TOKYO (MNI) - The Greek government will begin a debt sales roadshow to the United States on April 20, but may not include any dollar-denominated bonds as part of the securities on offer, the head of the nation's government debt agency said in an interview with JiJi news agency published Friday.

"I'm not sure if we are going to issue dollar-denominated bonds after (the road show)," PDMA chief Petros Christodoulou said.

Once again, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave no hint he is ready to start raising interest rates anytime soon in Congressional testimony on Wednesday, April 14. A few Fed officials have advocated raising rates soon, notably Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig. But others think the economy still needs low rates. And Bernanke made clear he is in the latter camp in testimony to the Joint Economic Committee.

MADRID (MNI) - Greece has begun talks with an eye towards activating the joint Eurozone-IMF aid plan that was unveiled last Sunday, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said here early Thursday evening.

MADRID (MNI) - Greece has begun talks with an eye towards activating the joint Eurozone-IMF aid plan that was unveiled last Sunday, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said here early Thursday evening.

MADRID (MNI) - Greece has begun talks with an eye towards activating the joint Eurozone-IMF aid plan that was unveiled last Sunday, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said here early Thursday evening.

"As you know, Greece has already started talks in that direction, and this is why all this planning has been done. So [the plan] is not just for theory but for practice," Nowotny told reporters outside a reception for Eurozone finance ministers and central bankers on the eve of a two-day meeting that will start tomorrow.

WASHINGTON (MNI) - The following is the second and final section of the text of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart's remarks prepared for the Pensacola West Suburban Rotary Club Thursday:

Greece

WASHINGTON (MNI) - The following is the text of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart's remarks prepared for the Pensacola West Suburban Rotary Club Thursday:

For my remarks today, I plan to speak about the current economic situation and outlook and comment on some of my concerns as I assess the sustainability of the recovery under way.

The views I will express are mine and are not necessarily shared by my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

The economy today

BERLIN (MNI) - Future financial market regulation must prevent big banks from continuing to act under the assumption they will always be saved by the government in case of emergency, SNB Vice President Thomas Jordan said in the text of a speech to be delivered on Thursday in Zurich.

"The too big to fail problem must absolutely be solved," Jordan stressed in his speech. "It is absolutely key that the government in the future not be prone to blackmail any longer."