Greece is insolvent.

Its government is insolvent.

Greece is clearly insolvent.

He was declared insolvent.

Time to Nationalize Insolvent Banks

So, the US banking system is effectively insolvent in the aggregate most of the British banking system looks insolvent, too, as do many continental European banks.

ELA funding assumes that the Greek economy is temporarily illiquid, but not insolvent.

For some, low prices would render them insolvent.

Governments that looked fiscally sound suddenly appear insolvent.

Under Koizumi s leadership, insolvent banks were made whole again.

Coercive restructuring of insolvent banks unsecured debt would be next.

Commercial banks loaded with weaker countries government bonds became potentially insolvent.

But if the scheme is used to bail out insolvent banks, what will the taxpayers get in return?

Bush says that reform is urgently needed, because the system will be insolvent in about a quarter century.

It is sometimes said, almost in the same breath, that Greece s debt equals 153 of its annual GDP, and that Greece is insolvent.

Backstopping and bailing out financial institutions is politically unpopular, while near insolvent governments don t have the money to do so.

ATHENS The point of restructuring debt is to reduce the volume of new loans needed to salvage an insolvent entity.

This needs to be carried out for insolvent governments, households, and financial institutions alike.

Yes, the financial system is insolvent, but it has nominal liabilities and either it or its borrowers have some real assets.

Another asset price bubble is out of the question the last one left most of the domestic financial system virtually insolvent.

But no one will bail out these super sovereigns if the sovereigns prove to be insolvent.

a rapid reduction of insolvent households debt burden, preceded by a temporary freeze on all foreclosures

Insolvent businesses close, bad loans are written off, and lenders can lend with new confidence again.

Similarly, super sovereigns cannot continue to bail out distressed sovereigns that are insolvent rather than illiquid.

Another 1.5 trillion is needed to bring banks capital back to pre crisis level, which is needed to resolve the credit crunch and restore lending to the private sector. So, the US banking system is effectively insolvent in the aggregate most of the British banking system looks insolvent, too, as do many continental European banks.

The OMT scheme s German opponents argue that it is unconstitutional, because it is not monetary policy, but fiscal policy aimed at financing insolvent and lethargic eurozone governments.

Although countries can become insolvent, they have many ways to reduce their sovereign debt before this happens.

At some point, investors will realize that bank losses are massive, and that some banks are insolvent.

Clearly, back in 2009, the ECB did not make the controversial call that Greece was insolvent, not illiquid.

Many of these had contributed to a softening in China's economy by routinely lending money to insolvent corporations.

Could it be that people think that a country becomes insolvent when its debt exceeds 100 of GDP?

But, having been used to keep state owned enterprises afloat for too long, the banks are essentially insolvent.

An important role of central banks is to provide cash to potentially insolvent banks in times of panic, when all other sources of capital dry up.

In the end, Greece, the eurozone s other members, and Greece s creditors will have to accept that the country is insolvent and cannot service its existing debt.

When Greece imploded, the investments turned sour, and the Cypriot banks that had engaged in this strategy became insolvent.

When private firms (or subnational governments) become insolvent, there are normally legal bankruptcy procedures to determine what to do.

Because insolvent banks were kept alive through government bailouts and guarantees, Japan provided the wrong incentives to its financial institutions.

By this standard, many US and foreign banks are effectively insolvent and will have to be taken over by governments.

But if the ECB takes over entirely the role of lender of last resort, it will ultimately become insolvent itself.

By this standard, many US and foreign banks are effectively insolvent and will have to be taken over by governments.

Most of the world s largest banks are essentially insolvent, and depend on continuing government aid and loans to keep them afloat.

But, as with Argentina, Russia, and Ecuador, Greece may also be insolvent if adjustment fails to restore debt sustainability and growth.

Creditors offer debt relief to get more value back and to extend as little new finance to the insolvent entity as possible.

In 2010, Europe and the International Monetary Fund extended loans to the insolvent Greek state equal to 44 of the country s GDP.

After all, if debt can be rolled over forever at zero rates, it does not really matter and nobody can be considered insolvent.