Greek Bailout Ends, But Europe’s Debt Problems Grind On

DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press, The Columbian
Fri, 08/17/2018 - 8:25pm

FRANKFURT, Germany — Greece officially completes its bailout program on Monday, after eight years of cutbacks enforced in return for massive loans and following an economic collapse on the scale of the Great Depression. The exit is a welcome milestone. But it offers little assurance that the 19-country euro currency union has left behind its problems with debt.

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