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ECB 'to end Greek bank lifeline'

From bbc.com

The European Central Bank is expected to end emergency lending to Greece's banks on Sunday, the BBC understands. The country's banks depend on the ECB's Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA). Its governing council is meeting later. Greece will probably have to "announce a bank holiday on Monday, pending the introduction of capital controls", a source told the BBC's Robert Peston. The bailout for heavily indebted Greece expires on Tuesday and talks have broken down. Greek banks would find themselves in serious straits as soon as Monday if the ECB went ahead and cut the lifeline, the BBC economics editor says. Capital ... (full story)

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