Greece repaid €450m it owed to the International Monetary Fund yesterday, sending bond yields sliding as investors showed relief at the country meeting its latest debt deadline.
希腊昨日偿还了所欠国际货币基金组织(IMF) 4.5亿欧元的贷款，此举压低了债券收益率，因为投资者对希腊能够偿还最新到期债务感到欣慰。
Yields on the country’s shortest dated notes declined, with three-year bonds declining 54 basis points to 20.08 per cent and five-year bonds falling 30bp to 14.98 per cent. The 10-year yield, which moves inversely to its price, slipped 18bp to 11.03 per cent.
希腊最短期债券收益率下降，3年期债券收益率下降54个基点，至20.08%，5年期债券下降30个基点，至14.98%。10年期债券收益率（与价格走势相反）下滑18个基点，至11.03%。
A central bank official confirmed that the payment to the IMF had been made. Alexis Tsipras, prime minister, had warned last month that Greece would not be able to pay both its international creditors and social welfare payments without urgent financial assistance from its eurozone partners.
一位央行官员证实已向IMF支付了还款。希腊总理亚历克西斯•齐普拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)上月警告称，如果不能从欧元区伙伴国获得紧急财务援助，希腊将无法既偿还国际债权人的债务又支付社会福利款项。