Bloomberg After a decade-long debt crisis that made Greece a bond-market pariah, the country now enjoys the luxury of having no financing needs for 2020. Yet the government’s 2020 budget shows it still plans to sell new debt. Despite a cash buffer of some 32 billion euros ($35.6 billion) left over from the country’s bailout programme, Greece wants to maintain …

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s operation to inject cash into the financial system over the end of the year was undersubscribed, which could indicate year-end funding pressures have eased. Primary dealers submitted $28.8 billion in bids for the 15-day term operation, which matures January 7. That was less than the $35 billion on offer. The central bank …

Bloomberg Japan needs to remain vigilant about its banks’ overseas investments in bundled credit products because the underlying loans may be less spread out across industries or individual companies than they appear, a senior regulatory official said. ‘’Even if banks individually think they are well-diversified, it is possible that overall risks in the market are concentrated in the same sector …