希腊选举变数重燃违约忧虑

Greece’s political woes re-erupted as a threat to global financial stability yesterday, triggering the biggest drop on the Athens stock exchange since the 1980s and sending reverberations through world markets.

希腊昨日再度爆发政治危机，对全球金融稳定构成威胁，引发雅典证交所出现自上世纪80年代以来最大跌幅，冲击波回荡世界市场。

Concerns about Greece fed into a broader fall in global stock markets, already spooked by sliding oil prices and yesterday’s sharp drop in Chinese equities. The S&P 500 fell 1 per cent shortly after opening while the EuroStoxx index of eurozone companies fell for the second day, down 2.5 per cent.

对希腊的担忧加剧了全球股市的整体下跌；市场本已受到油价不断下滑和中国股市昨日大幅下跌的惊吓。美国标普500(S&P 500)指数开盘不久就下跌1%，而追踪欧元区公司的Euro Stoxx指数连续第二天下跌，跌幅达2.5%。

The trigger for the plunge was prime minister Antonis Samaras’s announcement of a snap presidential election. If he fails to win sufficient support for his candidate a general election could follow, which investors fear might bring to power the radical left Syriza party.

触发此次暴跌的事件是希腊总理安东尼斯•萨马拉斯(Antonis Samaras)宣布提早举行总统选举。如果他未能为自己提名的候选人争取到足够支持，就可能引发一场大选，而投资者担心，大选可能让极左政党——激进左翼联盟(Syriza)上台。

Such an outcome would reignite fears about Greece’s place in Europe’s monetary union. Syriza wants to renegotiate the country’s sovereign debt and increase public spending, moves that would put Athens at loggerheads with its creditors.

这样的结局将重燃对于希腊在欧洲货币联盟内地位的担心。激进左翼联盟想要重新谈判希腊主权债务，并增加公共支出。这些举措将导致雅典方面与债权人不和。

The Athens exchange closed 12.8 per cent lower yesterday, the biggest one- day fall since December 1987. Greek banks led the decline, with shares in Attica Bank losing more than 26 per cent and Piraeus Bank 17 per cent.

雅典证交所昨日收盘下跌12.8%，创下自1987年12月以来最大单日跌幅。银行股领跌，其中阿提卡银行(Attica Bank)股价暴跌逾26%，比雷埃夫斯银行(Piraeus Bank)股价下跌17%。

Anxiety over the latest turmoil in Greece also led investors to price in a greater chance of it defaulting on its debt, pushing short term government borrowing costs above long term rates.

围绕希腊最新动荡的焦虑感，也使投资者认为该国有更大的几率出现债务违约，结果将短期政府借款成本推升至高于长期利率的水平。