European Soverign Debt Crisis, Pt 4: The Spread to Western European Countries
5. The Depression is Already Here for Some Members of Europe, and It Just Might Be Contagious!
6. The Beginning of the Endgame is Coming???
7. I Think It's Confirmed, Greece Will Be the First Domino to Fall 
8. Smoking Swap Guns Are Beginning to Litter EuroLand, Sovereign Debt Buyer Beware!
9. Financial Contagion vs. Economic Contagion: Does the Market Underestimate the Effects of the Latter?
10. "Greek Crisis Is Over, Region Safe", Prodi Says - I say Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! 
11. Germany Finally Comes Out and Says, "We're Not Touching Greece" - Well, Sort of...
12. The Greece and the Greek Banks Get the Word "First" Etched on the Side of Their Domino
13. As I Warned Earlier, Latvian Government Collapses Exacerbating Financial Crisis
14. Once You Catch a Few EU Countries "Stretching the Truth", Why Should You Trust the Rest?
15. Lies, Damn Lies, and Sovereign Truths: Why the Euro is Destined to Collapse!
16. Ovebanked, Underfunded, and Overly Optimistic: The New Face of Sovereign Europe
17. Moody's Follows Suit Behind Our Analysis and Downgrades 4 Greek Banks
18. The EU Has Rescued Greece From the Bond Vigilantes,,, April Fools!!!
19. How BoomBustBlog Research Intersects with That of the IMF: Greece in the Spotlight
20. Grecian News and its Relevance to My Analysis
21. A Summary and Related Thoughts on the IMF's "Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation in the Post-Crisis
22. Greek Soap Opera Update: Back to the Bailout That Was Never Needed?